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“Now, don’t go telling this at school!” I used to get annoyed when I heard this reminder growing up as a preacher’s kid. Occasionally I would hear something told to my parents in our home by a church member and after they would leave, my mom would inevitably give me this reminder. Of course I […]
“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known,” Jeremiah 33:3. I’ve walked the one-lane gravel ‘Cemetery Road’ behind our house countless times, pouring my heart out to the God who hears and other times listening for the God who speaks. These two […]
I’m not a patient person. I try to be, but more often than not I find myself becoming impatient. I have never liked waiting, especially when I think I know the answer or the right course of action and am ready to move ahead. I’m sure we’ve all been at this point at some time […]
My “career” as one of those stereotypical troublemaker PKs started early. I was only 1 or 2 when my mom and I went to visit my dad during his break at the seminary where he was studying. A Christian school also used the seminary building, so as we walked down the hallway, it was lined […]
Peter was a gutsy disciple who came out and said what we all silently wonder. In Matthew 18 the question of forgiveness surfaces following Jesus’ teaching on what to do if a brother sins against you in verses 15-20. In that passage the instruction is to quietly confront that brother and tell him his fault. […]
Never assume that the way it is now is the way that it always will be. This is hope. Whatever pain is lodged in your heart right now, whether it is from ministry or any other aspect of life, Satan wants to shout that this is the way it is, and this is the way […]
It’s not unusual to see other vehicles in our driveway. One person in particular in our congregation will only stop by at the house to chat with my husband in his shop because he’d prefer not to be seen at the pastor’s office at the church.
I sat there in my floor-length dress, waiting for the worship service to start and feeling their eyes upon me. Some in anticipation, some in anger, some simply curious. My hands shook from too much coffee, and as I exhaled a slow breath to calm my nerves, I said the same prayer I’d prayed all […]
What happens on Facebook stays on Facebook. Right? Or Instagram, or Twitter, or Snapchat, or TikTok, or – you get the idea. Whatever we do and say on social media stays there, right? Hopefully, the very thought of that being true made you spit out your coffee and yell “NO!” Sometimes we are shocked by […]
In our rural district hunting, gathering, and gardening are popular for entertainment and economic value. We haven’t given hunting a fair shot yet, but with a garden plot in the backyard our thumbs are turning greener every year. We are learning the seasonal schedule for berry picking too. Last summer we were expecting our third […]
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