— Gospel, Life Lessons, Ministry —

Infusion {A Life Changing Tea Recipe for Women}

 I’m so blessed to have Donya Dunlap guest posting for me today. She is both a friend and a fellow author who is always inspiring me to go deeper, to dream bigger, to live passionately by faith. Donya has a very influential ministry with women as an anti-slavery/sex trafficking advocate. She has written a book… Read More Infusion {A Life Changing Tea Recipe for Women}

— Ministry, Pastor's Wife —

20 Things Every Pastor’s Wife Wants You To Know About Her

Ministry is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Yet, I am miserable without it. ~A Pastor’s Wife Pastors’ wives, may you be encouraged in your fishbowls. May you swim freely and hope continually as you embrace marriage to a pastor and a life of grace. When others peer into your fish bowls, may they see… Read More 20 Things Every Pastor’s Wife Wants You To Know About Her

— Life Lessons, Ministry, Parenting/Family, Prayer —

From My Heart: Every Wall Has A Door

Tiny Daughter chatters with the “new girl. One Sunday, because of the weather, a visitor dropped in with her small daughter.  Like magnets, Tiny Daughter and “new girl” found each other and stayed together all morning. I listen in as Tiny Daughter’s voice chirps out a phrase of friendship: “You can be my new sister!”… Read More From My Heart: Every Wall Has A Door

— Life Lessons, Ministry, Mothering, Parenting/Family, Stories of Grace —

Dear One Who Feels Like What You Do Doesn’t Matter…

Three heads bend low over a first grade science book.  Small Son and Tiny Daughter listen eagerly as I read simple facts about their bodies. Turn the page. I read about hair, then hands, fingers… fingerprints. Tell them that God made each person in the world to have a different pattern in their fingerprints. (Have… Read More Dear One Who Feels Like What You Do Doesn’t Matter…

— Life Lessons —

Compassion Of The Tiny

“Ohhhh Mommy!” she gasps, “It’s all alone on the floor! It’s lonely and cold and it doesn’t have a mommy! Oh, the poor little thing. I’m going to put it right up here so it will be safe and warm. There!” I absentmindedly give my consent without looking at what she is doing. We don’t… Read More Compassion Of The Tiny