“I wanted to change the world, but I couldn’t find a babysitter,” said a mother. Motherhood …
Resources on Planter Wives
When I was five years old, my family picked up and moved from southern Georgia to …
Setting Resolutions As a Family
My oldest child turned sixteen years old in December. Sixteen. That’s 2 years away from eighteen, …
Four Disciplines for a Healthy Identity
It was like ice water to the face, I became a pastor’s wife at 22 years …
Some time around the beginning of November, I began thinking about my “one word” for 2015 …
Love is work. To love a city, a people, a church community, well, it takes thought, …
How To Close the Racial Divide
In Monday’s blog we identified the biggest ministry lesson from 2014 to be the racial divide …
Four Responses to Our Racial Divide
Unintentionally in 2014, Flourish started a new year practice of identifying the biggest ministry lesson of …
I need a break from all of you and all of it! Or maybe everything needs …
As spiritual leaders we come alongside people often in the midst of losses. We are asked …
Dealing with Conflict in Ministry
Conflict in ministry. It happens. Someone will betray you. A volunteer will let you down. A …
I love everything about Christmas…Music, decorations, gift giving, and get-togethers! I feel so close to Jesus, …