What Spiritual Maturity Really Looks Like
Spiritual maturity contains amazing ironies. It is strange mixture of progressive growth while simultaneously still experiencing...
Resources for Personal Spiritual Growth
What the Gospel Has to Say in the Face of Cancer
Because I firmly believe that God uses all my circumstances for my good and His glory,...
The Importance of Complete Honesty
Brian Williams, one of NBC’s most respected news anchors, was recently caught in an embarrassing lie....
Four Tips On How To Accept Correction
Raise your hand if you like to receive correction? Just what I suspected — none of...
The Lurking Danger In Seeking Validation
A well-meaning person in our church once openly questioned why my husband and I would choose...
For When You Only Have Five Minutes to Be in the Bible
I’m a sucker for a candy bowl, especially if it involves chocolate and caramel. Recently, I...
Saying Goodbye to Good and Hello to Grace {and a Giveaway!}
I’ve been obsessed with being good and performing all of my life. Hello, my name is...
This morning my eight year old and I found a quiet moment to read a devotional together....
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...
For women the holidays are really like running a marathon while simultaneously being responsible for food...
The venerable J.I Packer has released yet another thought provoking and timely book, this time on aging....
Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be...
Oh, how many times I’ve read verses on idols and dismissed them because I don’t have...
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,...
Four Ways the Gospel Frees Us From Needing to be Perfect
Recently, I met a pastor’s wife from another state. We sat together at a luncheon and...
Kyle and I sat at dinner out, away from children, and I still couldn’t relax and...
Where are You, God? My old self was too afraid to ask such a question. I...
Who pours into you? That’s the question I get asked most often these days, and it’s...
The initial excitement of our move, my husband’s new job, and a new home filled with...
For When You Are Falsely Accused
Have you ever been falsely accused? I have. Oh sure, there have been moments when my...
When You Forget to Pack the Most Important Thing
Well, it happened. I have heard of it happening to others, but never imagined it would...
It feels annoyingly like the same pattern I’ve been in before. You’ve experienced it, too. Repeatedly....
A Perspective on Spiritual Disciplines
It was September, 1983. I accepted Christ as a young single adult. In my quest to...
When the Fear of Failure Paralyzes You
As a bit of a perfectionist, I have a tendency to shy away from commitments or...
The Benefits of Being Interested
Deep down we may wrestle thinking that we need to seem interesting, fascinating or charming in...
The Equation of God’s Goodness
If God could write a sticky note reminder to me right now it would read: I...
Five Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
When my husband and I accepted our first paid position in ministry work, we were filled...
A funny thing happened to me on the way to Easter several years ago . ....
A picture of ourselves, taken by ourselves. Oxford’s 2013 Word of the Year was “selfie”—a signal...
The eye-rolling preteen. I’ve been her. It’s predictable that somewhere between 9-16 a child will lose...
I’m addicted to the pithy quotes that hammer us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and Pinterest....
Our Sorrow: Battling Bitterness
We continue Monday’s post with the third feature of ministry life that creates a unique environment...
“Sorrow has a large family.” Pain puts all humanity on equal footing. The young, old, rich,...
Can we remove particular political ideology from an equation long enough to address a serious challenge...
It’s a part of life. Even for the wife of a pastor. As a...
How to Respond to God’s Discipline
“Do not reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For The...
Moonless Trust-Thank You Elisabeth Elliot
Recently I read a tweet by Beth Moore that said: “Sometimes we listen best when we...
When God Isn’t Responding the Way I Think He Should
Have you ever had a time that everything seemed to be falling apart? The past three...
One of my favorite quotes is from Flourish’s very own, Kathy Litton. She led a breakout...
I’m sitting here crying… black rivers running down my blush pink cheeks. It all started last...
The Sin Nobody Talks About-2012
A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; but jealousy is like cancer in the bones. —Proverbs...
The mundane of motherhood can leave me feeling forgotten. I am oh-so-easily overwhelmed with the piles...
Grace: When Thanksgiving is Unbearable
Thanksgiving, that day for saying “thanks”, may actually feel unbearable. When a holiday collides with grief,...
Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife: Doubting God’s Love
Have you ever experienced something bad? I mean, really bad. Life changing, earth shaking bad? We...
Ten years ago today unexpected, unwanted circumstances invaded my life. I became a widow and my...
We had just packed up our kids moved to a new town to serve on church...