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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …