Do you ever get tired of being in ministry and doing good work for the Kingdom? You may be tired of pouring into people who constantly complain or just don’t seem to want to grow deeper in their walk with Christ. You may be hurting because a key family…
Our daughter has been serving on the pastor search team for her church. She has a young baby and a job, and I tried to talk her out of agreeing to do it because I knew how much time it would take. But she wanted to do it, especially since she has the perspective of being a pastor’s kid. Sometimes she’ll call her dad and pick his brain about …
I’ve shared before about my journey studying what it means to renew the mind, which is how God transforms us (Romans 12:2). But I wasn’t sure what to do–I needed some steps to take! Eventually I discovered Barb Raveling and her practical teaching on how to renew our minds with
Is grocery store inflation busting your budget? Rising food costs can certainly strain finances for ministry households. Kathy Armstrong gives us some tips for feeding our families for less.
Have you ever considered the number of “girl campers” in the Bible? Scripture features several heroines of the faith who lived in tents! Plus, camping trip experiences often parallel aspects of our Christian walk. When I was growing up, our family camped a lot. In the mornings we woke up to the smell of Daddy cooking bacon. We drank orange Tang and brushed our teeth using a green water hose.
Ashley Gray serves in Mississippi alongside her husband David, who is a bi-vocational pastor. Protecting family time at home can be challenging for ministry couples, especially when the pastor hubby also has another job. Ashley shares how the double-job life works for their family and offers her perspective on parsonages, fill-in grandmas, and church hurt.
Have I ever shared with you how this podcast came to be? Last year I escaped to the mountains for a personal prayer retreat, some time away with the Lord. I left real life behind for a few days and only took my Bible and prayer journals and a few study books to keep me company. As I was praying, I clearly felt the Lord
To continue with our theme of ministry transitions, I thought it was appropriate to give some practical tips on moving I’ve learned, unfortunately, from my vast experience. If you’re married to the ministry, this is a topic you’ll probably face at some point, if you haven’t already!
Meet Kassy Jackson! Kassy’s husband Jacob serves on staff at our church as the Worship Pastor. Since they’ve just completed their first year, I wanted her perspective on what it was like for their family to relocate from Florida to Arkansas. We talked about what it’s like to move with children and how we can help them transition to a new place.
One of the hardest aspects of ministry life can be determining if God is leading us out of our current church or into a new place of service. When is the right time to leave? How do we pray through unexpected job offers when we’re happy where we are? Here’s how we’ve navigated these decisions as pastor and wife for the last 25 years.