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Statistics tell us that 50% of pastors regularly look at pornography. Which means around half of ministry wives are living with a lack of se

Last week I shared from my recent sabbatical experience and the lessons I learned about the Top Three Reasons I reached burnout while reachi

There is this turning point, though, when you are in the business of helping people, that often times you start taking in information only t

My pastor husband and I were walking down the familiar halls of the hospital. We were visiting a lady from our church who had a non-life-thr

Just ahead, launching December 4th, our blog will feature a new series featuring the "confessions of a burned out pastor's wife". Have...

What do you do when you are supposed to be on the same team and you both feel as if you have been wronged?

I had a feeling early on in my marriage that something wasn’t quite right. So what does an idealistic, somewhat naive, newlywed who just mov

We flourish in friendship during our teen years and our senior years. But there is a gap in the middle years of our lives where the majority

These are just a few of the statements spoken every day by a ministry wife somewhere. All too often ministers get together, give one another

Every family has their stories. You know the ones – the one about Great Aunt Edna hitting a stranger’s house with her car, the one about you

Life gets really full and really busy, and sometimes it feels like you can’t add one more thing. But today, I challenge you to add more thin

My husband, Chresten, and I celebrated 19 years of marriage in January of this year. What that means is that it's been well over 20 year

Join us this Summer at Sanctuary as we sit back around our virtual pool, kick off our flip flops, and just connect with one another.

I was finally able to admit to myself, and verbalize it to God, that I didn’t believe what Scripture taught. I didn’t believe that it applie

Anxiety. Panic attacks. Fear. These are traumatic lifestyle choices that only people who don’t know or follow God experience. I have to admi

Today we continue in this powerful, yet vulnerable entry from ministry wife, Christian Fauth. Last week she shared about her lifelong strugg

Our home was filled with my mood swings and breakdowns. Behind the doors, no one could see my anger. My mind was filled with anxious thought

Do you ever feel like your head is fractured?  Like the plates of your skull are literally pulling apart? That's the picture that comes

One of the greatest misconceptions about the ministry family is that they "have it all together".

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, Sanctuary will celebrate its site's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! To celebrate, we are giving away a few of our favo