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Let's quit saying "we need to get together" and just make it happen!

We become powerful and will bring much change into our worlds when we stop looking at each other with petty jealousies and competition and s

“It doesn’t seem like you need any help.” I was a perfectionist disguised as a collaborator, which is a fancy way of saying that I was a con

Sometimes we allow ourselves to go down the path of thinking about the worst possible outcome because, somehow, we think it helps to prepare

There is a moment in every crazy cycle of anxiety where we have a choice to get off the cycle. As with any habit, it’s easier to create a ne

The peace of God ruling and reigning in your life as a believer on the Lord Jesus Christ may be the single most important ally you have in a

I was encouraging others to be in the Word and to discover their worth in Christ, but I realized that I wasn’t doing the same. I began to di

How many times have you been at a corporate meeting for ministers and found yourself saying "we really should get together soon",...

This isn’t a book; it’s a journey and an invitation to go deeper in your relationship with the Holy Spirit.

I’ll be honest:  this book was deeply convicting to me. Like most middle-class Americans, I am guilty of always wanting more – a better car,

Sometimes I just don’t want to do what everyone else is doing. However, my husband read it first, and then our staff at church. They all con

We poured our lives into the church for six years. It couldn’t have been better. There was growth, life change, salvation, and a real impact

As my daughter Sara and I stood next to the lifeless earthly body of the man we had both loved, my mind went into hyper gear. How could my l

I have come to believe, until we are comfortable with who God knit us to be, we will keep trying to conform to the models we see. It is like

If they could do it, so could you and so can I. I've heard it said before, "sin makes you stupid". And it only takes one &quot

In times of ministry transition, I have learned that I need to guard my heart. I have often said that the hardest part of ministry is leavin

Is ministry life everything you imagined it would be? Maybe you didn’t have a clear picture of what this life would be like when you...

I will never forget years 14 and 15 of my life. I often refer to them as the years my mom "flipped the switch" in her efforts to p

Reaching out and being still enough to allow others to speak into my life has been solid gold. Who actually makes the time to talk on the ph

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