Let's Grow | the blog

As ministry wives, we may continually feel like we are stretched beyond the limits of our own sanity at times. And it is because of this str

This is easy for ANY driven person to fall into. It didn’t feel like sin; it actually felt like being a good steward of all God had blessed

It's truly amazing how, when in a season of 'mountain-top ministry', you can vaguely recall the devastating experiences of '

If you’re doing ministry right, you are pouring your heart and soul into other people. You are being real and vulnerable. But, there’s a dow

How do you rebound when the hurts of ministry knock you back a few paces? Let's talk.

Sometimes we just mean too well. We "mean to" call her. We "mean to" follow up with a coffee date invite. We "mean

Therapy...that’s an intimidating word. The definition of therapy is "treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder". Disorder…t

We’ve all been there. We’ve all come face to face with this question and some of us can easily and truthfully answer with one of the above c

Loneliness Island can bring a girl down, if she lets it. And yes, we should throw out that life preserver for authentic friendship, even if

Once loneliness has a choke hold on an individual, it seems all the more difficult to break out of it. Often ministry wives begin to take in

Marriage is both wonderful and challenging. But when you add it to life in ministry, it is often lived out in what feels like a 'fish ta

“If you don’t want us to be in the ministry anymore, just say the word. Right now, you make the decision. What’s it gonna be?”

What is your greatest joy in ministry/marriage? ​What is your greatest struggle in ministry/marriage? ​Wow. Those are two thought-provoking

Why is it that we are quick to identify our weaknesses, but we reluctantly recognize our talents?

It's lonely at the top. You may have heard that statement before--most likely before you found yourself "at the top" where you

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

I like real stories. I want paragraphs to draw me in to someone's world, taking me on a journey from point A to point B.  While we striv

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

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