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Growing up with parents who were ministers didn’t feel much different than most of my friends. I felt like we were pretty normal. Normal for

Sanctuary launched the concept of Let's Connect three years ago. But the concept isn't new. It's built upon what once came natur

As our family grew from just the two of us to a party of seven, and our jobs in church ministry grew, our Sabbath turned into just a day off

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

As Christians, we hold the Ten Commandments as precious to us. Many of us can recite these life-giving boundaries or, if we think about them

Rest seems to be a four-letter word in today's western culture. In the minds of many, especially those who serve in leadership, "re

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

I’ve been in ministry alongside my husband for 10 years now and I’ve learned a thing or two about hurt. Today, I specifically want to share

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

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

What topics are you interested in reading about? What questions are baffling you as a woman of God, married, and in the ministry?

This detailed memoir takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour of this ministry power couple, complete with the detours, disagreements, d

We all agree we are called according to His purpose. We all agree we are to share the best news with others; thus, introducing them to a rel

Inevitably if you ask a ministry wife these days how she is doing, her reply resembles one of two general responses:  "I'm busy&quo

I can visualize just where I was sitting in the dimly lit bedroom of our rent house, 16 years ago, where we housed our ministry's home...

A grown woman made eight-years-old again…kindly tolerated but not belonging. If Jesus was so great, why were His people so hard to please?

When my husband and I started going to church “for the kids”, I was not where I needed to be with the Lord and my husband wasn’t even saved.

This year's Let's Retreat will be held in November 7-9, 2019 at our new location of Gathering Oaks in Crawford, TX, just 15 short mi

With 21 years of itinerant ministry under my skinny snakeskin belt, I have sat across the table from many a ministry wife who either unloads