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Barbie Harris
Jun 3, 20193 min read
Book Review | Turnaround God
We were in our first senior pastorate position and in the midst of learning the good, the bad, and ugly of all that is involved in leading a


chrestentomlin
Jun 1, 20191 min read
Sanctuary Summer Book Club
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


Bridgette Tomlin
May 27, 20195 min read
Assuming the Best
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...


Melissa Blair
May 20, 20194 min read
Confessions of a Church Rebel
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?


Ashley Simmons
May 13, 20195 min read
Fishers of Men
I believe every Christian would benefit by doing what God has called them to do instead of wasting energy trying to discredit what others ar


chrestentomlin
Apr 15, 20191 min read
We are READY to Retreat!
Today is the day! Today we are READY to Retreat and have opened up registration for Sanctuary's 2019 Let's Retreat. We are so excite

chrestentomlin
Apr 13, 20191 min read
Let's Retreat Registration to Open!
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


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 25, 20196 min read
The Ticket Out of Loneliness Island
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


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 18, 20195 min read
The Treasure of Loneliness Island
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


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 11, 20195 min read
The Trap of Loneliness Island
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


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 4, 20195 min read
The Temptation of Loneliness Island
Loneliness Island may be isolating, but it is overpopulated all the same.


Susan Belisle
Feb 25, 20194 min read
The Wild Ride of the Call
There are seasons that we love like a memorable summer vacation, and seasons where we agonize over the harshness and bitterness of this life


Rhonda Anzivino
Feb 18, 20195 min read
Life in the Fish Tank
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


Samalee Allen
Feb 11, 20194 min read
Peace, Ice Cream, & Together-ness
“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?”


Martha Fouts
Feb 4, 20195 min read
Life in the Ministry Marriage
What is your greatest joy in ministry/marriage? What is your greatest struggle in ministry/marriage? Wow. Those are two thought-provoking


Bridgette Tomlin
Jan 28, 20195 min read
Start Small
It is possible for all of us to focus on the most urgent tasks at hand, but regret the small things that never seem to make it to the top of


Lisa Goins
Jan 21, 20196 min read
Beware of Blah
You are fine. Things in your life are okay. You are not going through a tragedy that’s rocking your world yet you don’t feel like there is a


chrestentomlin
Jan 20, 20192 min read
Let's Connect. Yes, YOU!
At Sanctuary we are convinced that the number one tool in the enemy's toolbox targeting the Church is merely isolation. If Satan can iso


Kassie Prather
Jan 14, 20194 min read
One Thing
While numerous lifestyles contribute to a flurried, frenetic pace of constant activity, a heart in ministry can easily become "distract


Jennifer Watson
Jan 7, 20193 min read
White Spaces & New Beginnings
It’s the first week in January and everyone is making lists. Lists that will make them feel guilty. Lists that might make them feel a little
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