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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

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

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

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.

In our journey of saying “farewell to fine,” it’s important that we take an in-depth look at two conditions that are on the rise...depressio

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

Truly, one the hardest things for me early in ministry was to fully believe--for myself—what I was teaching others.

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

My entire life I have been known as “the girl who sings”. Even though I have struggled with my weight my entire life, I had a strong confide

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

“Let Christ be your confidence” is what the older ministry wife told me three decades ago when I was scrounging around for some peace in my

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