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4 Disciplines of a Healthy Identity
It was like ice water to the face, I became a pastor’s wife at 22 years old. I was not prepared for the onslaught of busyness, spiritual warfare, and expectation. I had no coping plan. The brunt force...
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5 Prayers to Pray For Your Husband
Here are 5 prayers you can pray for your husband. Strength in the midst of discouragement Lord, I pray that my husband would turn immediately to you when discouragement steals into his heart and mind....
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Battling Discouragement
I have known the antagonism of discouragement. In early adulthood I was a newcomer to marriage and ministry, and I knew a crippling type of discouragement tied to a crisis of identity. This...
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Beyond Survival
I did not know I was depressed until I got married. Over time I would see that depression had been present since I was a child. When I walked down the aisle ten years ago, I had never said the words...
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Born This Way
Family stood by on FaceTime, while we held our breath and stared at that ultrasound screen. “It’s a boy!” Everyone erupted into cheering. Not that the cheering would have been more or less for a girl;...
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Christmas for the Weary
It was a quiet night in my house; my toddler was sleeping, my teenager was busy, and my husband was working. It was the perfect opportunity to slip out into the city to wander around a nearby shopping...
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Confrontation, Speaking the Truth in Love, and Unity
Recently I disappointed a friend. We have all been there for a hundred different reasons. She was hurting and needed time, the one thing I didn’t have to give. I could later in the day or the next, but...
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Family? Or Church?
My husband is currently a bi-vocational church planter. This means that he has a full time job while planting and pastoring a new church plant. In the past the balance of family and ministry has always...
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Help! I'm Not Attracted To My Spouse
A friend recently asked me what you do when you are not attracted to your husband. This is an excellent question for both men and women. What do you do if you are not attracted to your spouse? Culture...
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Redemption in the Mourning
The attachment to one’s mother is a mystery of the heart. The desire to know my mom has been an enduring companion. If she called me tomorrow, I would go to her, wherever she was, I would go. I was...
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Repurposed Pain
As my husband held down my three-month old son I buckled the braces in place and locked in the bar. Asa had given up looking at me with those pleading eyes, and had resigned to screaming; maybe someone...
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Sticks and Stones
What do we do with the unanswered questions? The whys? The where was God when…? What do we say when we stare across a table at unfathomable eyes that have seen and known unthinkable suffering? The...
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The Adversary of Worry
I became a mother March 10 of this year. I remember watching this 14 year-old little blond, decked out in animal print, bounce out of a social worker’s car. I watched through the window trying to catch...
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The Danger of Comparison
Recently I was sitting in the back of my mini-van with my 5 month-old after a 10-hour road trip. The truth is, I wasn’t thinking about my unwashed hair or the spit up (and coffee) on my clothes or the...
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The Danger of Entertaining Lies
It would be convenient if Satan would show up as a talking snake. Then, we could run away screaming or call animal control. Perhaps, the bravest of us would grab a stick and whack him until he left. We...
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The Equation of God's Goodness
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." -- John 16:33 If God could write a sticky note...
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The Story of Us
Before our beginning there was a beautiful angel appointed by God, his name was Lucifer. His heart became dark and diseased. He desired God’s worship for himself, so God cast him out of heaven along...
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