Are you obeying Jesus?
How are you doing at making disciples? It was a question I had never been asked. In 35 years of church life, I had...
Family retreat vs. family vacation
We often talk about the challenges faced when getting caught up in the fast pace of today’s world. It can be hard to find...
Connecting with God’s Word in the margins of your Bible
M y days of Bible journaling began many years ago with my Grandma Wheeler. She was an amazing Christian lady who loved the Lord...
Stewarding our children
Once, I thought we’d be perfect parents.
Then we actually had children.
As if to put an exclamation point on our inadequacy, our twin daughters were...
Learning from the “Dones” and “Nones”
In the early 2000s, Adam was the star quarterback at his local high school. That notoriety—combined with using his older brother’s ID to purchase...
You can be an online missionary
It was 10:30 on a Tuesday morning and I’d just sent a batch of emails to pastors about an upcoming prayer meeting. My coffee...
The place God called me
In anticipation of the USMB study conference on women in vocational ministry hosted by the U.S. Board of Faith and Life Jan. 14-16 in...
Relating to adult children
Just as a wedding is only the beginning of a marriage, your child leaving the nest is just the beginning of a new relationship....