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Letters from a Pastor’s Wife: Introduction

Today is the beginning of a new series called “Letters from a Pastor’s Wife.” Who’s the pastor’s wife? Me. I don’t ever introduce myself as a pastor’s wife. It’s not on my bio anywhere. Why? Because it seems really odd to me that “pastor’s wife” is a thing when it’s not really normal to introduce yourself as “business owner’s wife” or “physician’s wife” or “teacher’s wife” or any other vocational description + wife. Why should I define myself in my bio by my husband’s work? I am a wife. I am a mother. I...

When to Leave and When to Remain

My brother, father and myself often entered redfish fishing tournaments when I lived near Destin, FL several years ago. On a particularly good day,...

The Gift of Sleep

Last Tuesday I took a bus, a plane, and then a rental car to reach some meetings with colleagues at a gorgeous lake house....

When Jesus Won’t Play Along

I love to screw around with my kids, especially Seth (4), and ask him questions like: “Seth, who’s smarter, Mommy or Daddy? Who’s faster?...

Rest From Vacation

My husband and I just returned from a getaway celebrating our 9th anniversary. It was glorious—we had extended, uninterrupted time alone for the first...

Why Christianity Needs Less Talk and More Action

I was on the phone recently with someone who was describing to me a problem they were facing. It wasn’t a massive problem, but...

You Were Made for What?

Never in history has there ever been a person just like you. After God completed his finishing touches, he threw out the mold....

A Journey Finished

It is finished. The debt is paid.

These were the last words of Jesus’ ministry before death, and also, in a much less significant sense,...

He Causes Me to Rest

I hurt my back last Monday and I don’t even have a great story to tell about it.  The long and short of it...
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