Have you broken that new year's resolution yet? Studies show that most people who make new year's resolutions have broken them by the end of January. Me? I generally resist making them in the first place, though I do ...

Christmas may be the "most wonderful time of the year", but it can also turn in to the most stressful time of the year as well. As children, we delighted in the gift-giving and receiving, the special activities, the ligh...

Note: Although women from around the world are a part of pastorswives.org, the U.S. election has received more international attention this year than in year's past. I encourage pastors' wives from around the world to ta...

Did you know that today was national "thank you" day in the U.S.? Granted, it's only a two-year-old tradition created (or at least sponsored) by a chocolate company, but I've been thinking recently that my own lack of th...

There's nothing like a summertime cold to transport me into wintertime mode. I'm sure it seemed odd to others, however, to see me curled up on the couch last week -- sipping soup, drinking hot chocolate, and distracting ...

Well it finally happened to me. That thought, that possibility that's hidden somewhere in the back of probably every pastor couple's mind. I was trusting in God, yet still my heart was pounding, my pulse was throbbing...

If you're a fan of the videos from Big Idea, you could probably hear Mr. Nezzer's voice when you read the title of this post, as he expresses his disappointment at the lack of thanks for his "lovely gift of chocolate" (Veggie Tales' Rack, Shack ...

We recently received and answered a question through our website on the subject of encouraging volunteerism in the church. When a similar question recently came up on our message forums, it quickly became evident that th...

There's a message there somewhere. We talk about how being in ministry is like living in a glass bowl, a glass house, etc. Today, I read something I've read tons of times before, but somehow it struck me differently t...