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Bridgette Tomlin
May 27, 20195 min read
Assuming the Best
I can visualize just where I was sitting in the dimly lit bedroom of our rent house, 16 years ago, where we housed our ministry's home...
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Sheila Harper
May 6, 20194 min read
Grace or Truth?
When my husband and I started going to church “for the kids”, I was not where I needed to be with the Lord and my husband wasn’t even saved.
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Susan Belisle
Feb 25, 20194 min read
The Wild Ride of the Call
There are seasons that we love like a memorable summer vacation, and seasons where we agonize over the harshness and bitterness of this life
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Martha Fouts
Dec 17, 20183 min read
My Real Struggle
The reason I went online to learn the definition of a Stepford Wife is that a lovely person posted on Facebook that, “Martha Fouts was nothi
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Martha Fouts
Dec 10, 20183 min read
My Real Personality
The pastor’s wife of the church I grew up in was a memorable lady. She was such a wonderful pastor’s wife, and yet, now that I think back as
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Martha Fouts
Dec 3, 20183 min read
My Real Backstory
Did you know that you have a backstory or an origin story? Your backstory has helped shape who you are today. Your backstory makes you compa
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Ashley Simmons
Oct 29, 20184 min read
Trust Fall
Once that trust is broken it becomes more difficult to trust. The tables completely turn. It’s now a matter of learning to trust again, not
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Casey Graves
Oct 22, 20184 min read
Peace Beneath the Surface
Truly, one the hardest things for me early in ministry was to fully believe--for myself—what I was teaching others.
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Sheila Harper
Oct 8, 20184 min read
My Sister's Keeper
We become powerful and will bring much change into our worlds when we stop looking at each other with petty jealousies and competition and s
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Denice Erway
Jun 25, 20185 min read
Finding a New Song to Sing
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
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Susan Belisle
Mar 5, 20185 min read
Healing the Hurts of Ministry
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...
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Casey Graves
Jan 8, 20182 min read
Hope After Broken Dreams
What I have learned in 20 years of ministry is that He is there in obscurity. He’s there when I can’t see Him, or feel Him, and when I...
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Bridgette Tomlin
Nov 6, 20176 min read
On Your Guard
The fact that he simply entered our home was not the frightening factor. It was the fact that he chose to enter unexpectedly, during the nig
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