Let's Grow | the blog

Throughout the month of February we will feature content at Let's Talk with Sanctuary that focuses on the dynamic of marriage + ministry.

Do you catch yourself wondering when you’ll grow accustomed to being “the preacher’s wife”?

I wanted out. I wanted us to be a regular couple who attend church, together, on the weekends and some Wednesdays.

This is easy for ANY driven person to fall into. It didn’t feel like sin; it actually felt like being a good steward of all God had blessed

Marriage is both wonderful and challenging. But when you add it to life in ministry, it is often lived out in what feels like a 'fish ta

What is your greatest joy in ministry/marriage? ​What is your greatest struggle in ministry/marriage? ​Wow. Those are two thought-provoking

Statistics tell us that 50% of pastors regularly look at pornography. Which means around half of ministry wives are living with a lack of se

As my daughter Sara and I stood next to the lifeless earthly body of the man we had both loved, my mind went into hyper gear. How could my l

You see, I can teach, I can cook, I can clean, I can sing a little, play piano a little, organize ministries, and on and on, but other peopl

...recently God has been showing me that "for such a time as this" isn’t as fairytale-like as we can view Esther’s story.

The cost of ministry will not seem worth it if we are looking to the church to pay that bill.

Every family has their stories. You know the ones – the one about Great Aunt Edna hitting a stranger’s house with her car, the one about you

Have you found yourself in the middle of a disagreement between two people you care about?

Do you ever feel like your head is fractured?  Like the plates of your skull are literally pulling apart? That's the picture that comes

When The Husband and I first met in college, I was 19. The Husband got me a job at the bar he was working at and, shortly thereafter, we sta

I want to give you some practical things that will protect your marriage, keep the fun in your marriage, but best of all keep the spice in y

When Bill and I married, he thought that I was the very best thing that had happened in his life. After twenty years, he no longer wanted to

No matter where your marriage is today, it can flourish and be an example to others with God’s help. I didn’t say perfection. It may be as s

As a child, I could never have fully understood what we experienced. But now that I’m older and in ministry myself I see that we, as a famil

People used to ask me, “What’s it like being a pastor’s kid (PK)”? I thought this was the craziest question EVER.  I mean, what’s it like be