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Sheila Harper
Nov 18, 20205 min read
Tackling the Top Three
TOP THREE CAUSES OF BURNOUT…OR AT LEAST THEY WERE MY TOP THREE! My husband and I managed to pull off a three-week sabbatical where we...


Sheila Harper
Nov 11, 20205 min read
Snagging the Pass-Through
There's a dark recess of your mind that is the end of you. Burnout takes you to a tired that sleep won't fix.


Sheila Harper
Nov 4, 20206 min read
Bye, Bye Burnout
As I stood by her bed, I felt an old friend surface. Why in the world would I feel...jealous?


Pam King
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Modeling a Love for Ministry
I knew that, if I wanted children that loved the ministry, I had to exemplify a positive attitude about the ministry.


Jennifer Watson
May 20, 20205 min read
A Ministry Wife Mantra
I'll take one for the team and say the thing that most ministry wives wouldn't dare say out loud:
I don't want to go back to th


Jennifer Watson
May 6, 20204 min read
Battle Cry: Facing Fear Together
Fear teaches us to pray differently. Whether it’s physical or emotional pain, it reminds us we are needy people dependent upon a God who nev


Casey Gibbons
Nov 13, 20194 min read
The Divine Calling of Ministry Mamas
...if you are a MINISTRY MAMA and you feel that your husband has upfront leadership and a divine calling, but you are left sitting on the cu


Lindsay Dryer
Oct 23, 20194 min read
Creating Time to Abide
Life gets really full and really busy, and sometimes it feels like you can’t add one more thing. But today, I challenge you to add more thin


Liz Smith
Oct 16, 20197 min read
Searching for Sabbath
As our family grew from just the two of us to a party of seven, and our jobs in church ministry grew, our Sabbath turned into just a day off


Ashley Simmons
Oct 9, 20195 min read
The Lie of Self-Sufficiency
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


Lindsey Cunningham
Sep 4, 20196 min read
Finding Beauty in Broken Places
I’ve been in ministry alongside my husband for 10 years now and I’ve learned a thing or two about hurt. Today, I specifically want to share


Karmen Wilson
Aug 8, 20194 min read
An Invitation.
We’ve all been there. We’ve all come face to face with this question and some of us can easily and truthfully answer with one of the above c


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...


chrestentomlin
Apr 15, 20191 min read
We are READY to Retreat!
Today is the day! Today we are READY to Retreat and have opened up registration for Sanctuary's 2019 Let's Retreat. We are so excite


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 25, 20196 min read
The Ticket Out of Loneliness Island
With 21 years of itinerant ministry under my skinny snakeskin belt, I have sat across the table from many a ministry wife who either unloads


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 18, 20195 min read
The Treasure of Loneliness Island
Loneliness Island can bring a girl down, if she lets it. And yes, we should throw out that life preserver for authentic friendship, even if


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 11, 20195 min read
The Trap of Loneliness Island
Once loneliness has a choke hold on an individual, it seems all the more difficult to break out of it. Often ministry wives begin to take in


Bridgette Tomlin
Mar 4, 20195 min read
The Temptation of Loneliness Island
Loneliness Island may be isolating, but it is overpopulated all the same.


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


Rhonda Anzivino
Feb 18, 20195 min read
Life in the Fish Tank
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
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