Let's Grow | the blog

...as we learn ways to help our families survive in the midst of trials, we also have the responsibility of teaching our children how to thr

Friendships could easily take a back seat to the demanding schedule that I have, but I have had to learn to fight against that and be intent

In our own thoughts and feelings, we are easily derailed and our effectiveness and purpose are taken out. It is significant that the first p

It's truly amazing how, when in a season of 'mountain-top ministry', you can vaguely recall the devastating experiences of '

What topics are you interested in reading about? What questions are baffling you as a woman of God, married, and in the ministry?

Sanctuary Let's Retreat affords you such luxury at an affordable rate, making it possible to bump your sanity, wholeness, wellness, and

We all agree we are called according to His purpose. We all agree we are to share the best news with others; thus, introducing them to a rel

I recommend this book for any woman, but especially for someone who might be in a season of pain or disappointment. This book could definite

We were in our first senior pastorate position and in the midst of learning the good, the bad, and ugly of all that is involved in leading a

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...

A grown woman made eight-years-old again…kindly tolerated but not belonging. If Jesus was so great, why were His people so hard to please?

I believe every Christian would benefit by doing what God has called them to do instead of wasting energy trying to discredit what others ar

They never made us feel stupid, or “outed” our sin. They walked real LOVE into our lives and He showed us the way.--Sheila Harper Grace...

I was so excited for my husband and so proud of him for stepping further into his calling and gifts. Meanwhile, I felt like a fish out of wa

This year's Let's Retreat will be held in November 7-9, 2019 at our new location of Gathering Oaks in Crawford, TX, just 15 short mi

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

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

Loneliness Island may be isolating, but it is overpopulated all the same.

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

“If you don’t want us to be in the ministry anymore, just say the word. Right now, you make the decision. What’s it gonna be?”