Let's Grow | the blog

Recently I shared on Sanctuary's podcast about the sudden death of my husband, joe, on March 15, 1981, and the healing of my broken heart...

As we are standing there, staring at the door He has opened right in front of us, we can take the first step forward with confidence in Him

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

Six years ago we hosted our very first Let’s Retreat with a few dozen unsuspecting guests who literally had no idea what they were attending

While we have seen tremendous victories in ministry, we have also experienced years of suffering through diagnosis after diagnosis.

Whether it is mundane or high pressure, whether you’re stuck inside all day or playing chauffeur, we all need the truth of God’s Word...

Vulnerability is a common theme throughout the Bible. In fact, over and over throughout scriptures, we find some type of vulnerability as...

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...

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.

As I stood by her bed, I felt an old friend surface. Why in the world would I feel...jealous?

Ministry isn’t just our occupation or something we just do. Ministry is who we are.

I knew that, if I wanted children that loved the ministry, I had to exemplify a positive attitude about the ministry.

Stepping out and saying 'yes' to God is hard. If it was easy, everyone would be fulfilling their purpose for God and there would be

Why are we as women so content to push people away and settle for a life that is okay or good when God has designed a life for us that can b

Let's Talk with Sanctuary, Sanctuary's BRAND NEW PODCAST for women in ministry, launches TOMORROW, September 2, 2020! We can't wait to...

Sanctuary is launching a brand new PODCAST for women in ministry just ahead on Wednesday, September 2, 2020!

Truly we are finding that we are better together. We need each other. It brings nourishment to our souls--healing and joy. It benefits the m

Over the next few months our team feels a blog break will grant us a reset button, allowing time to hear what the Spirit is saying, garner f

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

True strength is the gutsiness to do whatever God asks you to… even if it scares you.