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.

Several years ago, I woke up on Christmas morning to find myself completely empty.

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

God intended our lives to be shared with others. The simple act of eating together represents something much bigger. The table was the first

Ministry happens when you use what you have in your hands. Practicing hospitality is an ongoing process. Special encounters await. Going bey

Can we minister to our neighbors during a pandemic? Absolutely, yes! In a world where gathering is discouraged and fear prevents neighboring

Friends, we have ONE SUITE LEFT for this fall’s annual Let’s Retreat, hosted at Gathering Oaks Retreat, just 20 minutes from Waco, TX!...

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

The Surgeon wasn't necessarily trying to remove things from me. He was actually attempting to give life to something deep within my spir

Sometimes it's necessary for us to undergo His cutting away of things we hold so dear before He can truly heal us.

When you meet my husband Chris and I, you may get the impression that we are open, honest and transparent, but the truth is that we have tol

Sanctuary Let's Retreats are currently held annually and are designed with the wives of full-time ministers in mind. Each multi-night...

My kids can know all the right Bible answers and have excellent behavior in public (ha! It’s funny even to type it!), but if they don’t know

As ministry wives, we may continually feel like we are stretched beyond the limits of our own sanity at times. And it is because of this str

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