7 Ways Pastors’ Wives Make It Harder For Themselves
My husband has pastored three churches. All three have been Baptist. The first two were Southern Baptist, and our current church is independent Baptist. Each church has been conservative to varying degrees, and they have all been small churches in…
Christian Nationalism: Don’t Embrace It
Certain groups of Americans have been trying to tear down our nation for the last several years. The tactics have been varied, but the message has been the same. “America is evil.” “America is a bad place.” “America isn’t for…
How To Choose A Church
On a fairly regular basis, I see women on Facebook asking for help choosing a church. They may have just moved, recently became a Christian, or left a church for one reason or another. I’ve noticed something a bit disturbing,…
News And The Willful Ignorance Of Christians
We live in some crazy times. Pandemic. Critical Race Theory. Transgender women (so, biological men) competing against women in sports. Shared bathrooms in schools. Graphic sex education for elementary school students. Blue’s Clues featuring a drag queen to teach preschoolers…
Modesty: It’s More Than What You Wear
Matthew West, an award-winning Contemporary Christian musician, recently dropped a new single entitled “Modest is Hottest.” The reaction was predictably angry and blinded by modern feminism and purity culture backlash. Blogs and comment sections lit up with this seemingly never-ending…
I’m Afraid I Have Wasted My Life
I gave a devotional at my church’s Mother-Daughter Banquet recently. It was a fun time, and I enjoyed writing the devotional and speaking. Naturally, you might think I walked away from the experience feeling pretty good, but I did not.…
Living As A Christian Looks Weird
Note: Below is the talk I gave at my church’s Mother-Daughter Banquet about how living as a Christian looks weird…or it should! I’m not one to do a lot of public speaking, but I had a good time. I decided…
Christian Budgeting: There Really Is A Biblical Way
Adding the word Christian in front of things to make them spiritual is one of my pet peeves. “Christian lawn maintenance.” “Christian hair care.” “Christian exercise.” Yet, here I am seemingly doing the same thing. I want to talk about…
“Online Church” Is Not Real Church
Covid-19 has created all sorts of new challenges for churches. Not the least of which is, “How do we have church services without meeting at our church buildings?” Easy! Thanks to modern-day technology the answer is “online church.” Of course,…
How To Sabotage Your Marriage: Prioritize The Wrong People
Marriage is filled with obvious rights and wrongs. Hit your spouse? Wrong. Contribute to the household chores and maintenance? Right. Date other people? Umm, wrong. Date each other? Right. Yeah, you get that. Unfortunately, marriage has a lot of potential…
