Work Done in the Shadows

“Tell me three success stories from your ministry,” she said. I don’t remember what stories I shared as I balanced answering the question, helping my kids make hot chocolate from the church’s coffee bar, and printing off their name tags for children’s church and nursery. Of course there are success stories, but as I stood […]

This Month’s Theme: The Return

After the cost has been named and the weight of it has settled into our bones, after we’ve traced the quiet toll of this life, a question rises.  What now?  Not in a problem-solving way or with a “make it worth it” kind of urgency. But in the way a tired soul wonders where to […]

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