The following post was commissioned by a reader, Rachael, who asked me about discernment in knowing what friendships to invest in and to...

One afternoon last fall, as I put the clean laundry away, I fell to the floor of my closet, weeping uncontrollably. I had no idea why the...

Ministry can at times feel like one big battle against discouragement. If I experience it as a pastor’s wife, I can’t imagine how...

In 2008, my husband and I planted a church in a cultural context where it’s fairly easy to meet people but difficult to build intimate...