Category: Life

  • Ten Things to Help You Study God’s Word More

    I am a pastor’s wife and I have watched my husband study the Bible for over 32 years in his morning quiet time. He gets up very early and studies for several hours each day. He has his own system for study which includes reading, taking notes, research in commentaries, consulting the original texts in…

  • Why I Probably Shouldn’t Blog Every Day

    I love this photo…. this is how I feel right now wondering what I am going to say each day. LOL I committed to 31 days of blogging and I am showing up. I thought I would take a few minutes to do a bit of an evaluation of what I have learned over the…

  • Spouse in the House by Cynthia Ruchti and Becky Melby

    Where was this book years ago?! LOL Dan and I have cycled in and out of being home together 24/7 for big chunks at a time since about 1997. He has been a band director in a public school and, until this past summer, he has been home for 10 to 12 weeks every summer.…

  • Things I Learned in 2020

    There were a lot of lessons for many of us in 2020. I thought I would drop a few here from my list. It won’t be 20 in 2020. I will keep it brief and some of it can be more fully understood if you read the post I did right before this one. If…

  • Growing Together by Melissa B. Kruger

    I really loved the message of this book! It is a very needed message in a time when people are feeling isolated in our churches. This book is about mentoring and how that looks in a church. Mentoring is the word we use for older or more experienced individuals step in to help those who…

  • The Power of Christian Contentment by Andrew M. Davis

    Andrew Davis is a pastor in a church in North Carolina. He has done some research into a book that was published in 1643 entitled The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs. Davis has taken the time to share some great wisdom from this book with us. He has also done a ton…