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“Daniel, we don’t believe you’re ready to be a youth pastor yet.”  My executive pastor’s words hit me like a ton of bricks. After months of interviews, after pouring my ...

Everywhere I go, I meet girls and women who are hurting, overwhelmed, anxious, lonely, and feeling disconnected from God and others. You’ve likely seen it in your church ...

It wasn’t until I had nearly six months of distance from my pastorate that I realized I had been dealing at the time with significant burnout.  The burnout grew, as far ...

I suspect that there are many pastors who are angry but don’t know it, and if you’re one of them, I also suspect that not knowing it may be negatively impacting your mini...

My sister is a busy woman. She and her husband have four kids, ages ten to seventeen. They live outside of town in a house with some property, along with a dog and severa...

This post is an excerpt from Wherever You Are by Emily Assell. Published with permission from Tyndale House Publishers. “I’m sorry. Gabe, I’m so sorry.” I had let my an...

This post is an excerpt from Loved to Life by Ann Voskamp. Published with permission from Tyndale House Publishers. Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeare...

This post is an excerpt from Confessions of an Amateur Saint by Mandy Smith. Published with permission from NavPress. I saw the headline last week that a large, wealthy ...

For centuries before Christ, residents of Europe dealt with the long, hard winter months by celebrating midwinter festivals. Some familiar Christmas symbols originated in...

A great biography begins with a life well lived, but only a story well told lives on. Subjects of popular biographies range from people involved in politics and business ...