My Top 10 Posts in 2015

My Top 10 Posts in 2015

2015 was an amazing year for me as a blogger! I had my first post go viral, I introduced my linky party, Charisma Magazine’s SpiritLed Woman began publishing my posts, and I’ve watched my blog grow in ways I never dreamed possible. I thought I’d take a moment in these final days of 2015 to…

14 Resources to Keep Spiritual Leaders Nourished

14 Resources to Keep Spiritual Leaders Nourished

One of the greatest dangers spiritual leaders face is making his Bible study sermon or lesson preparation. Without personal nourishment a spiritual leader will become spiritually malnourished, offering only dry crumbs and not a hearty feast of God’s Word. Here are 14 resources I regularly use to aid in my own personal spiritual nourishment.  …

I Must Never Forget!

I Must Never Forget!

Having been born in 1948, I am too young to remember first-hand the “Day of Infamy.” But, I have vivid memories of my Uncle Harold talking about Pearl Harbor and how he immediately went to the army recruiter and enlisted. He fought across the Philippians and was in some of the worst battles of those…

Why Christian Leaders Fall

Why Christian Leaders Fall

I remember well, like it was just yesterday, receiving the news that a Christian leader, Jimmy Swaggart, had fallen. The signs he was in trouble had been visible long before the public revelation. Swaggart’s confession came only eleven months after the fall of Christian leaders Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. My pastoral staff and I…