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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Our Wildest Stories From a Life in Ministry – A Series – Part 2
When Anointing Oil Isn’t Quite What You Think One of the things I learned very quickly while living and ministering in Thailand was that you can pray, prepare, study your Bible, and have a very clear idea of how you think something should go, and then something completely changes your plans. I learned that…
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Our Wildest Stories From a Life in Ministry – A Series – Part 1
Some Things Can’t Be Taught In Bible College There are some things you learn in ministry that no Bible college, seminary, leadership course, or pastoral conference can prepare you for. For example, nobody ever sat us down and said, “Now, Sandra and Peter, here’s what you should do when someone walks into church, announces…
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When Ministry Becomes a Job
There is a quiet danger that sneaks up on pastors long before they ever see it coming. It doesn’t arrive with scandal, sin, or rebellion. It doesn’t begin with a moral collapse or a public failure. It begins with something far more subtle and far more socially acceptable. It begins when you stop tending…
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We Got Called!
Sandra and Peter each discovered their pastoral calling in different ways–Sandra through a powerful encounter with the Holy Spirit at youth camp, and Peter through a life-changing moment of surrender as a teenager. Both experienced God’s clear leading that shaped their lives and ministry, reminding us that true calling is about answering His invitation…