When We Don’t Embrace Our Whole Self

It was years ago — over a decade — and yet it is forever etched vividly in my mind’s eye. I was at a basket weaving class (yes, there is actually such a thing; yes, it is actually a lot of fun; and for those of you thinking of the college credit...

Words Matter in Leadership

I recently read an article about a pastor who was receiving a lot of criticism as of late, culminating in him stepping down as head pastor of his church while charges against him are investigated. What was the reason so many were calling for his resignation? While I...

Help Me Do What I Cannot Do

Have you ever been there? You’re the one in charge, and you have no idea how you should handle the situation that has been presented to you? Wading through difficult or unknown territory is hard enough on your own, but leading others through it, too, can seem like a...

Flourish in the Balance

Carolyn Haas is the co-lead pastor at Substance Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  How do you balance life and ministry? It’s probably the number one question I’m asked. Like most women, I want to have and do it all. Thankfully, though, God has given me insights on...

Flourishing In God’s Power

Olivia Puccini  is a wife, mom, author, and Missionary. There was a faint knock on the screen door. My mother rolled over in bed and felt herself sink into the depression that had laid her there. Her husband had left her for another woman. At the door waited her...