WIM - Subcriber Articles

• Pastoring Beyond the Lowest Common Denominator
• Lead in Extravagant Worship
• Taking the First Step: Hospitality in Missions
• The Great Dance
• Born Broken But Living Whole Through Jesus
• The Dreaded Ministry Question
• Almost Ready to Serve
• Daughter of Peace
• When I Want to Quit
• Walking with the Wise
• The Best Thing We Bring to Our Leadership
• Lessons from a Knitting Project
• The In-Between Seasons of Ministry
• Self-Care for God's Representatives
• Pastoral First Aid
• Creating Room for Change: Learning How to Coach
• A Missionary's Heart
• Seizing the Call
• The Goldfish Bowl
• Preaching that Connects
• Exercises in Futility
• Ministry Contractions
• I Am Not Alone
• Friends for Pastors
• No Hope?
• The Hard Conversations
• Double Bypass
• Life Transitions: This Could Be Your Finest Hour
• Encouragement Tool Kit
• Beyond Words
• A Grandmother's Kindness, A Grandfather's Voice
• The Inner Ring
• Is the Familiar Fresh?
• Margin Space
• Charades
• Just Stress? Think Again
• Miles Apart but Close at Heart
• What Is Under Your Dirt?
• Church Ownership
• Don't Hide in the Bunker
• A Vision for Each Season
• The Voice We Know and Love
• Of Angels and Missionaries
• Know Where You Are Going
• Look, There's a Squirrel! A New Approach to Change
• A Photo of the Gospel
• Why Credentials?
• Reflections on Poverty and Ministry
• One of Those "Money-Grubbing" Preachers
• Idolizing Ministry
• Being a Role Model in Ministry
• Sage Tea at the Top of the World
• Timing
• Fewer Foundations, More Towers
• An Exit Strategy
• The Majestic in the Mundane
• CPR Training for Pastors
• Stirring Coffee and Leaps of Faith
• Have You Heard the One About Michael?
• A Sermon I Wish I Could Change
• Finding a Mentor - You Have Not Because You Ask Not
• Can You Be Trusted With Creative People?
• Life is Not a Timeline
• Writing
• Pastoring People or Managing People?
• Leadership Survival 101
• Practicing Love
• The Girl in the Foyer
• Glass Shards on a Wall
• Have You Questioned Lately?
• The Shovel-Ready Kingdom
• Leading with Proper Timing
• A Celebration of Interdependence
• His Presence
• The Weight of the Wait
• In My Weakness
• Our Thirst for Acceptance
• An Axe for Your Offenses
• Following God into the Unknown
• Cultural Conundrums: Identity and Security
• A Prophetic Voice
• Poured Out, But Not Wasted
• Keeping in Sync
• Bigger Ideas than Mine
• Church Planting Is For Women, Too!
• Decisions, Decisions
• Those Big Little Choices
• The Word Became Flesh and Blood, and Moved Into the Neighborhood
• Perseverance in an Impatient World
• Women in Ministry: An 80-Year-Old Woman Speaks
• Life Happens
• Celebrating the Small Stuff
• How Do You Wear Your Pain?
• Access Granted
• Living in the Moment
• Let Go
• Humor for the Holidays
• Honoring the Different Paths of Ministry
• Thriving and Not Just Surviving the Holidays
• The Power of Story
• Looking Ahead Through My Rearview Mirror
• Three Reasons Not to Be a Life-Long Learner
• Predictability
• Our Good Shepherd
• Draw Me Nearer
• Even If He Does Not
• Stay the Course
• More Than Enough
• Some Dark Thoughts
• Bloom Once More
• Life in the Parentheses
• Power Washing
• Walking with Jesus through the Red Light District
• Pastors and Counseling
• Transitions
• Wildly Scattering Seed
• Expectations in Suffering
• Dust
• The Dirty Work of Discipleship
• Deal With Your Stuff
• Mentoring: Remembering the Dream
• Music in the Night: Cross-Cultural Lessons Around a Campfire
• Manalive
• Graffiti: What Has Someone Written on Your Life?
• Have You Lost It?
• The Fruit of Giving to Missions
• Wanted: Emotionally Healthy Leaders
• Gifts
• Searching for Someone
• No Secret
• Send Me
• Footsteps, Finger-Posts, and Danger Signals
• Have You Set Your Face?
• I'm Not Judgmental, You Are
• Burnt Offerings and Fruit Loops
• Bloom Where You Are Replanted
• High Days and Other Days
• Ponderings on Pans of Concrete
• Are You Supposed to be Lonely at the Top?
• The School of "Hard Knocks"
• Imitating Christ
• Prayers From Pain
• Emotional Intelligence - What's That?
• The Mission Consists of Moments
• Change the Atmosphere!
• When the Call Clashes with the Dream
• Good Friday: The Separation of the Trinity
• Freedom
• Choosing Joy
• What's in Your Pantry?
• St. Patrick Was a Pentecostal
• Acts of Kindness
• When People Leave Your Church
• The Long Wait
• Pay Attention to the Botts' Dots
• Tending the Spark of Inspiration
• Girls for Sale
• Chi Alpha and the Single Woman
• Real Love Is More Than a Craft Project
• World Changers
• When Ministry Comes Home
• Who Cares About Creation?
• What Am I Doing Wrong?
• Places
• Generous Yet Undepleted
• Pursue Your Calling
• My Turkmen Friend Speaks Spanish
• Mommies of Chi Alpha: Mixing Motherhood and Ministry Life
• Monsoon Season
• Hidden in Plain Sight
• Parents of the Prodigal
• What Does a Giant Look Like?
• Life is Precious
• Who Calls You Mama?
• Swimming Upstream: Single and Female in Ministry
• The Beauty of Inadequacy
• God's Positioning System
• Someday the Room Will Change
• Tough Conversations
• Prepared - Now What?
• Reflections on Vision from a Football Pro
• A Spa for the Soul
• My New Motto
• My Cup Overflows
• Disappointments
• What Was That Last Fight Really All About?
• The Contemplative Christian
• Woman in Her Full Power
• Raving Fans
• Making Investments
• Don't Do Anything Stupid
• Stop Climbing the Ladder
• From the Other Side of the Bed
• Splintered Staffs
• Singing the Songs of Zion
• Yankee, Go Home!
• Learning to Lead Softly
• Closing the Gap between Perception and Reality
• For the Sake of Memories
• Ministry Lessons from a Biker Chick
• Divine Detours
• Reinvention
• "John 3:16 Gospel Tract" 3 Cents
• Open Wide the Doors
• Wow, What a Ride!
• Called or Capable
• Blogging for Impact
• Seek My Face
• Dreams in the Basement
• Grand Assurance
• Incomparably Great Power
• Do You Smell Something?
• Solitude
• Cultural Conundrums: Group vs. Self Identity
• Staying the Course
• Being Comfortable With the Unknown
• Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First
• Fighting Fear
• Becoming Irreplaceable
• To Do
• The Schizophrenic Leader
• Success By God
• Good People
• Here I Come, Ready or Not!
• A One-Woman Novelty Act
• Possessing the Promise
• Captain of the Team
• Someone Like Me
• My Two-Word Pep Talk
• The Nature of Discipleship
• The Art of Asking Questions
• Navigating the Storm
• Living in Ice?
• Dream Again
• My Story, Mary's Story
• Loving More
• Refuse the Red Stew
• Jars of Clay
• The Pits or the Stands?
• Things Are Not as Bad as They Seem
• Leaving a Legacy
• Debridement of the Soul
• Hiding Places
• Secret Integrity
• Are you a Flight Attendant or a Pilot?
• Pulling Together
• Dangerous Faith
• She Missed the News
• God's Amazing Women
• I Have Not Lived a Rebellious Day
• Embrace the Grace
• The God Beyond Magic
• Seven Things I've Learned Being a Missionary
• Sometimes I Need to Sit on the Floor
• I Am a Bridge
• Ripples
• One of Nine
• Hungry
• "I Want to be Like Them"
• Why Women Stop
• The Loneliness of Leadership
• Sharing Your Home with Others
• Designed to Live
• Out of Context
• Leading With Our Ears
• Pass Interference
• Pastors and Small Children
• The Call to My Back Yard
• Race Naked
• That's impossible!
• Power Incognito
• On Waiting in Line
• Role Model
• Just An Ordinary Person
• The Desire for Respect
• When God is Silent
• Going Forward in the Presence of Fear
• Seasons of Grief
• Replete
• Decrease
• Hospitals and Funerals
• I Need Help
• Selling Out
• Maddie and Me
• Peripheral Vision
• Facing Today's Philistine
• Missy the Muslim
• Inside
• Staying Power
• Feeding the Ministry
• Freedom from ...Freedom to ...
• The Renewal
• What Our Church Could Look Like
• The Forming of an International Student Gospel Choir
• The Fruit of Self-Discipline
• Security Check
• What is Hiding in Your Closet?
• Flagged for Follow Up
• Flipping a Herring Over the Edge
• Testing Times
• An Exercise in Gratitude
• The Reality of Process
• Turbulence and a Veil
• Peace Before Breakfast
• What Aesop's Fable Taught Me about Ministry
• Reaching Disillusioned Young Adults
• Wheat
• The Power in Our Struggles
• One Little Word
• I Could Get Uptight About This
• Something to Say
• Dancing at Midnight
• We Can Do It
• To Be or Not To Be
• Take Your Time
• An Interruptible Life
• Food Addiction and Ministry
• Corrine's Crash
• It Is Good
• Preaching to a Multicultural Audience
• Leftovers
• The Phone Call
• The Next Generation of World Changers
• One Small Picture
• Let’s Fast Christmas
• Sometimes, It’s Who You Know…
• Partnering With Other Organizations
• Let’s Fly!
• From Obscurity to the Spotlight
• The Price of Our Calling
• Love Letters
• Learning to Lead
• Bad News
• The Minister's Wife: Lucy Maude Montgomery
• Words of Criticism or Words from God?