You find so many mixed reviews when you start asking kids what it is like to grow up in a preacher’s home. For many, they will immediately whine about the pressure of growing up in the ministry “bubble”. “I can’t be myself”, they will often exclaim, “because everyone is watching me.” Some will complain about...
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Storm of our own making
“Sometimes what we consider “storms” that we are having to endure, are really self-generated catastrophes that we try to weave into a spiritually, self-exalting story”
Lessons from the Farm- “Be Sure Your Lumps Will Find You Out”
Our family has always had a love for animals. Julie and I never knew what it was like not to have a dog around. While pastoring in South Carolina, we decided that we were going to have a little farm. Emily had a name for every animal on the farm. We had about forty goats...