Loss, pain, and heartbreak are very much a part of our broken world. That is why Christmas is so important to our family, even more this year
Category: Ministry
My Heart Hurts
Right now, in the messiness of ministry, life is hard and my heart hurts.
The Prayer I Fought to Pray
In the darkness these words were a haunting challenge to me. A challenge of whether I was willing to let the Refiner free in my life.
The Veneer of Civility
The way it appears to me, is that the pandemic has created trauma in everyone and as a result the veneer of civility has been removed from all of us at once. All of our worst sides have been exposed at the same time.
Summer 2020 Garden Update
A Growing Hope Garden update.
Jennifer’s Legacy
In my heart, I knew that this would be the last thing I would say to Jennifer. I am not sure if it was the pressing of the Holy Spirit or intuition, but I knew these were my last words, so I didn’t spare them.
This is Only Temporary
Wrestling with the pain and struggles in life doesn’t push us away from Christ it draws us near to Him.
Growing Hope Garden Update
I want my hands to be covered in soil and joyfully declaring the goodness of God...
Footprints Were Not Seen
Maybe I am even more amazed by what God didn’t allow me to do. How God didn’t let me serve where my heart wanted. How God closed ministry opportunities that I thought had finally arrived. All because He loved me enough to grow me into who I am now.
Someone Worth Celebrating
Today is my husband’s 33rd birthday. ... There are too many things about Scott Donald Wagoner that need to be celebrated.
