Missional Living – Page 15 – Growing Graceful

by Linda

Let Them Imitate You

I was standing at the sink, scrubbing the residue of Keto-Angel Food Cake from the bundt pan, when I faintly heard the sound of someone miffed across the room. It wasn’t serious, so I kept scrubbing. And then I heard my 19 year old Angel Girl speak up. Her tone was patient and kind. “Ella, […]

by Linda

Recipe: Gluten-Free Sourdough Banana Bread

The fragrant smell of banana bread wafting through the house… Warm bread with freshly spread butter, melting in your mouth. And you feel good because you know, even though no one else can tell, it’s sourdough, and that means that it contains more readily available nutrition than traditional breads. What better recipe, than a […]

by Linda

The Danger in Comparing

Our girls have always sung: all over the house, at church, in the store… it shouldn’t have surprised me. I was the child who clogged through every store my mother took me. I remember our oldest 3 girls singing VBS songs in a grocery store and getting a bit loud, I thought, to serenade […]

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One of the Most Valuable Lessons You’ll Ever Learn About Ministry

I will never forget the first Ladies’ Retreat that Camp JIM hosted after our family joined the staff. It was the first time I had ever helped plan a retreat, and to say I learned a lot would be an understatement! Our theme that year was “Beauty for All Seasons,” and our speaker, a pastor’s […]

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How to Minister to the Lord

Several years ago, a women’s pastor who sometimes spoke at our camp Ladies’ Retreats was in the area and stopped by my home for a brief visit. When I asked her how she was doing she glowed, explaining that she had just returned from a quiet retreat where she had fasted and prayed, “and,” she […]