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Too Many Expectations: Making Sense of All My Roles

By Sharon Harrell | April 28, 2026

Early in our marriage, while serving at a church plant, I was raising three small children, caring for my mother and grandmother, homeschooling, a leader in women’s ministry, and hosting a small group in our home. My capacity was limited and I had no idea how to juggle all those relationships and responsibilities. I kept…

Protect Your Family Time During the Busy Christmas Season in Ministry

November 21, 2024

Our 35 years in pastoral ministry (all at one church, in a suburb north of Boston) spanned all our child-rearing…

Find Joy and Stay Connected During Advent as a Pastor’s Family

November 21, 2024

By Jere & Brenda Vincent, Family Builders Ministry The Advent season is often one of the busiest and most demanding times…

Alpha as a Leadership Development Tool

July 26, 2024

One of the oddest incidents in the Book of Exodus occurs when Moses’ father-in-law Jethro visits him in the Sinai…

Conflict in Ministry Marriage: Challenging Your Husband with Respect

May 22, 2024

Letting a fallen sinner lead is always difficult – and sometimes no easier when he’s your husband AND the pastor…

Alpha as a Way to Build Community

May 22, 2024

In the two previous installments of this series on Alpha ministry in the local church, I’ve looked at Alpha as…

Alpha as a Discipleship Tool

May 3, 2024

Jesus’ model of discipleship involved both teaching and on-the-job training in ministry. The content of his teaching centered on the…

Alpha Can Help Revitalize Your Church

January 25, 2024

I’m not sure I could overstate how much Alpha has impacted the revitalization of our church. In the more than…

A Pastor’s Relationship to his Children

December 19, 2022

“You always put the church ahead of us!” Those were the angry words hurled at our friend by his adult…

A Pastor’s Relationship with Self

November 14, 2022

You are on a plane taxiing for takeoff; the flight attendant takes the microphone and makes the familiar announcement: “In…

A Pastor’s Relationship with his Wife: The Make-or-Break Relationship

November 9, 2022

In the introduction to his classic work A Handbook to Marriage, Theodore Bovet states, “Today for most people the man-woman…

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