Latest Blog Posts:

• Week 3 - Praying for Humility

  Saturday, October 17th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, When was the last time you heard a TV show or news reporter praise someone for their humility? In some ways it’s antithetical to the “self-made man” and the American dream. We’re...

• Week 2 - Praying for Holiness

  Saturday, October 10th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Last week, I shared four character traits that we’ll focus our prayers on for Pastor Jason and our other elders this month. As we move from praying for love to praying for holiness, I ...

• A Month of Prayer for our Pastor/Elder Team

  Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
  Hi Ladies, I like for us to take each October to pray specifically for Pastor Jason and the elders. Even though Pastor Appreciation Month is a modern invention, the concept of showing honor to whom...

• Ephesians 1:15-23, part 6 - Wrapping up with gifts

  Saturday, September 26th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, As you have meditated on Paul’s prayer over these last weeks, you may have wondered where he stops praying and starts communicating directly to his readers again. That’s a great ques...

• Ephesians 1:15-23, part 5 - The immeasurable greatness of His power

  Saturday, September 19th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Do you ever wonder how many times the Ephesians might have read and reread Paul’s letter, trying to get it all? It’s so rich! We’ve spent the last several weeks looking at his pray...

• Ephesians 1:15-23, part 4 - The riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints

  Saturday, September 12th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, I trust that the Spirit encouraged you this past week with the incredible hope we have in our God! But we can quickly lose sight of it. It’s something Paul knew he needed to pray for t...

• Ephesians 1:15-23, part 3 - To know the hope of His calling

  Saturday, September 5th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Paul’s prayers are so rich, not only to understand, but to pray! I hope you don’t mind taking our time digging into them. This week, we’re ready to begin looking at the first of th...

• Ephesians 1:15-23, part 2 - Getting knowledge right

  Saturday, August 29th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, I hope that last week’s focus has made you more mindful of both our great need for and access to Spirit-filled wisdom as we seek to abide in Him. This week, we are just going to look a...

• Ephesians 1:15-23, part 1

  Saturday, August 22nd, 2026
  Hi Ladies, How many of you got red ink in English class due to run-on sentences? If so, you’re not alone. The apostle Paul would have been right with you. 😄 Did you know that after the brief g...

• A repeated word from a different mouth - James 1:2-4

  Saturday, August 15th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Have you ever told someone something (maybe a repeated something!), and they just don't seem to get it? Then, one day you hear them say, "So-and-so said this to me, and it really stuck."...

• Praying Col. 4:12, part 2 - Standing mature and fully assured

  Saturday, August 8th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Last week, after meditating on Colossians 4:12 and trying to articulate its richness, I realized that there was just too much to fit into one devotional. 🙂 So, we continue this week�...

• A powerful wrestling (Col. 4:12)

  Saturday, August 1st, 2026
  Hi Ladies, When was the last time you wrestled? Not that kind of wrestling… although some of you moms of little boys might have a recent memory! I’m talking about wrestling in prayer. I could b...

• For the new and experienced: Why we do brunches

  Friday, July 24th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, I know this comes a day early, but I like to periodically remind us (and explain for those of you who are new!) of the overarching vision for the women of ABC: Our desire is that after o...

• Fall Bible Study

  Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Summer is not over, but we’re planning for the fall! I’m excited to share that we will be offering a 10-week, video-based Bible study through the book of Joshua, and we’ll have two...

• James and Teabags

  Saturday, July 18th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Do you resonate with any of these statements? “I don’t struggle with anger, but whenever I’m around so-and-so, I become a different person!” “She/he knows just how to push my b...

• More than words (Col. 3:12-16)

  Saturday, July 11th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Wasn’t it great to be back in Proverbs, and James for those of you in our summer study? Words, words, everywhere! But I keep being confronted with something significant. It’s not all...

• 2026 Halfway Check-up

  Saturday, July 4th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Happy halfway through 2026!! It’s fitting that we rehearse and check up on our goals for this year as a women’s ministry. The Lord clearly directed us to focus on abiding in Him, and...

• Praying for wisdom to see (James 1:5)

  Saturday, June 27th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Since not all of you are able to join in the James study this summer, I thought I’d take this week to share some gleanings from the dig. 🙂 Have you ever heard James referred to as �...

• Christ our Wisdom

  Saturday, June 20th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, I’ve been wanting to share some thoughts on wisdom with you from our ladies’ James study! But before I do, I believe it would be helpful for us to meditate on the lyrics to “Christ...

• More on opening your mouth (Ps. 81:10, pt 2)

  Saturday, June 13th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Some of you probably appreciated the shorter meditation and prayer focus on Psalm 81:10 last week. 😄 But it left some of you with questions. I am so glad it did, and even more so that...

• Open your mouth and…

  Saturday, June 6th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, I mentioned a while back that I thought the Lord was doing something around the theme of words. Between Pastor Jason's Proverbs series and the ladies' study through James, it's certainly...

• A Prayer for Persevering Peace (2 Thess. 3:16)

  Saturday, May 30th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, We've prayed through various aspects of persevering this past month, and these prayers will remain important until we see Christ face to face. But I thought that this prayer of Paul's fr...

• Week 4: Persevering in belief

  Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
  Hi Ladies, We’ve made it to the last full week of May! I don’t know if you’ve needed the exhortations to persevere as much as I have, but with the high number of admonitions in Scripture, it ...

• Week 3: Persevering in love and good works

  Saturday, May 16th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, I hope you're seeing that the Bible has much to say about perseverance. We've looked at passages exhorting us to persevere 1) in prayer, and 2) in trials/struggles. This week, I'd like u...

• Week 2: Persevering in the struggle

  Saturday, May 9th, 2026
  Hi Ladies, Last week, I mentioned how I was thinking about perseverance in light of our theme of “Abide.” I want to take a few moments this week to show you just how powerful the connection is ...