Leave No One Behind
By Andrea Johnson If you’ve been part of a church for more than a year, you have hopefully taken part in some kind of pastor’s appreciation effort. (October is considered Clergy Appreciation…
What’s Your Story?
By Andrea Johnson My favorite books to read are biographies, people’s testimonies. I have yet to read a work of fiction as riveting as someone’s own story well told. Testimonies reassure…
Church, Sweet Church
By Andrea Johnson Did you know you could be part of one of the most important ministries in the church? It doesn’t require a specific skill set, but not everyone…
Are You a Good Neighbor?
By Andrea Johnson Several years ago my husband and I had the privilege of serving as youth pastors at a predominately African church. (We were the second White family to join.) Our pastor, Isaac Oyibo, had named the…
Pray Like You Mean It: We Often Give Up Too Easily
By Andrea Johnson A few years back one of our daughter Leslee’s friends had a six-month-old son with an aggressive, malignant brain tumor. Doctors were not giving the parents much hope. In just days little…
But What If?
By Andrea Johnson Can you imagine being one of the shepherds on guard in the middle of the night that we read about in Luke 2, trying to protect your sheep when the first…
Deserving of Honor
By Andrea Johnson I feel as if Pastor’s Appreciation Day can be a little bit like Mother’s Day, a time to sincerely honor people in our lives who are deserving of…
See Me
By Andrea Johnson There is nothing much worse than the feeling that one is alone, that no one cares. Open Bible President Randall A. Bach recently shared a story that…
Forgiveness Ain’t Easy!
By Andrea Johnson “I know I am supposed to forgive, but how do I go about it?” That’s the question I had as a young mom. Someone had betrayed my trust…
God is Still God
By Andrea Johnson I trust in God, but to be honest, it’s easier to “trust” Him when He does things the way I would. I don’t mind trusting God to provide money for…