Confessions of a pastor’s wife: When I killed my church with a rock
I killed my church with a rock. A tiny little rock with a lot of power. Like David standing before Goliath, I threw it as hard as I could against the church building. It all began with discouragement. We have a church that sits 300 people, but our services average...
Confessions of a pastor’s wife: I like broken people
Life is messy. In the middle of the joy, celebration, and goodness of life there are strokes of pain, loss, heartache, foolish choices, unrealized dreams, and wrecked relationships. I call this brokenness. And I like broken people because broken is real, and there is...
Confessions of a mom: I’m an accidental mama
Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you a guest post from Beck Gambill. When I read her post, I felt like she was reaching across the screen and giving me a big hug, saying, “It’s okay you feel this way too.” So I asked her if I could post it...
Confessions of a Parent of Kids With Disabilities: the Hard Things
Parenting a child with a disability can be a challenge, and often those challenges feel like a strong tidal wave coming at us, threatening to make us lose our balance, to fall, to give up. But we don’t. We never do. The love for our children compels us to stand strong...
Confessions of a pastor’s wife: When I don’t like church
There are Sundays I would rather stay home in my pajamas. In those days I go to church because I want to support my husband, and because I feel like I have to. I usually enjoy going to church, it is a place of renewal, encouragement, and support. Nonetheless, there...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.