![Called to Ministry? Start Here. Called to Ministry? Start Here.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/73398.jpg?h=168&w=300)
When did you know you were called to ministry?
Maybe it was one of those lightning-bolt moments that changed the way you see yourself. Or maybe it came to you through a slow building of conviction you can no longer ignore. Perhaps it was through a life-changing conversation or ...
![Ministry after Becoming a Mom Ministry after Becoming a Mom](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/73243.jpg?h=168&w=300)
I have two major callings on my life: motherhood and ministry. Navigating these callings simultaneously can be challenging to say the least. Most days I feel successful with one and a failure with the other. Then there are days where I feel I have failed miserably at both. So ...
![When Calling Causes Conflict When Calling Causes Conflict](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/73198.jpg?h=168&w=300)
Few of us will step into our calling without some level of opposition or conflict. Sometimes, the opposition is overt and impossible to overlook. Karen* felt called to study theology. When the opportunity finally came for her to attend seminary, however, she faced intense resistance ...
![Straight to the Source Straight to the Source](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/73151.jpg?h=168&w=300)
When I came to Christ, I had only been in a church once before at age nine. I begged my mother to take me one Easter because I was curious about God and hoped to find him there. I did, but only a glimpse that left a lingering hunger. So years later when someone explained what ...
![An Open Letter to Young Women Leaders An Open Letter to Young Women Leaders](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/73059.jpg?h=168&w=300)
My dear friend,
It is nothing short of joyous to see you in action—loving God and loving people. I don’t question that you are right where you’re supposed to be, for you are more than leaning into the calling placed on your life. Do you see what I see in you? ...
![Don't Be That Woman Don't Be That Woman](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127817.png?h=168&w=300)
Recently a man told me I should stop interfering.
I didn’t take it well.
Soon after that interaction, I came across a collection of anti-suffragette postcards featured on The Huffington Post. One postcard shows a room full of buck-toothed, bug-eyed women with the text: “At ...
![Preaching Grace Rather Than To-Do Lists Preaching Grace Rather Than To-Do Lists](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/72936.jpg?h=168&w=300)
I once had a seminary student say to me, “I can’t wait to start preaching so I can tell people what to do!” That’s the popular conception of preaching: someone standing in front telling other people what to do. The assumption of inadequacy is built into ...