by Amy Jung | Aug 16, 2019 | Coaching Yourself, Fear, Ministry and Serving, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Growth |
It usually happens during a week that I feel the most vulnerable and overwhelmed. My husband says something like, "I think we should have an open house after church on Sunday." I'll instantly think of all that will need to be done to make that happen. I admit I'll...
by Amy Jung | Jan 11, 2019 | Coaching Yourself, Spiritual Growth, Stress, Thinking, Uncategorized, Worry, Yielding and Waiting |
This past year my family moved out of the house I'd lived in longer than any other house. We were moving into an old farmhouse that we were rehabbing ourselves. It was a challenging process both physically and mentally. As I considered all of the things I'd miss about...
by Amy Jung | Oct 13, 2017 | Contentment, Spiritual Growth |
My family and I waited for our food during a rare lunch date in the middle of the week. Feelings of failure overcame me. Like being in battle, one blow after another hit me this past week. Parenting blows. Each one magnified, perhaps, by the reality that I'm in a...
by Amy Jung | Aug 19, 2017 | Encouragement, Grace, Ministry and Serving, Spiritual Growth |
SMH Are you familiar with this acronym for "Shaking My Head"? "SMH" is an Internet abbreviation trend used for shaking your head to express disappointment. I don't often shake my head at people I'm disappointed in. Well...wait...maybe I do that to my kids when they...
by Amy Jung | Jan 28, 2017 | Renewing the Mind, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized |
I walked into my husband's office to look through every single shelf seeking a book title that might touch my heart. My husband has two offices, each with walls covered with books. To be married to a man who loves books as much as I do is a dream come true. His books...
by Amy Jung | Jan 14, 2017 | Spiritual Growth |
A friend approached me in tears recently wondering how to go forward after a major loss in ministry due to someone else's heartbreaking moral failing. This loss tempted my friend to despair and even consider leaving her ministry. Because I've experienced my own losses...
