by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 24, 2021 | Gospel, relationships
If you’ve been a longtime follower of this blog, bear with me today as I repost an oldie but a goodie, due to extenuating circumstances. It remains true: To the yes-man or -woman in my life, I need you. Thanks, everyone, for the grace. – Janel Recently...
by Janel Breitenstein | Apr 9, 2021 | Questions to take your relationships deeper, time together, tweens and teens
Last week, I rubbed shoulders with an old friend: Guilt. In a group, someone mentioned how we need to keep encouraging our families to sit around the table with God’s Word. This is when guilt’s bony hand rested on my shoulder. Because though my family does...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 31, 2021 | Africa
Since dating over two decades ago, my husband and I have never not been in ministry. It’s assumed various avatars and levels of formality. And most of it? I love. I love my ministry marriage. But I grinned without malice as my introverted husband headed to his elder...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 27, 2021 | children, faith, Family, fear, Gratitude, kids, motherhood, Parenting, relationships, tweens and teens
As part of the premise of this blog, I commit to uncomfortable conversations worth having. And the onus of that falls on me—toward authenticity in the midst of my own doubt and weirdness. So today, I’m opening the convo with something I regret. I regret sabotaging my...
by Janel Breitenstein | Mar 17, 2021 | challenging, helping others, identity, listening, shame, women
Genevieve’s voice poured through the phone to me. She’s a former pastor’s wife still wading through court proceedings following a horrific, jarring divorce. That’s not to mention the affair, the pregnant mistress, the mental disorders and gaslighting. Her...
