Father’s Day for Sons
We would like you to meet our friend, Dana Chisholm, and her sons. Dana shared this story years ago, and it brought tears to my (Pam's) eyes. I knew then Dana needed to write a book for single moms raising…
Your Watershed Moment
In Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament: A Creative Bible Study Experience , I share a true-life story of a vital decision-point in our lives. I was eight months pregnant when an invitation to a free marriage retreat arrived from…
When Life Disappoints You, What Can You Do?
When life disappoints you and expectations go unmet, what can you do? Where do you turn? Is there a secret to handling disappointment? From Pam: I asked my friend, author, Rebecca Barlow Jordan, to share a part of her own…
Have a Happy PRODUCTIVE New Year
If you are like me, you love this time of year! Perhaps you have been anticipating cracking open that new planner, its empty pages drawing you in with grand hopes and dreams. Why is it then that we can repeat…
Creating a Successnet for Life and Love
No matter if you are a newlywed seeking to establish or strengthen a solid foundation for your marriage that we write for in The First Five Years: Make the Love Investment That Lasts A Lifetime; A growing couple that might…
6 Ways to Cultivate Hope
I’m glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I’ve pitched my tent in the land of hope. (Acts 26:2 MSG) This is my “Verse of the Year” for 2021 and my “Word of the Year” is HOPE! As we all deal…
7 Ways to Move From Panic to Peace
Many in my world, from friends to audience members, have shared a struggle with what they deem as “panic attacks”. I have sent an email, personalized to each so often in the past year, that I thought I would post…
5 G.I.F.T.S to Bless You and Your Shepherd
Everyone loves a well-chosen gift! We have spent our entire married life in ministry. We know what things keep a Shepherd, a Pastor, a Missionary, a Speaker/Author or non- profit leader and his/her spouse encouraged and motivated. You and your…
Protecting Your Marriage Thru Prayer
Pray with Your Partner All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the person of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NHEB) Devote…
Woman of Influence: Sojourner Truth
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36) In 1996, InterVarsity Press published my first solo book for women: Woman of Influence: 10 Traits of Those Who Want to Make A Difference. At…