by Kristen Lunceford | Mar 11, 2014 | Church Planting
I’m honored to be guest writing for Christine Hoover this week over at her blog, Grace Covers Me. Today I’m teaching ministry wives about juggling, but if you are a working momma (or even just a human) who struggles with the whole work/life...
by Kristen Lunceford | Feb 3, 2014 | Church Planting
Whew, it feels good—like Bruno-Mars-dancing-at-the-Superbowl good—to have two feet safely into year four of church planting today. But before the year three swamp water dries on my pant legs and I forget about how mucky it was, I want to share a few things we learned...
by Kristen Lunceford | Jan 30, 2014 | Church Planting, Popular Posts
On this very day in 2011, Advance Church was born in a living room to five adults, three kids, and a golden retriever. Year two took away one of the five adults (it’s cool, she had to go see about a boy), and year three killed the dog because year three…well,...
by Kristen Lunceford | Dec 31, 2013 | Church Planting, Faith
With their poignant words and incredible photos, the bloggers, authors, photographers, and pastors I follow have succeeded this week in quantifying a year that I’m at a loss for how to measure. When I try to wrap the right words around 2013 to give it dimension, all I...
by Kristen Lunceford | Oct 10, 2013 | Church Planting, Faith, Popular Posts
Growing up a mile from the beach meant that my childhood was spent escaping death on a regular basis. Waves used to have their way with me all the time. One minute I would be frolicking on my boggie board without a care in the world, and the next minute I could be...
by Kristen Lunceford | Oct 7, 2013 | Church Planting, Faith
I want to tap out at precisely 1:00 PM every Sunday. I really do. I fantasize the entire ride home from Advance about what it would be like to quit church planting and motherhood and Facebook and laundry and my to-do list and flossing (oh, wait), and just hole up in...