by Samantha Houser | Feb 11, 2022 | Staff Blog
Hello! From the Book of Ephesians 4:12, we hear these words, “For the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ.” One of the joys of my job is the invitation to gather with clergy and authorized...
by Samantha Houser | Nov 22, 2021 | Staff Blog
My name is the Reverend Samantha Houser and I am one of your Associate Conference Ministers in the Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota Conferences and today I want to talk about the idea of a scarcity mentality. I was introduced to the idea of the ‘scarcity mentality...
by Samantha Houser | Jan 22, 2021 | Staff Blog
As I exhale deeply after this week there is a hymn that has been rattling in my mind and so I share it with you: Breathe on me breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do Breathe on me breath of God, until my...
by Samantha Houser | Mar 27, 2020 | Staff Blog
Matthew 6:34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. I feel like I have some kind of whiplash. Emotional, spiritual, mental…something from these last few years, I mean weeks of upheaval. I have...
by Samantha Houser | Oct 28, 2019 | Staff Blog
As I write this article for our e-news publication I am on my first vacation since starting in this role as Associate Conference Minister. That means it has been 9 months without intentional pause. That also means that I am still doing work on vacation (insert...
