Nancy Canwell

Nancy Canwell is a special assistant editor of Ministry.

Articles by Nancy Canwell

Surrendering all

September 1993

Surrender. As pastors, we preach it to our members. We lead them in singing, "All to Jesus, I surrender." We invite people to come to the altar and surrender their lives to God.

Surrender. It's one of my favorite topics to preach…

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First love

September 1994

The boxes have been neatly stacked in our guest room for five months now. I've put their contents away, but I don' t know where to place them in a house that's already set up. The boxes are full of books, file folders,…

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Before I knew you

May 1994

My husband, Keith, and I, both pastors, were expecting our first child. This was a special time in my life. I had wondered what it would be like pastoring while pregnant. Would it somehow be different?

It…

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