Sue Schlesman

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sue schlesman author bio picture Sue Schlesman is a multi- award-winning author, teacher, freelance writer, and church leader. She has a B.A. in Creative Writing and a Master’s in Theology and Culture; she loves teaching Scripture and helping others apply it to life, marriage, parenting, and emotional health. Sue’s favorite activities involve her family, travel, literature, missions, art, and dessert. Her website is filled with thought-provoking articles and encouraging prayers that attract visitors from around the globe.

10 Things to Do When Launching Your Graduate into a Secular World

When your child steps into a world that doesn't know Christ, you step into a new role that matters more than ever. These 10 Spirit-led actions will...

10 Things to Do When Launching Your Graduate into a Secular World

How to Tithe Correctly: Is There a Right Way and a Wrong Way?

So how much money is enough for a tithe? Are there rules on how to tithe correctly? Is there a wrong way? What does God expect us to do regarding...

How to Tithe Correctly: Is There a Right Way and a Wrong Way?

10 Signs of Arrogance in a Spiritual Leader

How can you tell if your leaders are motivated by humility and obedience to the call of God? What are the indicators that your spiritual leader...

February 12, 2025

10 Signs of Arrogance in a Spiritual Leader

15 Powerful Prayers for Protection of Your Family

Do my prayers for protection make any difference? Are my prayers powerful enough to change the present or the future? Does God want to hear them?...

January 07, 2025

15 Powerful Prayers for Protection of Your Family

6 Personal Prayers to Conceive a Baby

Lord, I’m heartbroken over my inability to conceive.

December 11, 2024

6 Personal Prayers to Conceive a Baby

10 Ways Mission Trips Grow Your Compassion for Others

Going on a mission trip extricates you from the chaos and materialism of your normal life and airdrops you into a place where none of your daily...

October 14, 2024

10 Ways Mission Trips Grow Your Compassion for Others

7 Types of Fights Every Couple Has and How to Solve Them

It’s helpful to identify the potential landmines if you want to avoid verbal insults and emotional manipulations. Be aware that most of us fight...

October 01, 2024

7 Types of Fights Every Couple Has and How to Solve Them

Why Compromise Is Not the Secret to a Great Marriage --This Is

The danger of a marriage—or any relationship—that is centered around compromise is the inevitable weaving of selfishness into the paradigm. I’m not...

September 25, 2024

Why Compromise Is Not the Secret to a Great Marriage --This Is

5 Ways to Teach and Encourage Students to Share the Gospel at School

If you’re a parent, teacher, or church minister like me, you’ve worked with children and teenagers and challenged them to share their faith....

August 29, 2024

5 Ways to Teach and Encourage Students to Share the Gospel at School

Am I Failing God by Getting Divorced?

If this is what you’re thinking—breathe. And let’s re-examine your theology. You can’t fail God, and He can’t fail you.

Am I Failing God by Getting Divorced?

4 Truths Pastors Want Their Congregations to Understand about the Church Today

Pastors just wish they could get their people to understand why leaving the church doesn’t help in the long run, why assumptions about pastors are...

4 Truths Pastors Want Their Congregations to Understand about the Church Today

20 Reasons Marriages Fail (Christian Marriages, Too)

Marriages fail for many reasons and often from a combination of reasons.

20 Reasons Marriages Fail (Christian Marriages, Too)

4 Reasons Why the Classic Hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” Still Hits Home Today

The words to “It Is Well with My Soul” live on, inspiring millions to hope that pain has a purpose, that death is temporary, and that faith can...

4 Reasons Why the Classic Hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” Still Hits Home Today

12 Things You'll Never Regret Doing with Your Kids

Here are the parenting tips I would do even more of, if I had the chance (that’s called grandparenting). They are the essential tips to Christian...

October 15, 2023

12 Things You'll Never Regret Doing with Your Kids

Why Christians Should Be Concerned about Israel

Rather than looking at this new war through a political lens, let’s try to imagine what concerns God about Israel and why this war should concern...

October 13, 2023

Why Christians Should Be Concerned about Israel

20 Psalms to Read When Life Is Miserable

The Psalms are meant to be sung and prayed, and there are specific psalms that were written to help us when life it bleak and we feel miserable.

September 16, 2023

20 Psalms to Read When Life Is Miserable

4 Ways Jesus’ Words Contradict Common Philosophies

Here’s a look at some major differences between Jesus’ words and some other ancient philosophers. What do the world’s major religions say about...

4 Ways Jesus’ Words Contradict Common Philosophies

Marriage Mentors Could Be Just What Your Marriage Is Missing

Around the 5-year mark in our marriage, my husband and I went through several years without any mentorship as individuals or as a couple.Those were...

September 01, 2022

Marriage Mentors Could Be Just What Your Marriage Is Missing