By Susan Shanklin We are in an extreme heat warning for about the second or third time this summer. Rather rare for us Minnesotans. We like it cool, ha. But I want to tell you about an extreme heat on fire barn revival Tom and I had the total joy ministering at in Pipestone, Minnesota. It starts many months … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin I’m busy today watering all the plants I bought at the Menard’s garden center last week. I drag them outside every day onto the deck if the weather is warm enough. Susan can’t wait, you know. She has to have her plants right now! To tell the truth, I have been circling the local garden centers for … Read more>>>
A Bathroom Remodel Project Turns Out to Be More than We Bargained For! By Susan Shanklin Have you ever thought (or are you thinking right now) that things aren’t going the way you thought they would? You have solid plans. A green light from the Holy Spirit. Your excitement level is high, and … and … and … then everything … Read more>>>
Hi folks, it’s me, Susan! I’m usually am bumped to the back page as Tom writes the lead article and teaching on the front, but I wanted to share with you the very very long process of writing a short book! Yes, Tom has a new book out called “Following Jesus.” I know you probably have an image in your … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin New day. New dream. New something. I think new is a good word. Kind of reminds me of fresh. Fresh air, fresh vegetables, fresh finds at the thrift store, ha. I guess that would be fresh old, smelly finds, which I have many of, but no longer smelly. I press in to something new each day. Yesterday, … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin When I was growing up as a child in Levittown, Pennsylvania, Easter was my very favorite holiday. It would all start on Palm Sunday, or the Hosanna parade to me. It was in Sunday school that I learned about Jesus’ triumphant ride into Jerusalem where children waved palms to the coming King. What came next was my … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin I think it’s closer to spring than it really is. I was telling my 10-year-old granddaughter that I thrifted a bouquet of faux daisies for a wall vase on my outdoor shed, for springtime. She said, “You know grandma, Spring is far away,” with her eyes rolling. Spring is far away in the natural, but it is … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin Whenever it’s newsletter time, and I need to write the back page [for our print newsletter], it’s usually true confessions. Laying my attitudes, successes, and failures out for the world to see. I’m pretty much an open book to the world, like it or not. Just the other day, actually, it was October 31 when it started … Read more>>>
Editor’s Note: Altar calls have come into disuse and in some cases disparagement in some circles, but we know that altar calls have been an effective tool for reaching people for Christ for centuries. Ministers from the prophet Isaiah to Jesus to Peter and Paul, to Charles Finney, D.L. Moody, and Billy Graham have called men and women to repentance … Read more>>>
I have something on my heart that I have been meaning to say for a long time. Thank you, partners! Thank you, friends! I know what it’s like to support and partner with other ministries myself. I do so each month, and I have built a relationship with them for what they do, furthering the Gospel. I myself enjoy … Read more>>>
We celebrated Father’s Day yesterday at my oldest daughter’s house. Heidi lives just four miles from us in Marine on St. Croix, a quaint historic village nestled in the hills next to the St. Croix River. Four years ago, when Heidi and Dominic were considering the Marine house, we drove up from Mankato to check out this property they had … Read more>>>
Can you believe it! It’s Maaaaaay! Almost half of a year has gone by and where am I? How much I haven’t got accomplished. How many inspiring ideas have not come to fruition? Did I just pander away the winter downtime, or what? Set out before me this week, on my chair’s ottoman, was the draft for the May issue of … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin Goodness, it’s the end of February, and you are reading this in March! St. Patrick’s Day will be soon, then daylight saving time, which is always a joy, and then comes Palm Sunday and Easter. Where does the time go? I have had winter plans, even though we haven’t had winter so far. Still time for snow. … Read more>>>
This article was published in the January 2024 issue of Healing for the Nations, the monthly publication Tom Shanklin Ministries. This issue celebrated 40 years of ministry from 1993-2023. By Susan Shanklin Since we are celebrating 40 years of ministry, I thought I would write about 40 years of the miraculous from my perspective. When you read Tom’s article, you … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin As many of you know, Tom and I moved from a farm site in Mankato, Minnesota, full of lilacs and flowering perennials with gardens that were started from scratch to, well, would you say, a desert of destruction in Scandia, Minnesota, about one year and 9 months ago. I really have a true love of plants and … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin “My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber.” (Psalms 121:2-3, AMP15) Goodness, that is sweet water to remember in our days of trouble and anxiety. Water for your soul. Misplaced trust can lead all of us to dark places, … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin There is a saying, “Out with the old, in with the new.” Kind of harsh for us grayheads. People sometimes don’t see the value of old things. Some people have to have the new and fastest on the market. Now, I’m not knocking technology, seeing I’m typing on an Apple computer and own an iPhone, but sometimes … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin Tom and I live in the tiny little village of Scandia, Minnesota, nestled in rolling hills and not far from the St. Croix River. So scenic. So refreshing for one’s soul, no matter the time or season of the year. We live in the first Swedish settlement in Minnesota. And proud they are of this heritage! The … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin I don’t know about you, but I’m not too keen on what they call New Year’s resolutions. Oh, I guess when I was younger and watching Dick Clark on black and white TV, I thought of silly little things that didn’t last until the next day. Now, it occurs to me: why wait until the end of … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin Sometimes I feel like Sarah of the Old Testament. I feel like the shriveled, dried-up old lady waiting for her promise. Every day, she feels her empty belly and looks at her old, very old, shriveled, dried-up heartthrob and shakes her head. “Where is my promise?” she asks. “Where is my baby? Where is my stuff.” It’s … Read more>>>
