Children are great encouragers. We could learn from them. I love to watch the children in my small church as they go to their Sunday…
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The Gift of Sabbatical {Part 2}
Ecumenical Explorations. That was the theme of our sabbatical grant proposal. We would be exploring different denominations each Sunday and would be learning about the…
View More The Gift of Sabbatical {Part 2}Spiritual Gifts
“Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them…” Romans 12:6a I believe that many of us who…
View More Spiritual GiftsThe Gift of Sabbatical {Part 1}
Rest. Reflection. Renewal. This past summer our family was blessed with the gift of a sabbatical. (more…)
View More The Gift of Sabbatical {Part 1}Flowers for MY Pastor’s Wife
Flowers. They have to be one of God’s special gifts.
View More Flowers for MY Pastor’s WifeTransparency {Part 2}
It was a day that started out as any other weekday. The kids had eaten breakfast, done chores, and were sitting at the table working…
View More Transparency {Part 2}Steadfast Love
We are, most of us, well acquainted with Ecclesiastes’ carousel of seasons whirling in life – times to mourn, dance, weep, laugh. While we wish to hide tears and seek laughter instead, there is no hide-and-seek to play. The seasons – they just come.
My heart turns often with the grief of others, and mine, to this prayer:
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Within the small-town church culture, transparency is both very simple and very hard. You live life closely with your people, often seeing them several times…
View More Transparency {Part 1}Your Ministry as a Pastor’s Wife
The day my husband stepped into the role of Pastor at our first church, I immediately acquired a new role of my own – Pastor’s…
View More Your Ministry as a Pastor’s WifeCheerleading {Part 4}
RECONCILE QUICKLY. There is a story of a PW who told her husband on their wedding night she would never hide anything from him save one thing, the contents of a box she would keep under their bed. After 20 years of her having this secret, her husband finally asked what was in the box.
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