Category: Equipping the Pastor’s Wife

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with…

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I am sitting here on an extroverted high with a bit of introverted exhaustion after a week at RHMA’s Small-Town Pastors’ Conference.  Yearly we gather…

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I’m not a patient parent. I get frustrated easily and sometimes I let my impatience show. The last thing I want to do is make…

View More Scriptural Supports for Impatient Moms

Last Sunday, as I did my volunteer task of signing people into in-person worship in the last days of covid-related restrictions, I found myself listening…

View More Give me patience to listen well. Please!

“That baby is just going to fall out of you” That was the common comment as I reached the end of my pregnancy. And I…

View More Postpartum and the Pastor’s Wife

Your ministry situation might be different. I remember getting out of the car, so many years ago as a fresh faced girl with a baby…

View More Patience in Youth Ministry

“I confess, I’m discouraged.”  (more…)

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Nothing evokes feelings of uncertainty like driving in a blinding snowstorm. Unfortunately, my half-hour commute to work every day requires that I sometimes drive in…

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“Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down,” sings in my mind as I picture Mary Poppins working her magic. However, as fellow…

View More Patience With A Dose Of Long-Suffering

As a child, I remember waiting for Christmas. It was a magical and exciting time, a mixture of expectation both spiritual and material. Although I…

View More Practical Ways to Practice Patience as a Pastor’s Wife (Part 2/2)