“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-SufferingCategory: For Pastor’s Wives
Failing and Flourishing Part I
Growing together as a couple in ministry. That is what I was asked to write about during this month of love. Looking back, I think…
View More Failing and Flourishing Part IPractical Ways to Practice Patience as a Pastor’s Wife (Part 2/2)
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)Advice or Encouragement?
I was rushing around my newly purchased home about a month after moving in, getting ready to have a group of women from church over.…
View More Advice or Encouragement?A New Song of Patient Hope
Psalm 130:5-6, “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and I wait for His word. My soul waits in hope for the Lord more…
View More A New Song of Patient HopePractical Ways to Practice Patience as a Pastor’s Wife (Part 1/2)
As I sat down to write this blog, I realized I had some serious work to do. 1 Corinthians 13:4a contains just five little words…
View More Practical Ways to Practice Patience as a Pastor’s Wife (Part 1/2)Not Your Hallmark Christmas
Every year as the Christmas season approaches, my daughters and I look forward to watching Hallmark Christmas movies. We love the romance and sparkle and…
View More Not Your Hallmark ChristmasIn the Know
It was one of those calls you dread as a pastor and wife. Car accident. One of your congregants. Mom of four. Younger than forty.…
View More In the KnowWhen You’re Longing for a Less Messy Life
My whole adulthood it seems like I have been fumbling to get a hold on life. The string of babies and moves and ministries have…
View More When You’re Longing for a Less Messy LifeSpiritual Weaning: Lessons in Discipleship
The typing of this blog coincided with fall weaning in the Sandhills. I’m in a reflective state as I sit by our picture window and…
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