“We missed you at the ladies meeting last night.” “I noticed you weren’t at church on Sunday. Is everything okay?” Over the years as a…
View More Faithfulness Amidst Social PressuresCategory: For Pastor’s Wives
Being an “Older” Pastor’s Wife but still needing Flowers
Whether you are a woman who has just said “yes” to a man who is called to be a pastor, or you are a young…
View More Being an “Older” Pastor’s Wife but still needing FlowersThe Homeless Pastor’s Wife
Her question caught me off guard. I was chatting with a woman who was visiting our church. She had attended our church previously, before my…
View More The Homeless Pastor’s WifeIn the Midst of Anxiety – Look to the Rescuer
Our society is in a battleground like never before. The threat of pandemic, the fallout from lockdown, and now the cry for justice and equality…
View More In the Midst of Anxiety – Look to the RescuerSurviving and Thriving in Church Politics
“Beware the people who meet you at the airport.” I’m not sure where we first heard this phrase in our ministry lives, but that advice…
View More Surviving and Thriving in Church PoliticsMy Faithfully Sure Calling Part 2
Click on this link to find the first part of My Faithfully Sure Calling published in April 2018. After over a dozen years of being…
View More My Faithfully Sure Calling Part 2Circle of Responsibility
Laying in my bed at night, I felt as though the pressure would crush me. Everyone is stuck inside. So many people need contact. So…
View More Circle of ResponsibilityLetting Someone Else be the Hero of the Story
Christianity is, at its essence, a willingness to let Someone else be the hero of the story. I find this immensely comforting, because right now…
View More Letting Someone Else be the Hero of the StoryHope in Resurrection
As I look around my yard and flower beds at the end of winter, I am so discouraged. Remnants of dead leaves and acorns from…
View More Hope in ResurrectionFaithful to Grieve: A Pastoral Couple’s Sorrows
I readily admit – I would not choose ANY times of grief that my husband and I have experienced over the past 18 years of…
View More Faithful to Grieve: A Pastoral Couple’s Sorrows