Find Part one here. Our broken hearts were very much like freshly tilled soil as we left the first church we had served in together.…
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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 IIncorporating Hope in my Ministry Marriage Series: The Best Laid Plans
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make…
View More Incorporating Hope in my Ministry Marriage Series: The Best Laid PlansIncorporating Hope in my Ministry Marriage Series: Hope in the Hard
When my husband and I got married we chose as our wedding theme Christ, Our Solid Rock. We knew God had called us to serve…
View More Incorporating Hope in my Ministry Marriage Series: Hope in the HardIncorporating HOPE into My Ministry Marriage: HOPE Through Heartache
I think we all entered this new year with a certain amount of “Hope” in our hearts. “I hope the Corona Virus will go away.”…
View More Incorporating HOPE into My Ministry Marriage: HOPE Through HeartacheIncorporating HOPE into My Ministry Marriage: ONE in Hope
Kurt and hope are two of my favorite four-letter words! I used to smile, nod, and put my hope into what my farmer-pastor-husband would say,…
View More Incorporating HOPE into My Ministry Marriage: ONE in HopeLetting 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 StoryFaithful 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 SorrowsFaithful To Rest: A Pastoral Couple’s Achilles’ Heel
New to ministry, I remember sitting in a seminar room with other pastors’ wives when our speaker asked us to write down one ministry fear.…
View More Faithful To Rest: A Pastoral Couple’s Achilles’ HeelDating Through the Seasons of Life
As our lives change, so do the ways that we interact with our spouses. It is one thing to overcome obstacles when dating as a…
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