I hadn’t even arrived at the church my husband was going to pastor, but already, leaders in the women’s ministry had plans for me. They listed things they hoped I would do, how I would
In the previous post, we covered some practical steps an introverted pastor’s wife can take when feeling emotionally depleted to prepare to socialize with congregants. In this post, we’ll pick up where we left off
There are easily one million expectations for a pastor’s wife. In other posts, I’ve talked about some of these and how it isn’t our actual duty to fulfill those for people. But one that does
Discouragement. We’ve all felt it. You poured yourself into a teaching or curriculum and it was met with criticism by your audience or even your elder team. Maybe you spent hours preparing for a counseling
We’re rolling up on the day when many of us will change our social media profile pictures or profile frames to bear the pink and blue ribbon. We might update our status to talk about
“It’s National Apple Cobbler Day!” I proudly announced as I dropped a dish of said dessert on the center of my dining table. We were hosting friends for dinner, and as the smell of cooling
I have read my fair share of books about being a pastor’s wife and, with rare exception, I find them to not go deep enough. Rather, they focus on shallow or superficial concerns rarely venturing
Expectations. They drive our actions and choices more often than any of us are ready to admit. For the pastor’s wife this can become a sickening balancing act. Because of the expectations expressed or implied
Nothing invades and infiltrates the intimate conversations of a ministry couple more than trial in the church. While the husband is the head of the home, one of the wife’s responsibilities is to be an
Trial in the church takes a massive emotional and spiritual toll on the ministry leader. The unseen weight of that trial often falls on the ministry wife because there’s simply nothing left in the husband’s
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