How do you care for your soul? Do you ever feel like a juice box that’s been sucked dry by people sticking a straw into you?! This was the question I asked a 100 ministry leaders/caregivers, mothers, and pastors’ wives at a church conference recently. When I come home from a day of caring for…
Much of my life I (Kristi) have struggled to Trust God fully. I’d read verses like Psalm 91:10, “No harm will befall you” and I’d think about the suffering in our world and in my life and conclude, “Those are nice words but they don’t seem to be always true.” Nine years ago I was really…
The pastor’s wife is supposed to always look nice, smile, sit down in the front row of church, and agree with her husband. Her kids need to be model Christians. She needs to be ready to open her home to people in the church at any time and serve them. It’s good if she volunteers…
When I was a girl I loved to float on a raft, soaking up the sunshine and resting on the water. I did this in our pool, but I especially loved to do it in the ocean where I could be immersed in the vastness of the sea and the sky and be carried along…
Perhaps the most unsung person in a church is the pastor’s wife. Hers is a very difficult and stressful role. (When the pastor is a woman the same could be said for the pastor’s husband, but this article focuses on the wives of male pastors.) Unfair Expectations on the Pastor’s Wife So much is expected…