This is one of the most fun and satisfying posts I make on my blog annually- sharing with you all the books that impacted and changed me during the course of the year. Several years back, I started getting multiple and frequent emails/messages asking what I’m reading, what books I recommend, etc. So I began… Read More What I Read In 2019 (With Answers To Your Burning Questions)
Facebook has some pesky algorithms that keep us from promoting anything well. So I thought I would write you a quick letter to let you know a few very special announcements: We are planning our next pastors’ wives retreat! After three wonderful retreats, we took the year off in 2019. Several of us on the… Read More Dear Pastor’s Wife: Today Is The Day
Dear Pastor’s Wife, We have two well loved dogs in our family. Our first, Willow, a German Shepherd terrier mix, was dumped off about 2 1/2 years ago at the farm where we used to live. I was, at the time, a lifelong dog loather. (That’s a story for another day- God works in mysterious… Read More Dear Pastor’s Wife: Walk There
October is Pastor Appreciation Month in some circles. I intentionally used the word “encourage” instead of “appreciate” in the title because appreciate has a more fleeting and surface connotation, while encouragement goes deeper and carries intentionality over time. It is important to lift our thinking up and away from a one time, one month burst… Read More 10 Ways To Provide Long Term Encouragement For Your Pastor
We walk everyday in our neighborhood, most times with our two dogs in tow. It’s a great way to meet people- the dogs break the ice- and we enjoy impromptu conversations with fellow dog walkers while our dogs unceremoniously check each other out. A few days ago, we were rounding a corner, and a scream… Read More Dear Pastor’s Wife: The Cry He Doesn’t Forget
