Category: Ministry

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Ministry Musings: I’d Rather Be Broken

February 19, 2015

This thing called “sabbatical”- it’s a first for me. Most of me is wondering where it has been all my life, and why we have never done this before. In some ways, it’s been the best thing we ever decided to do. In other ways, it’s been the hardest thing we ever decided to do.… Read More Ministry Musings: I’d Rather Be Broken

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Ministry Blessings Counted: 75 Favourite Things

February 16, 2015

A few weeks ago, I ran a giveaway here for pastors’ wives and women in ministry for the gift of *The Monday Morning Club: You’re Not Alone – Encouragement for Ministry {aff. link}. In order to enter, I asked them to simply leave a comment telling me one thing they enjoyed most about ministry. Well, I was… Read More Ministry Blessings Counted: 75 Favourite Things

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To the Pastor’s Wife with Chronic Health Challenges…

January 30, 2015

I got your email the other day…along with all of the others. You’d be surprised how many pastors’ wives are facing what you’re facing. You’d be moved to tears, as I was, if you read their emails.  Some of you I know in real life, and some of you I know only online. Yet, because… Read More To the Pastor’s Wife with Chronic Health Challenges…

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PKs Need Sabbaticals Too

January 26, 2015

I sat on my living room couch beside one of my mentors. A retired pastor’s wife, she and I worked closely together on ladies events and funerals and a myriad of other “pastor’s wifish” things during the past five years. In the midst of constant church transition, she and her husband were a rock of… Read More PKs Need Sabbaticals Too

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5 Ministry Surprises {And the Gifts They Unwrapped}

August 26, 2014

When I was searching for an image for this post, I asked my husband, “What image comes to mind with the word ‘surprise?’” He answered immediately with “a gift.”  And as I read through the post again for editing purposes, I realized that my husband had just unveiled a profound truth: With each surprise comes… Read More 5 Ministry Surprises {And the Gifts They Unwrapped}