2019 was a BIG year of change for our family, and for me personally. I am moving into 2020 as a changed person, and it is fun and encouraging to look back and know at least a small idea of what the agents of change were in a period of time. Part of goal setting… Read More 6 Things That Changed My Life in 2019
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
