When did you grow up? How did where you grew up contribute to preparing you for life in small-town pastoral ministry? I was born in…
View More An Interview With a Pastor’s Wife: Ellen TuttleAuthor: Denna Busenitz
Denna and her husband, Kurt moved to central Illinois in July of 2022 to serve in the home office of Rural Home Missionary Association. They have a rural church-planting vision to see 40 unreached places reached with the Gospel of Jesus in the next 10 years, called the Back 40 Unreached Initiative. Kurt and Denna have five children with three still living at home where there never seems to be a dull moment. They previously served for 20 years as church planters in the Sandhills Region of Nebraska. Denna has a music degree from Moody Bible Institute and teaches music lessons out of their home. Her favorite Bible character is Priscilla and she enjoys serving alongside her 'Aquila.' She is the co-founder, former Director and current Board of Reference member for the Flowers ministry.
Faithful to Grieve: A Pastoral Couple’s Sorrows
I readily admit – I would not choose ANY times of grief that my husband and I have experienced over the past 18 years of…
View More Faithful to Grieve: A Pastoral Couple’s SorrowsFaithful To Rest: A Pastoral Couple’s Achilles’ Heel
New to ministry, I remember sitting in a seminar room with other pastors’ wives when our speaker asked us to write down one ministry fear.…
View More Faithful To Rest: A Pastoral Couple’s Achilles’ HeelMinistry Quagmires and the Faithful Example of Aquila and Priscilla
As I study the life of Priscilla, I imagine her life as it might have been. Here are some of my wonderings. She was Italian…
View More Ministry Quagmires and the Faithful Example of Aquila and PriscillaFaithful in Prayer: A Tribute to Pastors Everywhere
James 5:15-16, “And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has…
View More Faithful in Prayer: A Tribute to Pastors Everywhere‘Wife for Life’ Scripture-Prayers
*Scriptures are New Living Translation This list has been put together by Di Mathis (a former pastor’s wife – her husband Scott is the President…
View More ‘Wife for Life’ Scripture-PrayersMom for Life: TARGET Scripture-prayers for our children
*Scriptures are New Living Translation Our oldest three kids like to take their bows and arrows outside for target practice, their goal being to hit…
View More Mom for Life: TARGET Scripture-prayers for our childrenThe Sure Calling of a Pastor’s Wife: part 3
You can read part 1 HERE You can read part 2 HERE My first trip to the Sandhills is etched in my mind. We were…
View More The Sure Calling of a Pastor’s Wife: part 3Denna’s Sure Calling of a Pastor’s Wife, part 2/3
Click here for Part 1 We would move again, just in time for my Junior year in high school. Dad had a new job and…
View More Denna’s Sure Calling of a Pastor’s Wife, part 2/3The Sure Calling of a Pastor’s Wife- Part 1 of 3
As pastor’s wives, we all have a unique story of how we came to be married to a pastor. I recall asking the Lord back…
View More The Sure Calling of a Pastor’s Wife- Part 1 of 3