It was the last day before Christmas break, and my daughter arrived home with one of those brown paper bags, our names scrawled along with…
View More When Your Calling Requires SacrificeAuthor: Wendy McCready
Wendy lives in Alma, Ontario, Canada with her husband Mark and two daughters where Mark has been the senior pastor of Alma Bible Church since the summer of 2010. Together they have served for over 15 years in rural and small-town ministry. Their previous small-town pastoral work included a church in the mountains of Colorado while Mark was in seminary, and then in northern Ontario “cottage” country upon graduation. Wendy works as an Educational Assistant in the local schools where she enjoys making community connections in order to share Christ and helping children with special challenges learn new things. She also enjoys participating in music ministry in their church and hosting people in their home.
Interview With a Small Town Pastor’s Wife: Stacey Weeks
For me, the beauty of the Flowers ministry has been the privilege of meeting so many pastors’ wives from so many places in North America.…
View More Interview With a Small Town Pastor’s Wife: Stacey WeeksInterview With a Pastor’s Wife–Living for OTHERS: Doris Farison
From the time I was a little girl my grandmother always had a plaque displayed in her home with one simple word on it: OTHERS.…
View More Interview With a Pastor’s Wife–Living for OTHERS: Doris FarisonHospitality–Sometimes it’s More about Receiving than Giving
Every pastor’s wife has one. It’s on a shelf, tucked away in a den somewhere. It’s tacked on a hallway wall space where not too…
View More Hospitality–Sometimes it’s More about Receiving than GivingFish Bowl Living: Accepting and Forgetting
The house we lived in outside of our first small-town ministry was “backwards.” The back wall of our chalet style house was patterned with many…
View More Fish Bowl Living: Accepting and ForgettingLet Go and Hold Fast
“For the love of Christ controls us.” (II Corinthians 5:14 NASB) How do you catch a monkey? Put a treat in a hole…
View More Let Go and Hold FastLoving God’s Prophet, Your Preacher-Husband: Before and After the Sermon, Part Two
“Does this dress make me look fat?” Much has been made about the fact that there is no right answer for a husband whose wife…
View More Loving God’s Prophet, Your Preacher-Husband: Before and After the Sermon, Part TwoLoving God’s Prophet, your Preacher-Husband: Before and After the Sermon, Part One
I distinctly remember the day God gave me a message for my ministry as a pastor’s wife to my preacher-husband. I was kneeling over the…
View More Loving God’s Prophet, your Preacher-Husband: Before and After the Sermon, Part OneCultivating a Spiritual Life: Seeking the Lord
I imagine some of you expected something a little bit more “how-to” in the last blog. I have struggled over the years with so much…
View More Cultivating a Spiritual Life: Seeking the LordCultivating a Spiritual Life: Seasons
Life as a rural and small-town pastor’s wife affords many opportunities to see God’s truths displayed in the seasons. Life has seasons, too, and so often our spiritual life has been described by referring to the different seasons of growth we go through as we are conformed to the image of the Son who saved us. So how do we cultivate our spiritual life no matter what season we are in?
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