Category: Equipping the Pastor’s Wife

“Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity,” 1…

View More How Young is Too Young?

I don’t know much about long haul truckers, but over the years people in our congregations have had this occupation, so I can imagine a…

View More Discipleship Over the Long Haul

“Now, don’t go telling this at school!”  I used to get annoyed when I heard this reminder growing up as a preacher’s kid. Occasionally I…

View More Growing up P.K.

I’m not a patient person. I try to be, but more often than not I find myself becoming impatient. I have never liked waiting, especially…

View More Patience: It’s All About Timing

It’s not unusual to see other vehicles in our driveway. One person in particular in our congregation will only stop by at the house to…

View More Patience with Boundaries

I sat there in my floor-length dress, waiting for the worship service to start and feeling their eyes upon me. Some in anticipation, some in…

View More When the Pastor’s Wife is the Drummer

In our rural district hunting, gathering, and gardening are popular for entertainment and economic value. We haven’t given hunting a fair shot yet, but with…

View More The Lesson at the Strawberry Patch: Waiting for God’s Provision 

My memories of Sunday School reach back to the old musty basement of our centuries-old church building. I can yet feel how the cold of…

View More Patience through Pain

“Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1). For years, my husband has…

View More Hope as a Spiritual Workout

Usually writing articles for this blog comes easy for me. I had many ideas for the second part of this series before the deadline compelled…

View More Strengthen HOPE by Building Character: Growing with Others