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 ProvisionCategory: For Pastor’s Wives
Patience through Pain
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 PainInterview with a Pastor’s Wife: Debbie Wetzig
Debbie Wetzig serves with her husband, John, in Grenada, California. John is currently the interim pastor at the same church where he served as lead…
View More Interview with a Pastor’s Wife: Debbie WetzigHope as a Spiritual Workout
“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 WorkoutInterview with a Pastor’s Wife: Gloria Johnston
It can sometimes be intimidating for pastors or pastor’s wives when former pastors and wives are a part of one’s congregation. I never had that…
View More Interview with a Pastor’s Wife: Gloria JohnstonHope from Ashes Part I
I squirmed in my seat as the pastor continued his sermon on honoring fathers. We had just finished singing praises about our good Father in…
View More Hope from Ashes Part IStrengthen HOPE by Building Character: Growing with Others
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 OthersStrengthen HOPE by Building Character: Alone with God
The first house my husband and I owned was perched on the edge of a tree-lined ravine on top of what is known as the…
View More Strengthen HOPE by Building Character: Alone with GodUnfriended & Unseen
I was scrolling through Facebook when it happened. I thought of someone who had left our church a while back, wondered how they were doing,…
View More Unfriended & UnseenOld Testament Examples of Hope: Leah
I’ve never understood the way Jacob treated Leah. Even as a kid the story of Jacob and his two wives bothered me. Why did Jacob…
View More Old Testament Examples of Hope: Leah