Carmen and my friendship came about as a result of our husbands’ friendship. Tim and Jonathan have been best friends through Bible college, through starting…
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Interview with Jennifer Barker, a Small Town Pastor’s Wife
I had the honor of getting to know Jennifer Barker during my time as a teacher in Coleman, WI. Her family was heavily involved with…
View More Interview with Jennifer Barker, a Small Town Pastor’s WifeInterview with a Pastor’s Wife: Karen Anderson
I first met Karen 11 years ago. We each had a daughter and an infant son and were fairly new to ministry life. Over the…
View More Interview with a Pastor’s Wife: Karen AndersonInterview 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 FarisonAn Interview with Precious Mast of Paden City, West Virginia
I met Precious almost 20 years ago, back when she was helping wash the family dishes and singing hymns in harmony with her siblings. I…
View More An Interview with Precious Mast of Paden City, West VirginiaHospitality Done in Love
As I sit here on this cold, icy day in northeast Kansas and think about the topic of hospitality in the pastor’s home, my mind…
View More Hospitality Done in LoveHospitality–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 GivingSharing a Meal to Share Life
“Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.” – Romans 12:13 “I promise to love you with hospitality, offering myself to…
View More Sharing a Meal to Share LifeHospitality in the Home
One of my favorite pastimes is visiting and laughing with friends over food. Once the whirlwind of cleaning, coordinating, preparing, and cooking subsides I notice…
View More Hospitality in the HomeCounseling in the Small Places
My husband and I both graduated from Bible college. We knew why we needed to counsel from God’s Word. We agreed wholeheartedly with the theories…
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