Throwing Off Expectations of a Pastor’s Wife When my husband and I started dating, he was a youth pastor with a bachelor’s degree in religion and a plan to go to seminary to get a Master’s of Theology. He’d surrendered to ministry at the age of twelve. I knew when we got engaged that I was going to be a…
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Throwing off Expectations of a Pastor’s Wife
9 Things Your Pastor’s Wife Wishes You Knew About Her
9 Things Your Pastor’s Wife Wishes You Knew About Her My husband and I sometimes play a game called backstory. We see someone in a restaurant or a store and we try to make up a convincing story about their life. We see a man in a suit and say, “He is an attorney. He has a trial at the…
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Best Bibles for Girls: Preschool to College
Best Bibles for Girls Almost every month, someone in our house wants a new Bible. This month, it was me. I just finished an awesome Bible journaling class at church, and after seeing everyone else’s beautiful Bible, I really *need* a new journaling Bible. Related: How to Bible Journal When You Aren’t Talented or Creative Anyways, our oldest daughter…
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The Pastor’s Wife and Theology
The Pastor’s Wife and Theology Confession time: When my husband was in his second year of seminary, he had a horrible class schedule. Somehow he ended up taking three classes that all required a ridiculous amount of reading. I don’t remember the exact numbers, but I know in one class he had to read NINE full books and do ten-page…
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How to Deal with Discouragement When Church Attendance is Low
How to Deal with Discouragement When Church Attendance is Low As a pastor’s wife, I am at church with our four kids almost every time the doors are open. If there’s an event, we’re there. So, it’s always a little bit surprising to me when our attendance numbers drop because people spend their weekends at the lake or relaxing. And…
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5 Ways to Help Your Husband After a Bereavement Call
How to Help Your Husband After a Bereavement Call We all know that death is a part of life. And as Christians, we know that death in this life isn’t the end. But despite that knowledge, dealing with death is hard. It’s hard for the grieving family, and it’s hard for the pastor that is supporting them. And in turn,…
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Best Planners on Amazon
The Best Planners on Amazon Like many overwhelmed moms, I’m sort of a planner junkie. I love planners. And the psychology degree part of me assumes that I’m always trying to get everything under control and I feel like if I can just find the perfect planner, it will finally happen. And while I can’t promise that any of these…
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13 Easy and Affordable Potluck Dishes
13 Easy & Affordable Potluck Dishes I am a Baptist preacher’s wife and a Baptist preacher’s granddaughter. I grew up going to potlucks often and thought it was totally normal to eat a random hodgepodge of food brought by everyone who goes to the church after the church service with my church family. Apparently, some churches don’t do potlucks every…
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31 Pro Tips for Pastors’ Wives
31 Pro Tips for Pastors’ Wives When my husband and I got engaged, he was a youth minister. In an effort to prepare myself to marry a minister, I asked the senior pastor’s wife what I needed to know to be a good pastor’s wife. She told me to “learn to play the piano and stop dressing so young.” I…
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The Pastor’s Wife and Vulnerability as a Ministry
The Pastor’s Wife and Vulnerability as a Ministry A few months ago, a sweet church member kept all four of our kids for the whole day. They swam, baked cookies, watched movies, and had a fantastic day. I reveled in the silence and had lunch with my husband at a restaurant and wasn’t embarrassed by my children. I picked them…
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How to Help Older Kids Sit Through Church Without Electronics
How to Help Older Kids Sit Through Church We’ve talked about transitioning kids from the nursery/children’s church to big church. It’s really tough, but doable. To read more about how to transition young kids to big church, check out our post, Four Easy Ways to Help Your Kid Sit Through Big Church. The primary ways we help younger kids learn…
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