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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Christmas Traditions for Pastor’s Family A few days ago I realized while talking to someone about Christmas, that I am basically a real-life Grinch. I don’t like dragging out Christmas decorations and putting it all up knowing I’m going to have to take it all down. It feels like I’m deliberately orchestrating a really cute mess for myself. For the…
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5 Great After Church Options for Pastor’s Kids The moment church ends, I am surrounded by people. You see, I’m the pastor’s wife. People have questions and they think I have answers. Sometimes I do, and a lot of times I don’t. And for many years, I dreaded the social onslaught that occurred every Sunday morning as soon as church…
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Why Your Diet Matters as a Christian Today I had a conversation with my preteen daughter about 1 Corinthians 16:19-20. You know the verses about how your body is a temple? “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were…
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What Every Pastor’s Wife Needs to Know About Pastor Suicide To say that a pastor dying by suicide is shocking is too understated. It is heartbreaking, bowel shaking, and reality augmenting. It takes the truths you’ve known forever and somehow recasts them as lies. If you’re married to a pastor, chances are you feel the shock greater than anybody. You…
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To the Pastor’s Wife Who’s Ready to Quit Hey friend. I see you. I see all the things you do that no one seems to appreciate. Related Post: What To Do When You Feel Unappreciated as a Pastor’s Wife I see how you bear up under the burdens of ministry life and help to hold up your husband when things…
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Should Pastors Tithe on Housing Allowance? One of the benefits of being in vocational ministry is that pastors can choose to designate part of their salary into a housing/parsonage/rental allowance. According to Investopedia, “Parsonage allowance is an allowance designated by the governing board of a church to its clergy or ministers for the expenses of providing and maintaining a home….
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Best Books to Teach Kids Apologetics I was about to start this post by reminding you all how hard parenting is. Because it is. Keeping young humans alive is work, and I’m sure there are days that you’re just glad to have survived. But I’m not going to do that to you. Instead, I’ll start this post by confessing that…
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The Magic Phrase to Get Your Husband Talking I am currently a homeschooling mom to four awesome kids. Which is exactly what I wanted for seven years and is totally great most days. But there are some days that I am desperate for adult interaction and a break from my kids’ hypothetical space/body function/talking animal questions. Related Post: Why I…
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32 Questions Pastors Should Ask in the Job Interview My husband loves to preach. It is probably his favorite thing about ministry. Because of that, he’s always wanted to be a senior pastor. He was a youth pastor for several years after he graduated from college, and he worked as an associate pastor while in seminary. But he always planned…
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8 Almost Free Ways Churches Can Show Appreciation to Their Pastor I love to read novels. It gives you a chance to live another life. You get to experience the life of the character. You can slip into their skin. You can be a spy or a lawyer or anything else people have thought to write about. When you finish…
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