BEING A TEAM IN MINISTRY – AS A COUPLE

BEING A TEAM IN MINISTRY – AS A COUPLE

“I want to be ‘in it” together, but it usually still feels like ‘his’ thing. How can we build more ‘teamness’?”   Sitting at lunch with a new Pastor’s wife, this question came up again. I remember wrestling through this in the beginning (and not so long ago –...
NOT YOUR MAMMA’S PASTOR’S WIFE

NOT YOUR MAMMA’S PASTOR’S WIFE

There’s an old stereotype of Pastors’ and Ministry wives that I hope is fully out of fashion. I don’t see it, but I also know that I’m not in a highly traditional setting. I’ve also been pretty intentional in all of our ministry settings...
WHO AM I, IF NOT A PASTOR’S WIFE?

WHO AM I, IF NOT A PASTOR’S WIFE?

The First Sunday This past Easter, as my family loaded into the car donning our Sunday best, we all looked at each other and marveled at the surrealness of it. My husband Zach turned to me and said, “This is the first time I haven’t worked on Easter since I was...