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As I study the life of Priscilla, I imagine her life as it might have been. Here are some of my wonderings. She was Italian to the core. Family gatherings were her favorite when relatives gathered over food, laughter, and music. She had dreams of being an artist like her Aunt Rose. However, one person […]
James 5:15-16, “And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has […]
*Scriptures are New Living Translation This list has been put together by Di Mathis (a former pastor’s wife – her husband Scott is the President of the Fellowship of Berean Churches) and Denna Busenitz (who networked with other pastors’ wives and wrote these prayers in a format similar to her training with Moms in Prayer […]
*Scriptures are New Living Translation Our oldest three kids like to take their bows and arrows outside for target practice, their goal being to hit the bullseye attached to a hay bale. Do you ever feel like the pastor’s kids are super-targeted by the enemy as he seeks to destroy their innocence, testimony, friendships and […]
You can read part 1 HERE You can read part 2 HERE My first trip to the Sandhills is etched in my mind. We were dating. I knew Kurt’s calling was clear. I met folks of all ages that he had gotten to know during his pastoral internship in the summer of 1999 . I […]
Click here for Part 1 We would move again, just in time for my Junior year in high school. Dad had a new job and once again I said goodbye to all that had become familiar. Everything was smaller at my second high school and reminded me of the country pace I had loved about […]
As pastor’s wives, we all have a unique story of how we came to be married to a pastor. I recall asking the Lord back in Junior High to spare me from a life of boredom; adventure is what I wanted as I followed Him! A church-planting pastor’s wife in an isolated context wasn’t on […]
This post is brought to you by, Denna Busenitz and Amber Fox (Denna Busenitz) My husband and I began support raising back in 2001 as we shared with others the Lord’s call to serve as church-planters in rural Nebraska, first under the invaluable mentorship of Pastor Mark and Cindy Danielson, then onto new locations as […]
About a decade ago, I read a book that encouraged and grounded me as a new church-planting Pastor’s wife serving in an isolated context. The book was Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by best-selling author and pastor’s wife, Joanna Weaver. More recently, I felt led to send her an email thanking her […]
Aquila and Priscilla show us a fascinating example of serving well together through eight life-actions recorded in the Scriptures. (D) They moved together (Acts 18:2) They worked together (Acts 18:3) They traveled together (Acts 18:18) They counseled together (Acts 18:26) They risked their lives serving together (Romans 16:4a) They hosted Paul (Acts 18:3) and church […]
