Lace up your gym shoes, grab your water bottle, and let’s go! It’s time to work out! For the last two years of our Flowers blog we’ve been talking a lot about LOVE and JOY. Now it’s time to walk the talk. You can find out more about our Summer Devotional by clicking here. Go […]
Interview With a Pastor’s Wife: Mary Courts
Interview questions: Where did you grow up? How did where you grew up contribute to preparing you for life in small-town pastoral ministry? I grew up in a suburb of Denver, Colorado and really was a “city girl.” My sole claim to “rural” experience was a high school boyfriend who was from a small […]
Remember the Pain in the Joy
“…looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2) Everyone always told me that when you hold your newborn in your arms for the first […]
Interview With a Pastor’s Wife: Mel Boyle
Mel Boyle is a member of our Flowers Board of Reference. Interview questions: Where did you grow up? How did where you grew up contribute to preparing you for life in small-town pastoral ministry? I grew up on a farm outside of Grand Forks, ND, so I grew up in a rural context. I was […]
Summer Encouragement
Hebrews 10:23-25 “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” […]
Encouraging Pastors’ Kids to Grow in God’s Image
I don’t know what it is like to grow up as a pastor’s kid. I imagine it can be tough at times. My daughter says, “It’s normal.” and “It’s just like having any other dad.” but she also has no other point of reference with which to compare her experiences. She does not know what […]
‘Wife for Life’ Scripture-Prayers
*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 […]
Helping your PKs Hold onto Joy
Maybe you or your kids have seen the movie “Inside Out”. It’s the story of a girl named Riley and all of the feelings that live inside of her mind and memories. Each feeling has a name and character, and the story toggles between Riley’s real life and the story that is running through her […]
But, What Can I Do?
Do you want to be more compassionate? Look at the list of synonyms for this word: pitying, sympathetic, empathetic, understanding, caring, concerned, solicitous, sensitive, tenderhearted, softhearted, warmhearted, warm, loving, tender, gentle, merciful, lenient, tolerant, considerate, thoughtful, kind, kindly, kindhearted, humanitarian, humane, charitable, benevolent, good-natured, well disposed, big-hearted My definition includes giving grace. I want to show grace to people, which means I need to think deeper than what I see. A coworker recently came into my office and was concerned that […]
Mom for Life: TARGET Scripture-prayers for our children
*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 […]
