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My Granny was from the Ozarks. She’d tell you she was a hillbilly with pride. She had a wonderful way of talking and was an excellent storyteller. I treasure many delightful stories she wrote in letters to me as a child. She’d say ‘you-ns’ and ‘git,’ made strong sweet tea, and churned her own butter. […]
We will be hosting a FUNdraiser for a 90-day Flowers devotional publication project: Here are the details: Give a donation to Flowers for the Pastor’s Wife via our PayPal account (minimum $30- includes shipping cost) and receive your choice of a Flowers mug or a Flowers bag. Order yours starting August 17; orders will close […]
“We missed you at the ladies meeting last night.” “I noticed you weren’t at church on Sunday. Is everything okay?” Over the years as a pastor’s wife I’ve been a part of many conversations that have begun similarly, and I have found that the reasons behind them can be as varied as the people giving […]
It doesn’t matter where you look on social media these days, we are always being bombarded with ads that promise to help us “be your best self” or “live your best life”. If you google either one of these statements you will see a list of programs, books, and motivational quotes all designed to guide […]
Whether you are a woman who has just said “yes” to a man who is called to be a pastor, or you are a young mother trying to raise three children in an old parsonage, or the wife of a pastor who has been preaching for any number of years and your children are grown, […]
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, […]
Her question caught me off guard. I was chatting with a woman who was visiting our church. She had attended our church previously, before my husband and I came, so she knew many of the people in our church, but was interested to get to know me a little bit. After telling me some about […]
Plans. We all have them. Even when we didn’t write out that list, somewhere dancing around in our heads, we have some ideas about what we should do. From bucket lists to grocery lists, we are people who make plans. To test my theory, and get some great laughs, I asked a few moms to […]
(This was originally written in May during church reopening conversations following the COVID-19 Quarantine in the Spring of 2020.) I see him sprinting. This pandemic is a marathon, but I see him sprinting every mile. Every time that it seems we might be able to slow down and catch our breath, there’s a new layer […]
Our society is in a battleground like never before. The threat of pandemic, the fallout from lockdown, and now the cry for justice and equality within our nation. Throughout our nation and even our world, we combat the fears of running out of life necessities, falling ill, and facing injustice. Anxiety is at an all […]
