By: Lindsey Wingo As a pastor’s kid who grew up to marry a music minister, I am often asked what it has been like to grow up in a full-time, vocational, ministry family. Many people have asked me what my parents did to produce four children who love the Lord and have all married spouses…
This month, we are taking a look at pastor’s kids. The life of a kid raised in a ministry home can be an incredible blessing. But truth be told, it is a huge pressure on our kids. Until recently, I haven’t understood this. In the next few posts, we will release and repost articles that…
When I think of Martha and Mary, I am always the Martha personality who wants to be a Mary personality. But if I’m honest with myself, I can quickly get swept up in ministry work. I love what I do. I love my husband, my family, and my life. And yet, there has been a…
Geri Scazzero, a pastor’s wife, speaker, and author of The Emotionally Healthy Woman, shares her wisdom, “We over function when we do for others what they can and should do for themselves.” We are busy women, and we are going to be busy. Ministry isn’t for the faint of heart. Most ministry wives believe they are…
One summer, I felt I couldn’t do it anymore. I kept this information to myself – after all, I was leading retreats for ministry wives who needed a rest, and we offered them the retreats to do just that – refresh. For me, the wall I was hitting was everything. I was still recovering from…
Adapted by Diane Nix from the “Friendships of Women” – by Dee Brestin Talking with women in leadership and ministry wives reveals a constant threat of jealousy and competition – within the church walls. Relationships are tenuous and treacherous in the church community today. How do women’s leaders manage healthy boundaries and good friendships within…
We were created for relationship. Ministry Wives are not an exception to this, but according to multiple polls, the number one struggle with many ministry wives is the issue of loneliness. Many times, ministry positions leave us without close friendships with our churches. The front lines of ministry can be a very lonely place. Friendships…
Ministry wives need friends. When this life is unfair, and it seems that you can’t take another breath – we need someone who will come and sit with us. People who will not judge us but come and just be with us. Words seem empty in tough seasons. Advice is empty when the suffering is…
Many reading this blog post understand that life can be just plain unfair. At least unfair to our way of thinking. For some of us, it has been. There have been a few events where I would cry, “FOUL! THIS NOT FAIR!” I know there are those women who are not required to walk in…
As we grapple with the magnitude of the Maui fires and the losses of physical, material, and cultural life, we find ourselves on the mainland with excessive heat, hurricanes, tropical storms, and the erratic uncertainty of our economy. Today, our younger generations experience anxiety at an all-time high, and the levels of drug abuse and…
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