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…
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…
Social. Distancing. Two words that, before 2020, seemed to somehow not go together at all. Yet here we are, in February of 2021, still feeling the effects of our socially-distanced pandemic year. Many of us have lost loved ones, church members, friends, or have at least ministered to those grappling with the permanent heartache brought…
That question you have been asking yourself as you stare at your reflection each morning. It will cost you something. The suspicion is if you are reading this, there is no need to spell out the question because since the horrible sound of George Floyd’s plea for mercy, “I can’t breathe,” echoed around the world……
A few days ago, I sat down to spend time with the Lord. This year I committed to reading through the Bible Chronologically again (my favorite approach), and our reading was in Joshua. It’s always amazing to me how the Lord can speak to my particular circumstances through His Word even when it is scheduled…
[su_spacer]Growing up in my house meant we passed around fear like outgrown clothes. Fear of conflict. Fear of drunkenness. Fear of failure. Fear of fighting. Fear of rage. Fear of abuse. Fear of rejection. This fear created great insecurity. This fear spoke lies over us until we believed the lies as truth and couldn’t tell the difference. This fear brought forth deep-seated emotions of unexpressed…
I wish to squelch the rumor circulating the St. Louis area that if my husband wants to hide something from me, he puts it in the oven. Untrue–but only because my husband would never hide anything from me. Maybe I mentioned before that a friend once told me I should stop the pretense and get…
Suffering for Our Good This month marks four years of my husband serving our church as senior pastor. Four years since I stepped into my mother’s shoes as a pastor’s wife. Four years of getting to know a new group of believers, filling in the gaps of service, cooking for church dinners and funeral meals,…
I have a confession to make. I’ve lied to many of you, my friends and family. I didn’t mean to; I didn’t even realize I was doing it. It was several weeks, even months after it happened that I discovered I had done it. Looking back, I see now that it was pride that got…
By: Jodi Aiken “Now that my husband is a Pastor do I need to lengthen my skirts?” This question was one of many I had as we entered the ministry. I felt so inadequate to be the wife of a Pastor. I viewed Pastor’s wives as having it all together, well versed in the Word,…
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