Last month we dedicated our email/blogs to PK’s (Pastor’s Kids.) We recently were made aware of a book The Pastor’s Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity by Barnabas Piper. Barnabas is a PK himself so this is a must read. Here is a description of the book: The only one under as much pressure as the pastors is…the pastor’s kid. Dad may be following God’s call, but the pastor’s kids (PK’s) are just following Mom and Dad. Often to…
Today I would like to recommend a book that was recently recommended to me and I believe it will be very helpful to you no matter where you find yourself in your ministry journey. It is called, Pastor Abusers: When Sheep Attack Their Shepherd. I always remember Dr. Jerry Falwell’s statement: “You are either in a storm, coming out of a storm or getting ready to go into a storm.” And this is so true in our ministry lives. It…
I have looked for many years for a book written by a pastor’s wife and I finally found one that I highly recommend as a tremendous resource from the heart of a pastor’s wife. It doesn’t matter if our church is a church of 50 or thousands, we all deal with the same issues as pastors’ wives. It can be a very lonely life and frustrating at times, but it is encouraging to know we aren’t alone and in this…
What does a new kind of normal look like? That was the question I asked myself one year ago on February 25, 2017 when we received an unexpected call that my youngest sister, and mom of three, had suddenly passed away. Now what? How do we go on? How do we comfort our 86 year-old Mom who has now lost her oldest son and youngest daughter to a sudden death 7 years apart? This is not how life is supposed…
We have all had unknown seasons in our Christian walk and I’m sure we could all write a book on those unknown seasons and how we dealt with them or what we learned. I was made aware of the book Courage for the Unknown Season at a Conference I attended last fall and because 2017 had been a tough year for me with some unexpected deaths in my family, I felt this book would be good for me. And it…
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