Mean Girls: Pastor’s Wives’ Edition (Part 2)
In ministry, sometimes wounds are inflicted upon us. They come from both inside and outside the …
Resources for Planter Wives
Mean Girls: Pastor’s Wives’ Edition
There is a dream that dies when we are wounded by another pastor’s wife. Let’s face …
Five Ways to Teach Your Children to Hate the Ministry
Author Ed Stetzer answers questions on how and why pastors’ kids are prone to hate the …
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I Told Him What I Really Thought
My husband had turned out the lights as we crawled in bed, and he was recounting …
A picture of ourselves, taken by ourselves. Oxford’s 2013 Word of the Year was “selfie”—a signal …
What You Do With Your Husband’s Public Blunders
Tiny public mistakes are always made, but it’s the memorable ones that sting the most. Once the …
The eye-rolling preteen. I’ve been her. It’s predictable that somewhere between 9-16 a child will lose …
One of the things we have to guard against as spiritual leaders is letting our relationship …
Seven Lies Ministry Wives Believe
As a pastor’s wife, I find myself fighting the same old internal battles that have plagued …
Marriage: Not for the Faint of Heart (part 1)
Marriage is a temporary shadow of the eternal reality of Christ loves for the church and …
Marriage: Not for the Faint of Heart (part 2)
Marriage is NOT for the faint of heart…. Here are six more powerful marriage practices we MUST …
I’m addicted to the pithy quotes that hammer us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and Pinterest. …
{Flourish kicks off a new blog category called “ABC’s for Ministry Wives”. These words will represent …
Our Sorrow: Battling Bitterness
We continue Monday’s post with the third feature of ministry life that creates a unique environment …
“Sorrow has a large family.” Pain puts all humanity on equal footing. The young, old, rich, …
Church Is Fragile and Other Things I Wished I Had Known
November 06, 2013 by Shauna Pilgreen I wish I had known how fragile church can be. …
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Can we remove particular political ideology from an equation long enough to address a serious challenge …
Leadership: The Commodity of Trust
“The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and good conscience …
{Flourish kicks off a new blog category called “ABC’s for Ministry Wives”. These words will represent …
An Open Letter to Church Planting Pastors
This summer I stood in front of a room full of church planting wives and took …
Learning From a Lesbian Visitor to Your Church
Editor’s Note: One the blogs I follow the most faithfully is Kingdom People by Trevin Wax. This …
It’s a part of life. Even for the wife of a pastor. As a …
How to Respond to God’s Discipline
“Do not reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For The …
When They Talk About Your Husband
Editor’s Note from Ron Edmondson: This is a guest post by my wife Cheryl. She’s an amazing pastor’s wife. Every …
Are You An Introvert In Leadership?
True confession. Each time I am at a worship service or event at my church I …
Three Reasons Why I Won’t Cheat On My Husband
“Why won’t you cheat on me?” That was the question my husband asked. “Because I love you and …
Moonless Trust-Thank You Elisabeth Elliot
Recently I read a tweet by Beth Moore that said: “Sometimes we listen best when we …
Five Ministry Ideas I Wished I Had Learned Sooner
1- Genuinely loving and caring for people is foundational.When a church or community detects our sincere …
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Three Rules for Speaking in Public
Everyone should be able to speak in front of a group with some degree of confidence, …
Being Faithful With the Small Stuff
Jerry Falwell died before I was able to ask him my question. …
He Wants Your Heart: A Word to Church Planting Wives
When God called my husband and I to plant a church, I said yes. My yes …
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As I drove by the school our church met in, my son said to his friend, …
Jenni Catron, the Executive Director for Cross Point Church in Nashville is a young, up-and-coming, dynamic …
We needed to make a decision. I felt I was right, but he would not listen …
The beauty and confusion of ambiguity as a planters wife
Ambiguity is a new word for me in regards to my role as a ministry wife. …
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I’m often guilty of walking too fast through a crowd. My fast paced mental agenda brain …
It’s universal. (At least, that’s what I tell myself.) The disastrous Sunday morning, that is. I …
The house is almost empty. Each space echoes our movements during the last hours of packing. Odds and …
Warning: This post is going to be painful. It will date me clearly as the 55-year-old …
a drastic move. surroundings of green rolling hills were replaced with the san francisco bay and …
When God Isn’t Responding the Way I Think He Should
Have you ever had a time that everything seemed to be falling apart? The past three …
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One of my favorite quotes is from Flourish’s very own, Kathy Litton. She led a breakout …
I’m sitting here crying… black rivers running down my blush pink cheeks. It all started last …
The Sin Nobody Talks About-2012
A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; but jealousy is like cancer in the bones. —Proverbs …
The mundane of motherhood can leave me feeling forgotten. I am oh-so-easily overwhelmed with the piles …
Grace: When Thanksgiving is Unbearable
Thanksgiving, that day for saying “thanks”, may actually feel unbearable. When a holiday collides with grief, …
Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife: Doubting God’s Love
Have you ever experienced something bad? I mean, really bad. Life changing, earth shaking bad? We …
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Ten years ago today unexpected, unwanted circumstances invaded my life. I became a widow and my …
We had just packed up our kids moved to a new town to serve on church …
Friendship is Hard (and How to Make it Easier)
It seems I am not the only one who struggles with friendship. On my blog, I …