We've never been on a Pastoral retreat weekend before and so I wasn't sure what to expect. But it was really a neat time of praying, planning, vision casting, laughing and sharing with the church pastoral staff and a couple training in ministry. A family in our church opened up their lake home for us to stay for the weekend with our families. The men went up early on Friday ... Read More »
Pastors Wife Stuff
When you accidentally text your Pastor’s wife about your hickey.
I received this text a few months ago from a church-er and am still shaking my head over it. So is she. In fact she confirmed with me today it was just too good not to share with others.....without names attached. Grey is church chick and green is me. You can see in her own words she gave me permission to share and I confirmed before posting today. So no worries if you ... Read More »
Church fail – OMGosh I’m a freak!
All of last week I pretty much ate a daily dose of humble pie. It wasn't the most epic parenting week ever and I certainly didn't hold up to any pastor's wife specs and qualifications last night at the Community Thanksgiving service. Let me paint the picture: Once a year our awesome little community holds a Thanksgiving service on Sunday night. It either takes place in a ... Read More »
31 Days: Day 18 – Pastoral lingo can start rumors if not careful.
We had a wedding, a funeral and hospital visits this weekend - It's a natural part of the pastor's life. It's a privilege to be welcomed into such delicate and intimate times of life. Not always easy and many times heart wrenching yet exactly what God has called us to. I was reminded this weekend of how ingrained we get as pastors and pastor wives with church terminology and ... Read More »
I freaked out and told him he should’ve married someone else.
It was a fabulous Missions Conference at our church this past week. I love it so much every year. And every year I say it's the best one. This year we decided to have the small group of Missionaries and pastoral staff over to our house for lunch. So fifteen minutes before the Missionaries get to our house for lunch I exclaimed to my husband who was frantically helping me get ... Read More »
Blogging through the real and the hard #anxiety
I desire to be as honest as I can be in this blog space for the glory of God and building up of others. Okay, and for my own sanity because I process life many times through stringing words together and slapping them down on paper. There are things of course that I can't always share in this space for confidentiality and respect issues but I want to speak from the depths of my ... Read More »
Why I don’t always say I’m a pastor’s wife immediately
It’s funny to me how the atmosphere can change instantly when people find out you're a pastor or a pastor’s wife. That look of "deer in the headlights" comes over some people and if there were a quotation bubble over their head it would read, "Oh crap, holy crap that is, I just cussed in front of the preacher and offered him a beer all in the same sentence!" This is usually ... Read More »
What you fear your kids say about you in Sunday School.
I had one of those cringe moments Sunday morning as I was teaching the 4 & 5's class during church. We were talking about sin and how we all do it. The kids were talking about how they kick, get angry and lie, etc. I said, "Mrs. Melody sins too." Of course I wasn't exactly ready to start listing them so freely and childlike but one of the girls said, "Like what! What do you ... Read More »