Tobacco & Collard Greens After being at our new church for a few months I was invited by several of the older women in the church to go out to dinner with them. They were so cute when they drove up to my driveway. Their heads barely reached over the headrests and all, but the driver, were in the backseat. They left the front passenger seat open for me which I thought was ... Read More »
Pastors Wife Stuff
Quick, sit up straight…..it’s the preacher!
It’s funny to me how the atmosphere can change instantly when people find out you are a pastor or a pastor’s wife. In meeting new people, my husband and I do not always bring up that he is a pastor. It’s not because we are ashamed of his position. It’s because many times when people find out we are in ministry they do a freak out number on us and get all weird. That look of a ... Read More »
Back Row Pew Experience
I laughed a little as I sat on the second to back row with an unexpected friend who came to church on Sunday. I overheard an older woman behind me say to her husband; in what she thought was a hushed whisper: “Is the preacher wearing a vest? Is that a vest he’s wearing?” I resisted the urge to turn around and join in the conversation about the preacher’s clothes. Ha! I just ... Read More »
An open letter to our church
Dear Church Family, It was just three years ago that we pulled in to our new little town with all our belongings on those U-haul trucks. You remember the ones. Ya’ll sent a huge tractor trailer truck from NC for us and we all thought that would suffice but it actually took a few more U-hauls (hey, a girl has got to have a few pairs of black shoes). This meant a few more U-hauls ... Read More »
“Man of the Cloth”
After sharing my testimony at a church one night a lady came up to me afterwards and asked, “So what’s it like?” A little confused I said, “What’s what like?” She leaned in and almost in a whisper said, “You know, what’s it like being married to a ‘MAN OF THE CLOTH’?” The first thought that came to my mind when I thought of “my man” and “cloth” was his underwear on the floor ... Read More »
First Impressions are off with a bang
I had a missed call on my cell phone so I returned the call and the man (one of our church leaders) said with a laugh, “I really liked that voice mail on your phone.” I said, “What voicemail?” He was quiet and then I said, “For real, I didn’t know I had voicemail in place yet.” Then I suddenly had this thought of pure horror as I recalled trying to record a new voicemail ... Read More »