Have I ever shared with you how this podcast came to be? Last year I escaped to the mountains for a personal prayer retreat, some time away with the Lord. I left real life behind for a few days and only took my Bible and prayer journals and a few study books to keep me company. As I was praying, I clearly felt the Lord
Mallory and her husband Josh are church planters in the Memphis, Tennessee, area and they’re raising two boys in ministry. In addition to hosting the Faithful31Moms podcast for Love Worth Finding, Mallory has also written a children’s book about the names of God.
Are you juggling a job on top of managing your family and serving at church? All three of those roles are full-time, aren’t they? And many times they overlap on our schedules and totally drain our energy levels! What’s a hard-working pastor’s wife to do?
I like to start conversations with ministry wives with questions like this: Can you tell me something you love about serving where you are now? What’s one aspect of ministry life that blesses you? Their responses inspired me to make my own list of married-to-the-ministry blessings.
Sometimes we ministry wives can be expected to pray and teach just like our husbands do, right? But if you don’t know the audience well or feel comfortable preparing a lesson, there’s always one story you can share with anyone:
When you’re a pastor’s wife, it really does feel like you’re married to the ministry and to the church family, too, doesn’t it? This weight of this life can seem way too “extra,” and we can be lonely