Deborah: leading well in the many hats we wear

We all wear hats. Many, many hats. I know. I see you. I do too. As ministry wives, we somehow get the “leader” hat placed on our pretty little heads just because of our husband’s positions on a church staff. We may have had no training, no...

Hagar: You are noticed and loved

It stinks to feel unnoticed. When someone doesn’t see you, hear you, or understand you, it can cut deep into your insecurity and sense of worth. It’s an even deeper wound when it’s from someone that you love. Every one of us has experienced that type...

Eve: You Are More Than Your Mistakes

We LOVE that God includes the lives of real broken women in the bible and reveals how he interacts with and redeems them. Women need other women. You don’t have to remain alone in your faith even when no one is around. We are excited to surround ourselves with...

What Other Women in the Bible Teach Us About Ourselves and Ministry

Women need other women. True, we have our husbands, children, etc. But women are unique to other women because we see and feel things similarly and can support each other from that common vantage point.  We aren’t meant to live alone, isolated, or in our silos....

4 Ways To Say No in Ministry Without Feeling Guilty

As ministry wives, we get a lot of requests to do a variety of things: serve at a luncheon, teach a bible study, listen, advise, solve problems, decorate for an event, have lunch, host things, and take information to our husbands. It’s easy to feel like we have...

Feeling the Pressure of Ministry Success and Failure

As followers of Jesus, we live on mission by sharing the gospel and engaging our broken world. We help, listen, bring meals, visit hospitals, pray, and invite as we love Jesus by serving our churches and communities.  How do we evaluate the work that we do? What do we...