by Rev. Lordson TABI | Apr 16, 2024 | How to Thrive as a Pastor's Wife
Many of you don’t have a clue what you are supposed to be doing as a pastor’s wife. You hang around people loaded with years of experience hoping to learn from them. Then you wait for them to broach deeper topics, but they never do. And while many pressing...
by Rev. Lordson TABI | Apr 16, 2024 | How to Thrive as a Pastor's Wife
When my wife tried to live up to the title of “pastor’s wife,” she’d been driven to say yes to every need presented to her. She’s felt responsible for helping me (her husband) fix systems and people’s hearts when they’re broken. Did you notice my word...
by Rev. Lordson TABI | Apr 16, 2024 | How to Thrive as a Pastor's Wife
Text: Philippians 2:1-8 Ministry involves so much pouring out, giving, serving, and being available to others. Even when we’re not actively doing the work of the ministry, we’re often preparing to do the work. Pouring out is not a bad thing; healthy people pour...
by Rev. Lordson TABI | Apr 16, 2024 | How to Thrive as a Pastor's Wife
Every pastor and pastor’s wife carry battle wounds unknown to even the closest around them. The situations they’ve encountered may be resolved and even be long in the rearview mirror, but scars remain, whether they’re from weathering criticism, navigating division in...
by Rev. Lordson TABI | Apr 15, 2024 | How to Thrive as a Pastor's Wife
In my experience, marriage is an aspect of our life we need great clarity on because without intentional thought and action, our marriage too easily becomes entwined with ministry. We must learn, then, to draw boundaries around our marriage, not only that we might...
by Rev. Lordson TABI | Apr 11, 2024 | How to Thrive as a Pastor's Wife
Throughout the decades my wife and I have been pastors, our “closeness” to the church has varied wildly. When we were newly married and didn’t yet have children, we enjoyed being intimately involved in everything the other did. After we had children, although our...
