Mark Driscoll, the pastor I love to hate, gave several ways to help the pastor’s wife. Here is his outline with my thoughts. The video can be found here. 1. The wife needs a clearly defined and guarded role. Yes and no. He’s close, but just misses the mark.  He is right when he notes [...]

It’s kind of amusing, really, the ways in which Bob and I managed to offend and hurt people’s feelings in church. Really, some people say I was too sensitive, but recalling a few of these stories makes me feel much better. Bob got in trouble once for saying, “Crap!” in front of the youth group. [...]

(Warning: This post contains stronger language than is usually found in my blog. If you don’t like it, don’t read it!) Seeing all the Sesame Street characters on Google this week reminds me of the short period of time I enjoyed a normal, mainstream childhood. I don’t know what happened between November 10, 1983 (my [...]

Click here for part one. January, 2006-July, 2006 Over spring break, Bob’s brother came to visit. I told Bob that I would need help with the house if his brother came, and he agreed. Of course he didn’t, though. The two left me to make dinner and do the dishes while they played video games [...]

No, not now! It has been almost exactly four years since I found out I was expecting Julieanne, so I thought I would write a post on my pregnancy. 2005: October/November -December Believing it was my sacred duty to be a stay at home mother changed my senior year in college, but not until after [...]

Okay, I tried to post this three days ago, but something was off in my editor. It’s a little late, but still entertaining so I am going to post it anyways. Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church has gotten a lot of press lately for his hate-filled sermons on President Obama. I watched a [...]

At the annual meeting, Baptists are encouraging people to put down the politics for a little while and focus more on the religion aspects of their religion. Johnathan Merritt says, “We are not a political organization. Too often the evangelical movement has been distracted from our primary purpose by divisive political issues.” It’s about time! [...]

I stumbled across a couple of message board postings I had put up a couple years ago relating to the ministry. They were mostly innocuous–ministry families are often overly cautious of anything they say getting back to the church. But I ran into some newer posts that rather adequately displayed the desperation and loneliness I [...]

There is a lot to Christianity a person doesn’t see while they are sitting in a pew. Even some of the active members of the congregation don’t see it, or if they do, they don’t know enough to put a stop to it or they don’t care. Sometimes they just choose to trust the pastor [...]

“Do you ever miss it?” I asked Steve one night over dinner. “Miss what?” “Being conservative.” He stopped. “Yes,” he said, looking up at me. “I do. I miss the simplicity of it.” And it is. That is what I miss, too. The message of joy, peace, and eternal life in paradise is appealing. You [...]