I was blown away by ‘10 ways to discourage your husband in ministry’. As I sat to peruse The Briefing (a useful and godly delaying tactic instead of tackling the housework), I began reading point 10: ‘Keep your home messy’. It was like an arrow to the heart. I had never looked upon my shortcomings as a housewife in that way. As I surveyed each horizontal surface laden with clutter, I was horrified and challenged. Thank you for such a blunt and thought-provoking article. (more…)
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10 ways to discourage your husband in ministry
Interchange
Thank you to Carmelina and Karen for their excellent article ‘10 ways to discourage your husband in ministry’. Speaking in the negative gave so much more scope for explaining what encouragement looks like—and it also gave us a chance to laugh at ourselves. I appreciated it. Thank you! (more…)
10 ways to discourage your husband in ministry
Interchange
‘10 ways to discourage your husband in ministry’ was one of the most profoundly discouraging articles I have read in my 17 years of being a ‘ministry wife’. At first, I wondered if I’d lost my sense of humour. But I found many others were equally discouraged. (more…)
Helpers and trainers
Life
When we first married, my husband kept telling his young single friends that a man was only half a man until he married. Shortly after tying the knot, we left for our duties as the only missionaries on an isolated Aboriginal mission settlement in the Northern Territory. The starry-eyed approach to marriage faded and we became the persons we really were in our relationships. Falling in love was not a sufficient resource to meet the demands of our new life together. Now we were to show that we were ‘one flesh’.