Sixteen summers ago my husband was finishing up his first year of seminary and we didn’t have any children yet. We worked for the seminary and college but our responsibilities ended when the students left for the summer and we had 2 months before they came back. It was the first and only time in…
Category: Marriage
20 Years Later
Today is a special day. According to my middle daughter it is mine and her Dad’s “meet-a-versary”. December 2, 1995, I was a college student in VA, who went to a wedding with my best friend in NC, where she introduced me to her cousin from OH. 18 months later her cousin and I were…
Reflections of a Preacher’s Wife
Today is my 18th wedding anniversary. My husband was already a preacher when I married him and so my life has been on display before a congregation of people since before I said “I do”. All these years later we have ministered in many settings to multiple congregations and have been blessed with 5 great…
Spring Cleaning
This weekend I was doing some spring cleaning. It’s one of those things that feels good after the fact, but is a royal pain in the midst of it. I’ve been working on spring cleaning for awhile now, one room at a time, and this weekend was my bedroom. I kept asking myself as I…
Grace in the Real World - by Connie Post 