Making Guests Feel Welcome with Barb Raveling | Episode 133

Lisa Dingle is not just a pastor’s wife and mom, she is also the program supervisor for a social services program with a master’s degree in psychology. In today’s episode, Lisa shares her story of finding herself and her then-fiance (and spoiler alert: now husband) in a toxic relationship with a narcissistic pastor. Although it…

Jamie Erickson is a wife, homeschool mom of 5, author, and founder of The Unlikely Homeschool blog. On this episode, she shares how hygge and the gospel go together. Even though her book Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow isn’t specifically written for pastors’ wives, you will find this an invaluable…

You may remember today’s guest from episode 96. Heather Creekmore is a pastor’s wife, author, podcaster, online course creator and coach focused on improving body image from a biblical perspective. In today’s episode, we chat about the cultural pressure on women’s bodies and how we can find a balanced and biblical approach to body image, food, and exercise. We also talked the…

Transitioning out of one ministry and into the next is one of the most challenging aspects of the pastor wife life and it’s one that 99.99% will probably experience at least once. In today’s episode, Julie Lynn Ashley shares the lessons she learned when she and her husband were faced with an unexpected transition. From…

Angelene Garlinghouse is a missionary’s daughter, a lead pastor’s wife, mom to 6 kids, a teacher, and a published author. In this conversation, she shares the importance of understanding and embracing the truth in God’s word and rejecting the lies of the enemy and how that helped her to walk in wholeness and healing in…