Product Description

This revised edition confronts the unique challenges facing pastors’ wives with a combination of serious advice and humor and a good balance of scriptural basis, personal illustration, honesty, and sincerity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #269701 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From the Back Cover
Lorna Dobson knows firsthand the struggles and joys of being married to a pastor—and the questions, not the least of which is, "What is a ‘pastor's wife,’ anyway?" As her poll of hundreds of women reveals, the wife of a minister is rarely the piano-playing, committee-leading stereotype.

With humor, disarming genuineness, personal stories, and wisdom rooted in Scripture, Dobson cuts through the labels. "How I live has little to do with whether my husband is a pastor; rather, my life reflects my growth, or lack of it, as a Christian." In this revised edition of I’m More Than the Pastor’s Wife, she includes new perspectives as a grandparent, soon-to-be empty-nester, and speaker. Here are frontline insights on · Making friends and cultivating personal support outside the church · Learning to handle expectations and pressures · Balancing time and using your gifts · Supporting your husband and growing closer to him · Prioritizing prayer for your husband, family, and church · Knowing your capabilities and limits · Dealing with "problem people" and church conflicts . . . and much more!

About the Author
Lorna Dobson is a member of Calvary Church, Grand Rapids, MI, where her husband serves as senior pastor.

Customer Reviews

inside look and humorous
This book was revealing in the sense that I had no idea how congregations demand things of the clergy. L. Dobson is humorous in her writing and appears to have an intelligent attitude to being a pastors wife. The many anecdotes are as funny as most pulpiteers.

GREAT Book for a pastors wife in training!
Bought this book to use with a friend whose husband has just started Bible college to be a pastor. It's written in a way that makes the reader feel that she is sitting on the author's couch listening to her tell her stories. I highly recommend it!

Gave to my wife
I bought this book early in my ministry, and gave it to my wife. We/she has since bought this for many young wives as they enter into ministry. It has since impacted many.