126: The Pastor's Wife Life with Karen Stiller

Karen Stiller is a minister's wife, mom, writer, editor, and author of the new book, "The Minister's Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Doubt, Friendship, Loneliness, Forgiveness, and More". She comes on the show today to give us a glimpse into what it's like to be a pastor's wife and provides us with advice and ideas for how we can be a blessing to our own pastor's wife.

What We Chat about in Today’s Episode:

~Karen's new book, The Minister's Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Doubt, Friendship, Loneliness, Forgiveness, and More, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~Karen's book as a love letter to the church

~Karen's passion to really show up for her congregation; choosing to belong to your community, and the impact that that "holy habit" has upon your faith

~The trap of perfectionism and how lonely it makes your life; the adverse impact it has on your Christian walk

~Karen's own struggles with doubt and what that is like as a minister's wife; how bringing our doubt into the light can actually deepen our faith

~The ministry of admitting you don't have it all together

~Some of the hardest aspects of being a minister's wife

~How God calls the whole family to something when He calls one member of the family to it; the challenge that can be; Karen's encouragement for those situations

~How sharing our stories can help each other remember God's faithfulness

~What our pastor's wife needs the most from us as laymen in the congregation

~And more!

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