Barnabas Piper, son of pastor and author John Piper, has written a new book called The Pastor's Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity,...

Fun fact: Barnabas Piper, son of pastor and author John Piper, was the editor who acquired my book, The Church Planting Wife, for Moody...

Women are influencers. We're relational by nature, so we're often the relational glue within our families, churches, and communities and,...

The following post was commissioned by a reader, Rachael, who asked me about discernment in knowing what friendships to invest in and to...

In the recent resurgence of church planting across North America, a number of books have emerged challenging and encouraging planting...

Don't be discouraged. I tell myself this and then go to bed early, knowing it will be better in the morning. But sometimes it's not...

In 2008, my husband and I prepared to move our little family away from the only culture we’d ever known, with one mission before us: we...

One afternoon last fall, as I put the clean laundry away, I fell to the floor of my closet, weeping uncontrollably. I had no idea why the...

As a pastor’s wife, I think to myself much too often, “I’m not doing enough.” The needs and opportunities in our church are many and...

As a church planting wife, in the context in which you live, with the marriage, family, church, and ministry you have, what does success...

Ministry can at times feel like one big battle against discouragement. If I experience it as a pastor’s wife, I can’t imagine how...

In 2008, my husband and I planted a church in a cultural context where it’s fairly easy to meet people but difficult to build intimate...

We’ve all had it happen: a church member or a family we’ve ministered to, loved dearly, and have considered family, leaves the church....

Church planting wives are as different as the churches we're helping to plant. We're gifted differently, we have different family and...

Prior to planting, my husband served on a large church staff where his roles and responsibilities were clearly defined. To support him...

It’s hard, I know. The uncertainty, the all-encompassing nature of the work, the homesickness, the discouragement—church planting is...

A healthy church planting wife exists in community with God, His church, and others in a genuine, biblical way. “We cared so much for you...

Don't think this: I can't do this thing called ministry. I'm not a good pastor's wife or a good partner for my husband. Think this: I am...

“How did it go?” I’d gone to coffee with someone I didn’t know well but hoped to. “It was OK,” I said. “She didn’t ask me any questions,...

In 2008, God called my husband Kyle and me to plant a church in Charlottesville, Virginia. Entering church planting, we had eight years...