Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife: It’s Hard to Say Goodbye
After 13 years in ministry, today is my last Sunday as a pastor’s wife. I never expected to fall in love with a church. But I did. And it is hard to say goodbye when you know your heart wants to stay behind. This is only our second church, but I did not always...
Church: It’s About Doing Life Together
There are great churches with great programs, great ministries, and outstanding volunteers. We all love churches like that. But more than what a church has to offer me, what I really want is to feel connected with a group of people, to find a place of belonging, and...
Why Do Some Pastor’s Wives Misbehave? (SET #2)
SET= Search Engine Term Someone googled, “Why do some pastor’s wives misbehave” and they found my blog, so I figured I should address a possible why. (And is google trying to tell me something?) Pastor’s wives misbehave because they are as...
The Church and Disability
I consider it an honor to be a pastor’s wife. It is a privilege to be allowed into people’s lives: their hurt, pain, devastation, joy, celebration, transformation. This Church, this body of Christ – with all of its broken pieces along with its many...
Confessions of a pastor’s wife: When I killed my church with a rock
I killed my church with a rock. A tiny little rock with a lot of power. Like David standing before Goliath, I threw it as hard as I could against the church building. It all began with discouragement. We have a church that sits 300 people, but our services average...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.