Open Diary of a Pastor's Wife

Open Diary of a Pastor's Wife
Author: Donnie Miles-Howard
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1602477981

The Open Diary of a Pastors Wife, by Donnie Miles Howard, is an honest and insightful account of her own personal trials of being a pastors wife. As Donnie and her family endure heartache and tragedyunrest in the church, Hurricane Katrina, and personal struggles at homewomen of all walks of life will be inspired by her raw faith in God. The Open Diary of a Pastors Wife serves as a spiritual road map that will lead readers down a hopeful path to freedom and survival, proving that, with God, shame can transform into joy.

I Almost Ruined My Marriage

I Almost Ruined My Marriage
Author: Eno Jerry
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781976019975

At some point in my life, I prayed to God, believing that one day, I would be swept off my feet by my prince charming. I remember praying at a young age to be married to a man that loves God and has the fear of God in him. I knew what I wanted, or at best, I thought I knew what I wanted. Most times, we wish and pray for things without understanding that our wishes aren't as simple as they seem and may probably have their implications. To pray for a prince charming, you need to be a princess beauty. The prince charming also has expectations of his bride and you need to fit that mould. Without knowing it, I carried a lot of baggage into my marriage. This load of baggage was capable of ruining my marriage. Wait a minute, did I say capable of ruining my marriage? Scratch that. This load of baggage almost ruined my marriage. In Proverbs 14: 1, the Bible says, "a wise woman builds her home but a foolish woman tears it down with her hands." Did you notice what the Bible says in that Scripture? The foolish woman does not need any kind of help pulling down her home. She can do it all by herself. Her own actions or inaction are enough to completely ruin her home. At some point in my life, I was this foolish woman. I know this probably sounds shocking but 'foolish' was what I was at that time. Sadly, there abound many foolish women who have destroyed their marriages and homes. Some others are in the process of destroying their marriages. Some marriages are being endured rather than enjoyed. Some married people are struggling to put the pieces of their homes together while some feel that it can't be put back together again. It is unfortunate that some women are completely at a loss of what to do to save their ailing marriages. Some others who know what to do to save their homes allow pride stop them from doing it. My journey in the early years of marriage was quite painful and enduring. Nothing I knew seemed to make sense anymore. All the seemingly harmless habits I got away with in the course of my life as a single became a challenge in marriage. When you marry a near-perfect man like I did, your flaws become so glaring. The sad truth is that before I got married, I never considered these habits as flaws. Have you ever found yourself saying things like: "This is how I have always been and people accepted and liked me"? Have you also found yourself saying to your spouse, "Hey, you met me like this; why is this now a big deal"? Oh, I said this a thousand and one times. I just couldn't understand how anyone will want me to change. Who I was had taken me so many years to become, so why was I supposed to change just because I got married. Hmmm, that was a difficult one for me to crack. In this book, I will be sharing my journey so far, what I had to learn in the process and who I have become through my experiences.

The Pastor's Wife

The Pastor's Wife
Author: Diane Fanning
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2008-11-04
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1429988827

When Pastor Matthew Winkler was found dead at his Fourth Street Church of Christ parsonage in Selmer, Tennessee, both police investigators and parishioners were shaken and mystified: How could evil strike this cradle of faith? Meanwhile, Mrs. Winkler and her three daughters were still missing... A frantic search for Mary Winkler and the girls ensued. Once they were found, on a beach in Alabama, Mary was charged with murdering her husband in cold blood. But why did Mary pull the trigger? What sexual and psychological abuses did she allege she had suffered? In the months that followed, the crime—and the Winkler's marriage—would be exposed by the national media; Mary herself even appeared on Oprah. Set in a world of domineering men, obedient wives, and unshakable faith, this is the true story about what happened to Matthew Winkler and THE PASTOR'S WIFE

A Diary Of My Work Overseas

A Diary Of My Work Overseas
Author: Capt. Clyde E. Kimball
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2015-11-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1786257335

“SILVER STAR “For gallantry in action on 19 December 1944 in * * *. When medical personnel was not available to render aid to a unit suffering heavy casualties near * * * Chaplain Kimball, displaying great personal bravery, volunteered to pass through fierce enemy machine gun fire in an effort to render treatment and to evacuate the wounded. While on his courageous mission, he was ambushed by infiltrating Germans and received severe wounds which resulted in his death. Chaplain Kimball’s conspicuous valor and unflinching devotion to the welfare of his men reflected credit on himself and the military service.”—Citation The Reverend Kimball’s diary tells of the varied and challenging duties of his post. Indeed he was a man of many talents, distinguished for his strong spiritual leadership and for his alternate role as the unofficial librarian of his regiment, the 1128th Engineer Combat Group of the U.S. Army. He died ministering to his flock in the Ardennes forest in 1944.

The Secret Diary of Arnold Douwes

The Secret Diary of Arnold Douwes
Author: Arnold Douwes
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2019-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253044219

A rare diary by the leader of an underground rescue network during the Holocaust that’s “a crucial source for the study of the Dutch resistance” (Ido de Haan, coeditor of Securing Europe After Napoleon). In the Netherlands, the myth that resistance to Nazi occupation was high among all sectors of the population has retained a strong hold, and yet many Dutch Jews fell victim to deportation and annihilation in the camps of Eastern Europe. How could a country that prided itself on its tolerance, adherence to legal norms, and democratic government have been the site of such an enormous tragedy? Even while Nazi arrests of Jews were taking place, Arnold Douwes, a gardener and restless adventurer, headed a clandestine network of resistance and rescue. Douwes had spent time in the United States and France and was arrested several times by the police after his return to the Netherlands in 1940. Keenly aware that he was doing something important, he started a diary in the summer of 1943. He hid some thirty-five small notebooks in jam jars at safe houses in the vicinity of his base in Nieuwlande (Drenthe). After the war, he dug the notebooks up and transcribed them, adding several postwar sections with scrupulous notations. Bob Moore has translated Douwes’s diary into English for the first time, and he and coeditor Johannes Houwink ten Cate have added a historical and contextual introduction, annotations, and a glossary for readers who may not be familiar with Dutch technical terms or places. Organized chronologically, and remaining largely as Douwes originally wrote it, the diary sheds light on the successes—and failures—of this important Dutch rescue network.

The Crazy Pastor's Wife

The Crazy Pastor's Wife
Author: Joyce Thrasher
Publisher: Crazy Pastor's Wife
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2015-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780986102509

This book highlights both the humorous side and the serious side of being a "Pastor's Wife." Joyce is still discovering the unique woman God created her to be. Her husband Donny is a retired Army Chaplain and Senior Pastor at The Grace Place. They have three boys, Chris, Zach, Noah, and three cats. This book highlights both the humorous side and the serious side of the many challenges Joyce faced while remaining "honest and real" in discovering the unique woman God created her to be. You'll read: Unbelievable stories about being a pastor's wife and serving in ministry with him. Funny stories about how "church people" make Joyce's life fuller and more interesting. Hilarious stories about raising three boys and surviving the toddler and teen years. Revealing stories about life in a small southern town and so much more. From reading about Joyce falling off the top of a refrigerator and overdosing Donny with cough syrup on a Sunday morning to the war of the roses during a worship service and a miracle that cured Joyce's son of an incurable disease.

Spurgeon’s Theology for Multiplying Disciples and Churches

Spurgeon’s Theology for Multiplying Disciples and Churches
Author: Rod Earls
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2022-09-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666743453

Spurgeon is known for his sermons, but it is a wonderful study to learn from him the theology and practice which drove him and the Metropolitan Tabernacle to plant two hundred churches in and around London. How did they accomplish this? This book presents the story and principles of Spurgeon and his church which God taught and guided them to implement, and how pastors and churches today can apply them. Each of us need a solid model to take heart from and follow. Spurgeon and the Metropolitan Tabernacle meets that need. There is great wisdom and practical encouragement to be received from their example for every Christian, church leader, and pastor to enjoy for Christ's work. This work was written to help make this experience possible and probable under God's good blessings. Read, pray, reflect, grow, and go for the Savior and souls!

Diary of a Pastor's Soul

Diary of a Pastor's Soul
Author: M. Craig Barnes
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493423959

Christianity Today 2021 Book Award Winner (The Church/Pastoral Leadership Award of Merit) Diary of a Pastor's Soul tells the story of a fictionalized pastor, embarking on his final year before retirement, who reflects on the experiences and relationships that have formed his vocation and shaped his soul over a lifetime of pastoral ministry. Drawing on his own experiences, seasoned pastor Craig Barnes invites readers to embrace the life lessons of a pastor who has been formed by his failures and his fleeting moments of glory, but most of all by discovering the holy in the routine but often quirky duties of being a parish pastor. Through 52 weekly thematic entries, Barnes presents spirituality in narrative form through a collection of interwoven stories about learning to love others with curiosity, amazement, vulnerability, and most of all gratitude for the grace found in flawed lives. Barnes's fictionalized diary approach creatively shows how the pastoral vocation forms mind, heart, and soul, helping pastors make sense of their own calling. With unvarnished honesty, this book eloquently illustrates a lifetime of ministry, revealing how "the Holy haunts the landscape of life."

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor
Author: D. A. Carson
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2008-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433522101

D. A. Carson's father was a pioneering church-planter and pastor in Quebec. But still, an ordinary pastor-except that he ministered during the decades that brought French Canada from the brutal challenges of persecution and imprisonment for Baptist ministers to spectacular growth and revival in the 1970s. It is a story, and an era, that few in the English-speaking world know anything about. But through Tom Carson's journals and written prayers, and the narrative and historical background supplied by his son, readers will be given a firsthand account of not only this trying time in North American church history, but of one pastor's life and times, dreams and disappointments. With words that will ring true for every person who has devoted themselves to the Lord's work, this unique book serves to remind readers that though the sacrifices of serving God are great, the sweetness of living a faithful, obedient life is greater still.