The minister's wife : a memoir of faith, doubt, friendship, loneliness, forgiveness, and more / Karen Stiller.
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TextPublisher: Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale House Publishers, the Tyndale nonfiction imprint, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 245 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781496441218
- 1496441214
- 9781496444806
- 1496444809
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
She never expected to be a minister's wife. And the life she discovered was more challenging--and more beautiful--than she could have anticipated. We all wrestle with tough questions about life and faith, and Karen Stiller has learned that answers don't come any easier when you're married to the minister. What does it mean to live faithfully in our complicated world? Is there a place here for me--the real me? What does everyone expect of me, and what if I fail? In The Minister's Wife , Karen shines a light on the rhythms and tough realities of the spiritual life for each and every one of us. She explores how community helps us grow; the unexpected beauty of doubt; the messy pain of families and funerals; how church can hurt and heal; and the beauty of showing up when sometimes it is more appealing to go to a coffee shop on a Sunday morning (even when you're the pastor's wife).Warm, witty, and achingly honest, The Minister's Wife is a memoir in essays on choosing to belong, and an invitation to join a spiritual adventure.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244).
Identity -- Doubt -- Community -- Marriage -- Family -- . Friendship -- Funerals -- Envy -- Prayer -- Disappointment -- Forgiveness -- Christmas -- Moving -- Holiness.
"To belong helps me to believe. We are all messy and miraculous, at the same time. Church scrapes us up against each other. It skins our knees. It wounds and then it heals. We are supposed to love each other all the time, and I don't think it ever stops being hard. We are people with ragged edges. And because we are in community with each other, pointed in the same general direction toward God, gathering, worshiping, praying, and eating at all those carb-filled potlucks, we help each other grow. Candid, funny, and tender, The Minister's Wife is a memoir in essays that transports you into one woman's life while inspiring you to think differently about your own. As Karen Stiller shares her own deep-from-the-heart experiences as a minister's wife-with forgiveness, marriage, parenting, doubt, loneliness, and much more-she welcomes us all to join her on a rich, difficult, yet ultimately grace-filled spiritual adventure"-- Provided by publisher.