I'm More Than the Pastor's Wife: Supporting Your Husband's Ministry Without Losing Your Identity

by Lorna Dobson

Book Overview

Books about the unique challenges that face pastors' wives have been written before, but this open and caring discussion is essential to understanding the subject in the church of the nineties.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310485517
• ISBN13: 9780310485513
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

GREAT Book for a pastors wife in training!

Bought this book to use with a friend whose husband has just started Bible college to be a pastor. It's written in a way that makes the reader feel that she is sitting on the author's couch listening to her tell her stories. I highly recommend it!

Gave to my wife

I bought this book early in my ministry, and gave it to my wife. We/she has since bought this for many young wives as they enter into ministry. It has since impacted many.

Couldn't Put It Down

At first, I really didn't like this book, but I found I couldn't put it down. The more I read, the more I appreciated it. Now I recommend it to all of my seminary wife friends who are married to future pastors. The author shares so much practical experience , I appreciated her desire to share her viewpoint on her role as a pastor's wife. Some of my favorite parts: "Sorting the Laundry" Mrs. Dobson states, "Working through the responsibilities and commitments of our lives determine who and what comes first is a little like sorting the laundry: you wash the whites and colors seperately, but when you dress, you combine the colors with whites." And also, "No person is pain -free or trouble-free. If we were we could not be effective ministers." And finally, she shares and amazing section on "Caring for My Body" - I appreciate the new insights she shares on caring for the Physical well-being of our bodies (the vessels God uses for His work) with a biblical perspective!!

inside look and humorous

This book was revealing in the sense that I had no idea how congregations demand things of the clergy. L. Dobson is humorous in her writing and appears to have an intelligent attitude to being a pastors wife. The many anecdotes are as funny as most pulpiteers.