I'm convinced that there isn't a good way to transition from job to job as a pastor. I'll admit, my dad was a rarity. He was in the same call for almost 30 years. I never had to move as a pastor's kid. That's simply not the reality for most people. I mean, most people don't stay in any job that long, pastor or not. My husband just had his last day at his current call. We'll be moving to our new home in a week. I cannot express the stress he has had on his young shoulders. Of

“Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach…” 1 Timothy 3:2 This morning, I came across the news that an LCMS pastor in Missouri, not only a pastor, but a district president, was arrested and investigated by the FBI for child pornography production and abuse. Now, I normally keep my politics pretty close to my chest. In fact, I normally don’t care much for politics or anything of that natu

Fun fact: I'm a nationally certified barista. I’m no slacker. And no, seminary isn’t "free". Am I really flaky? A crappy employee? Nope. I was just a seminary wife. When my husband was studying at seminary (pastor school) post-college, I held a shiny new teaching degree and went hunting for my first full-time job. But here’s the thing: the standard seminary route has one of the most fragmented schooling schedules I’ve ever heard of, and no one wants to hire those of us along