Dear Pastor,
I might not know your wife personally, but we are connected through our shared membership in a unique club. You might not have heard of this club before, if your wife doesn’t want you to know she belongs to it. It’s the “Help! I’m a Pastor’s Wife and I’m Struggling Club.” There are no membership fees, no annual meetings, and no way of leaving this club—unless you leave the ministry, which she doesn’t want! Having been a pastor’s wife for many years, let me share with you some of the struggles your wife may be dealing with.
Sunday mornings are hard for a pastor’s wife. She might look chipper enough as she kisses you goodbye when you leave home early for your final Sunday morning prep, but after you leave, she takes a deep breath and then hurries to get the kids fed and dressed and in the car without your help. She might be serving in the children’s ministry or with the worship team and looking to her own prep ahead of her. Once she gets to church and drops off the kids, she will enter into worship—usually alone—while you lead the service and preach. And as she
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