Published Items
December 2010, How the Other Half Lives
Together with two other writers, this article looked at some of the pressures of being married to the ministry.
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Christian Writer
Spring 2012, Paralysis and potential: no such thing as wasted words?
Suffer from writers’ block, when you don’t have anything to say? What about when you’re paralysed by all your ideas? This article looks at taking a chance on an idea and seeing where it takes you.
“Creativity” Issue 94, Summer 2011, Prayer Focus - Recognising the Melody
Are you sharp or flat? Does God mind?
“How are you?” Issue 95, Winter 2011 – Poem
Prayer for Remembrance Day
Coming up:
“Just Money” Issue 98, Summer/Harvest 2012
Two articles: What can I give? - reflecting on what we can offer when our hands feel empty
and Dealing with debt – interviewing volunteers at a debt advice centre
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October 2010, The Worry Machine
How do we stop worry from tumbling?
With particular reference to Matthew 6, this article asked three questions:
Where is your heart? Where are your eyes? Where is your loyalty? The location of these things has a big impact on what we worry about.
February 2011, God in the Darkness
This is a first person article which talks honestly about a time when I was struggling to hold on to my faith and to God – and what happened when I let go.
January 2012: Unpack your new life today!
How do we bring tasters of eternity to a temporary home?
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Article output is lessened due to the fact I am spending most of my writing time working on the book at the moment!
As a minister who left fulltime ministry due to feeling the hierarchy were ripping off the congregration, I am thankfully now away from the sometimes intolerable pressures that living in the rectory bought to me. It nearly drove me to a total breakdown.
Church is not God but people often seem to think it is.
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I should add that I am merely the wife of a minister, but that my personal ministry was not one that was understood or valued or even noticed within a parish.
Sorry for the confusion; still tired from travel.
Hi Viv,
Being married to a minister is one of the most stressful jobs there is! Often because you don’t feel safe to express yourself when things do get difficult.
I have been fortunate in that I am valued in our church – but health and other factors have made me struggle with my purpose and ministry on many occasions. I need to know I contribute something of my own.