Although Pastor Appreciation Month ends tomorrow, appreciating your pastor should be an ongoing pattern of behavior. Emphasis months, theme weeks, holidays, and days of recognition were not created to imply that those dates are the only times that the organization,…
Do you have time for one question?
As the readership for Petals from the Basket continues to grow—and thank you for that, by the way!—it would help me to know two things: 1. How do you most frequently access the blog posts on Petals from the Basket?…
What Do I Do Now? (When Pastors Relocate)
Today’s post was written by my mom, Lorraine Strohbehn, a pastor’s wife of many years, an author, and a mom, grandma, and great-grandma! She contributes a memory with a Biblical lesson on the last Friday of each month. ___________ New…
How I Learned to Call It “Home”
Missionary Jim Elliot, one of the missionaries killed in Ecuador on January 8, 1956 (five years later, I was born on that day), stated the following: “Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe…
A PK’s View of the Family of God
As a PK (“pastor’s kid”), I often felt that others thought I was supposed to be perfect. The voice that spoke this expectation the loudest was my own. Yet my dear parents helped me to learn that while I was…