Last month in Dallas during the boot camp, many wives attended the Wives' Track hosted by Acts 29 church planter's wives. We recently posted audio from Part 1 of their Q&A time here. Below we're including portions of the transcriptions from Part 1.
L-R: Stephanie White (Ft. Worth; wife of Rick), and Lauren Chandler (Dallas; wife of Matt) who answered the questions below.
"Read Your Bible On Your Phone When You're Up Nursing Again at 3 A.M."
Q: What advice do you have for young moms with small children to structure the home and schedule well?
Lauren: Iʼm not a naturally scheduled person. I definitely thrive when I have a schedule, but just the idea of having to set one up kind of overwhelms me. We started Audrey at a university-model ...
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Last month in Dallas during the boot camp, many wives attended the Wives' Track hosted by Acts 29 church planter's wives. We recently posted audio from Part 1 of their Q&A time here. Below we're including portions of the transcription.
Q&A panel, L-R: Stephanie White (Ft. Worth; wife of Rick), Susan Wesley (Houston; wife of Bruce), Lauren Chandler (Dallas; wife of Matt) and Kara Bruskas (Albuquerque; wife of Dave).
"No, You Can't Have Your Friends Spend the Night on Saturday."
Q: What are practical ways that you minister to your husbands? What do you do to recharge your husbands after Sunday?
Lauren: I try to have a home-cooked meal for him at lunchtime. That doesnʼt happen every time, ...
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…Two years after we planted Clear Creek Community Church, I recognized a feeling of emotional detachment from my wife and kids. I don’t remember where the question came from, but I asked myself, “What if my wife and children never feel loved by me?” I thought about how much of a failure I would be if I planted a church successfully, but I did not know how to love my wife and kids in a way that they felt cherished, protected and connected to me. What if I reached the end of my one and only life and thousands of people became Christians, but my children wanted nothing to do with me?
–Bruce Wesley, “Loving My Wife and Children More than Ministry.”
If you haven’t met him, we’d like to introduce you to Bruce Wesley, Acts ...
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