Wow, you are basically describing my life and also what me going to church looks like. My husband isn't currently in a pastoral role but recently was, and yes, this is how I approached my role as well. Would love to hear (if you were ever willing) how you and your spouse talk about faith and marriage, the impact on you of his job. That's been an important ongoing conversation for us.
It's really healing for me to read that a parent is thinking through these issues when their kids are really young. The pressure on PKs is so enormous, but it doesn't have to be that way. Thank you for doing this work!
What a clear demonstration of how deep and traumatizing church indoctrination goes: Even the mention of your kids as PKs implies to all of us the very description you gave of how PKs are "expected" to be. What a gift it is to your kids that you are not laying that burden on them and they are free to be themselves.
Wow, you are basically describing my life and also what me going to church looks like. My husband isn't currently in a pastoral role but recently was, and yes, this is how I approached my role as well. Would love to hear (if you were ever willing) how you and your spouse talk about faith and marriage, the impact on you of his job. That's been an important ongoing conversation for us.
It's really healing for me to read that a parent is thinking through these issues when their kids are really young. The pressure on PKs is so enormous, but it doesn't have to be that way. Thank you for doing this work!
This is so marvelous! You give me hope for the future!
I loooooove that you're married to a pastor and rebelling against the traditional views of a pastor's wife.
What a clear demonstration of how deep and traumatizing church indoctrination goes: Even the mention of your kids as PKs implies to all of us the very description you gave of how PKs are "expected" to be. What a gift it is to your kids that you are not laying that burden on them and they are free to be themselves.