As a pastor’s kid (PK), hitting my teenage years meant learning to live a dual life: my Christian life, which was pleasing to my parents and my church, and my high school life, which was pleasing to me. My greatest goal was, “May the two never meet.” Of course, neither life – one of hypocrisy and one of blatant sin – was pleasing to God. I did, however, emerge out of those troubling years and went on to follow Jesus Christ as Lord, become a pastor and eventually raise four PKs who live out a Biblical, Christian world view. I determined early on that, if at all possible, I would not repeat history with my kids. Read more
http://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.png00Stephen Johnsonhttp://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.pngStephen Johnson2019-05-23 21:34:542019-07-12 15:30:57Parenting with a biblical world view
Pastor Peter Scazzero, author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, shares a powerful mantra: “As goes the leader’s marriage, so goes the church.” That is at once both awe-inspiring and immensely frightening. Read more
http://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.png00Wendy Kittlitzhttp://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.pngWendy Kittlitz2019-05-23 21:25:432019-07-12 15:30:57Boundaries in marriage
I heard someone jokingly say that there’s a great likelihood that the child of a teacher will become a dropout, the child of a police officer will become a delinquent, and the child of a pastor will become an atheist. But is that really true? Read more
http://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.png00Laird Crumphttp://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.pngLaird Crump2019-05-23 18:56:092019-07-12 15:30:57When the pastor has a prodigal
You’ve probably heard similar stories on the news or on the grapevine: A seasoned pastor has an affair; a ministry leader leaves her husband for another man. How do some men and women in ministry end up in adulterous relationships? Read more
http://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.png00Wendy Kittlitzhttp://clergycare.ca/app/uploads/2019/04/ClergyCare-2018-300x100.pngWendy Kittlitz2019-05-23 18:32:582019-07-12 15:30:57Stress can make your marriage vulnerable
Like many of you, I have parented differently than my parents did, both as a parent, and as a pastor. Today, family relationships require so much more than the previous generation. The conforming pressure has been cranked up to the red zone, as the lure of temptation is huge, and the evil one continues like a roaring lion looking for whom he can devour. Our children need us more than ever . . . especially “PKs” (Preacher’s Kids). Read more
