This Christian husband and wife writing team approach the popular subject of stress from the viewpoint of women. The approach is standard they discuss reasons for stress, what it is, how to cope with it, the dilemma of trying to be a wonder-wife and supermom, etc. At the end of each chapter, however, thought discussion questions make this book valuable by encouraging the reader to apply the information to her own situation.
Probably the most original and helpful chapter is the one entitled "How God Uses Stress for Your Good and His Glory." Here the authors use several very clever illustrations, and mastery of this chapter would be especially beneficial to ministerial wives. One statement from the chapter struck me so forcibly that I have memorized it: "Stress tugs at the corners of our lives, stretching us always a little more, enabling us to broaden our impact for Christ."
Women Under Stress will make a worthwhile addition to the library of any ministerial wife, both in a personal way and in assisting women members.
