Irma Roller Hadley

Pastor's Wife, Kansas City, Missouri

The Fable of the Fishbowl

Is being a minister's wife like living in a goldfish bowl?

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How to Live on a Minister's Salary

Check Your Financial Program Against the Following Eleven Suggestions.

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Futility or Utility?

NEWSWEEK recently reported a study of the American clergy made by Notre Dame sociologist John Koval which estimates that one in four U.S. Roman Catholic priests is ready to forsake his vows and one out of every eight Protestant ministers is seriously thinking of resigning his pastorate. . .

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Earmarks of a Mature Minister

SELDOM had I found more perfect looking bananas when doing the weekly shopping, and now as we gathered for Sabbath breakfast the three fifths of us who are banana lovers anticipated this favorite item with a great deal of eagerness. But our enjoyment was to be short lived. When the peelings were turned back one bite was enough! Inside, those bananas were hard and green---too unripe to be palatable. What a disappointment! . . .

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