Karen Nuessle
Karen Nuessle is a free-lance writer, teacher, and pastor's wife living in Port Orchard, Washington.
Articles by Karen Nuessle
Shepherdess: My Special Place
November 1985
But I'm me. Do I have to sublimate all my desires, push me underground, and become someone else because my husband is the pastor? Just who am I? The pastor's wife? Or Karen?
The truth is that I can be myself because I am…
Those PKs: clues to our kids
September 1987
Picture an expectant mother just being wheeled into the delivery room, the anxious father-to-be holding her hand, and the doctor humming, "Nita, Jua-ha-ha-nita." The nurse standing to her left smiles a professional smile and begins a spiel…
Five faces of the minister's wife
April 1984
Our author, Karen Nuessle, has written a most perceptive article. As I read it I felt in some respects as if my own life was transpiring before me. Tracing the stages of experience of a minister's wife, Karen says it is possible she will…