Marie Spangler
Reviewed by Marie Spangler, former Shepherdess International director, Burtonsville, Maryland.
How a Wife Can Help Her Husband In Evangelism
THE SOUL-WINNING program of our evangelist husbands is the most important and most joyous part of their ministry. Since their career is our career, we should consider their evangelistic program our evangelistic program. There is an old adage: "As unto the bow the cord is, so unto the man is woman, Though she bends him, she obeys him." The understanding wife, sensing this truth, will do her utmost to cooperate with him in making his main work of soulsaving a success. After all, his success is her success and his failure is her failure. . .
Making Mother Plans
THE IDEAL training center for our little ones should be the home where the mother is the teacher. Where home influences are not ideal, then the children should have proper training in a well-disciplined Christian school. But we should bear in mind that this latter plan is second best. . .
Shepherdess: Books worth the while
Traditionally MINISTRY has dedicated its January Recommended Reading section to books of interest to ministers1 wives. This year we've combined it with Shepherdess to offer you an even wider choice.
Living longer-and better
We pay a high toll, in degenerative diseases and loss of mental and spiritual alertness, for the way we live. The authors experience at Weimar leads them to believe that we can reverse the trend toward declining health.
Beating the stress of itinerating
Moving every couple years is bad enough. But in effect, the families of evangelists do it every couple months. How does one handle the stress?