Five (or More) Ways to Encourage a Vicar’s Wife

A lovely parishioner visited me yesterday and brought a bunch of flowers, knowing that I’d had a pretty stressful few days. Sometimes being the Vicar’s wife can feel lonely. You’re in a weird situation that not many people understand and people keep on calling at your front door asking the Vicar to mend their bikes [...]

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A Year Comes Around Quickly

I’m off again today on the Proclamation Trust’s wonderful Minister’s Wives’ Conference. I’m looking forward to being refreshed by teaching from Lizzie Smallwood and Vaughan Roberts, chatting to friends from dawn until dusk and being encouraged by hearing what God is doing in many different places. It’s hard to believe that it’s a year since [...]

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Where Does Our Help Come From?

Obviously, you recognise my quotation from Psalm 121: 1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. And of course, as a Christian, I look to the LORD when things are difficult and when I need [...]

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The Vicar’s Wife on Air

Just in case you don’t follow my Twitter stream, I thought I’d let you know that you can hear me on Radio 5 Live tonight, Christmas Eve. I’m joining a discussion on ‘What does Christmas mean to me?’ on the Stephen Nolan Show, although it’s being hosted by Ranvir Singh tonight. Do pray, as I’m [...]

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Summer Reading – Respectable Sins

I’m a Vicar’s wife, don’cha know, and I’m sooo respectable. And that’s how I like my sin as well. Respectable. Not too in-your-face. Obviously people have to think that I’m doing okay, but I’m not going to bother tackling anything that I can get away with… So when I came across Jerry Bridges’ book on [...]

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Ten Great Things About Being a Vicar’s Wife

Inspired by Steve Tilley’s list of reasons to be married to a priest I thought I’d add a Vicar’s wife’s perspective. We’ve not watched the offending episode of Rev yet – we were interrupted before viewing on iPlayer by the Vicar’s diocesan golf team partner arriving to stay over so that he and the Vicar [...]

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Vicarage Fashion: what do Vicar’s Wives wear?

Do they spend all day in their pinnies? Do they really wear twin sets and pearls? I am pleased to report that I do have the definitive answer for you. Reminded by my friend, Alex, when she commented on the collective noun for clergy wives, I can exclusively reveal that clergy wives wear the following: [...]

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Applying for the Post of School Governor: a Poem

I’ve been struggling this week to put together a 75 word spiel in support of my candidature to be a parent governor at our church school. Grumpy Grandpa has gone rather over the word limit with his suggestion, but otherwise I’d be submitting this: Hi parents, I’m the Vicar’s Wife, Follow my blog (or get [...]

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Vicar’s wife in frugal cooking shock

Or not. A shock that is. I was busy peeling potatoes for the church lunch club yesterday. As well as the keen band of ladies who run the club, the Vicar’s Apprentice Happy was also wielding a peeler. Once we’d finished peeling the 12kg or so of spuds, I offered to take the peelings home [...]

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Vicar’s wife job description – Part 13 – A mixed bag

It’s been another interesting day here in the parish, so I thought I’d share a few snippets of what I got up to: School harvest festival service in church. I was down for refreshments for the parents afterwards (tea, coffee and some home baking). My duties expanded to child care (the Engineer’s been a bit [...]

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