How the Other Half Lives

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The Challenges Facing Clergy, Spouses, and Partners

Johnna Fredrickson Cheri Smith

144 PP | 5.5" x 8.5"
Paper
ISBN: 978-0-8298-1872-7

The lives of clergy partners and spouses are complicated by the demands of their partners of ordained ministries. Most are not prepared for the change to their everyday living and to their faith experience. How the Other Half Lives, written with clergy partners and spouses as the main focus, addresses, from a theological and therapeutic perspective, the challenges they face. It provides a basic primer for faith discussions, making it easier for spouses to discuss matters of the spirit with their ordained halves. Questions of different faiths, of choosing a faith community, financial problems, spiritual growth, and fostering children are some of the topics discussed.

Johnna Fredrickson, Author

Johnna Fredrickson, a clergy spouse, is a Christian educator who has taught in seminaries, churches, and denominational organizations. She earned her Ph.D. in Practical Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Cheri Smith, Author

Cheri Smith is a clergy spouse and a licensed and nationally certified counselor. She earned her Doctorate degree in 1987 and since that time has been using her skills as a counselor and counselor educator.

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Rev. Romal J. Tune, CEO, Clergy Strategic Alliances, LLC; and Amaya Jane Tune, spouse

How the Other Half Lives fills the gap in knowledge and guidance for clergy spouses and their families as well as for church members who seek to ensure their ministers have healthy, balanced relationships.

Rev. Dr. Sidney D. Fowler and Jeffrey Catts, partner

The stereotypes about minister’s spouse don’t work anymore, probably never have. Here's help for tending to our individual lives and our shared life - spiritual and work-related. Ah, we are not alone in the challenges.