Dobson, Lorna. I'm More than the Pastor's Wife: Authentic Living in a Fishbowl World
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1995.
In this book, Lorna Dobson basically provides a practical manuel for the pastor's wife on how to survive in the "Fishbowl World". A great book for not only helping yourself but helping the man you are married to handle the stress of ministry.
Dugan, Lynne. Heart to Heart With Pastors' Wives. Ventura, California: Regal Books, 1994.
Many different pastors' wives share their hearts, their experiences, and the wisdom that they have gained as partners in the ministry.
MacDonald, Gail. High Call High Privilege: A Pastor's Wife Speaks to Every Woman in
Place of Responsibility. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1998.
Gail MacDonald has experience being a partner in ministry in many different settings. She has some very practical advice to share. She also provides an extensive bibliography for further study, as well as a study guide if you wish to use this book as a group study.
Pannell, Nancy. Being a Minister's Wife and being Yourself. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman
Press, 1993.
Nancy Pannell understands the difficulty of being a minister's wife. She shares from her experience with humor and honesty how she learned that "The fun part is discovering a minister's wife can become who she was meant to be, not who or what others think she should be, and can serve because she's a child of God, not because she's a minister's wife.(pg. 155)"
