The Ministry Wives and Women Podcast with Andrea Griffith

Ministry Wives & Women is a podcast for ministry wives and women seeking encouragement, spiritual depth, and honest conversation for the journey of faith. everyday life, and the challenges of church leadership. Hosted by Andrea Griffith, each episode offers thoughtful wisdom, real stories, and gospel-centered hope to help women live with greater resilience, authenticity, and grace in every season.

The Ministry Wives and Women Podcast with Andrea Griffith is a christianity podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Ministry Wives and Women Podcast with Andrea Griffith, a christianity show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  Tools That Keep Ministry Wives Anchored

  Aug 20, 202627 minS1

  What if the gospel you preached to yourself at conversion isn't just the door in — but the daily water your ministry-weary soul needs to drink from again and again? In this second conversation with Luchrysta Caswell and Ashley Bennett, we open up the actual tools Parakaleo has put in our hands — the verdict is in, the gospel dance of repent, believe, love, the two-rail fence that keeps what we know from slipping out of what we experience. Luchrysta tells on herself about taunting a second grader at field day the weekend after speaking at a women's retreat, and walks us straight into God's courtroom where Jesus stands beside her. Ashley shares this morning's struggle with people-pleasing and the picture she drew to preach truth back to her own heart. If you're a ministry wife hesitant to jump in anywhere, donate a little trust and give it a click. You are not alone, and Jesus is still the anchor. I'll be praying you experience the nearness of Jesus.

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  Episode #12

  Ministry Wives Don't Have to Do This Alone

  Aug 13, 202630 minS1

  What if the isolation you feel in ministry isn't proof that something's wrong with you—but proof that you were never meant to carry this alone? In this episode, Andrea sits down with Luchrysta Caswell and Ashley Bennett, two longtime pastors' wives and Parakaleo leaders, to talk honestly about the ambiguity of being married to a church planter, the crushing weight of expectations we place on ourselves, and how the gospel becomes slippery even when we say we believe it. They open up about their own rescues—stories of feeling seen at the bottom of a cliff, of eyes that never look away, of friends who count "3, 2, 1" until you can jump. You'll hear why relational space, safety, and time are where healing actually happens, and why no one arrives—not the host, not the guests, not you. Wherever you're standing today, you are not alone, and Jesus is still the guardian of your soul.

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  Episode #10

  Give and Take: Honest Marriage Rhythms for Pastors and Their Wives

  Jul 30, 202628 min

  What if the most spiritual thing you did this week was take a walk, laugh with a friend, or tell your husband, "I can't hear that right now"? For ministry wives running on empty, self-care isn't self-indulgence—it's stewardship of the person God actually made you to be. In part two with Hollie Mendenhall, Andrea and Hollie get honest about the ditches on both sides of self-care, the exhaustion of trying to be someone you're not, and why Psalm 139 changes how you show up on Sunday. They swap real stories—hiding a mannequin head around the church, Styrofoam-peanut pranks on staff, Costco pizza run-ins with families who just left—because laughter and friendship are part of how the Lord sustains us. But the anchor holds deeper than any rhythm. Hollie names it plainly: resilience comes from prayer, from worship that breaks chains, from remembering that Jesus loves your people more than you do. If you're barely holding on, you are not alone. We'll be praying you experience the nearness of Jesus.

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  Episode #9

  EPISODE 9: When the Pastor's Wife Breaks Down in the Back Pew

  Jul 23, 202638 min

  What if the pressure you feel to be everywhere, do everything, and hold it all together isn't actually coming from Jesus? What if it's coming from an image of "the pastor's wife" that no one ever asked you to carry? In this conversation, Andrea sits down with her longtime friend Holly Mendenhall — 27 years of marriage, 23 addresses, children's ministry, executive pastor's wife, Air Force chaplain's wife, and now an operations specialist — to talk honestly about resiliency, priorities, and the day Holly sat in a church service and wept through the whole thing because she had nothing left. You'll hear how she learned to advocate for herself, protect her home as a safe place, and let her husband speak wisdom into what she says yes and no to. Whether you're thriving, barely holding on, or somewhere in between, you are not alone. Shepherd your heart, run to Jesus first, and remember that you can't pour from an empty cup — but he never runs dry.

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  Episode #8

  Letting Go of the Pressure to Hold It All Together

  Jul 16, 202628 min

  What if the very things that make you feel like you're failing in ministry — the sullen teenager handing out bulletins, the elder critiquing your husband's jeans, the text from a family leaving the church — are the exact places Jesus wants to meet you? In this conversation, Denine Blevins returns to talk honestly about the unique vulnerabilities of ministry wives: the relentlessness of Sunday mornings, the loneliness of conflict inside the very community meant to be your safe place, and the lie that we have to be omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent for our people. Denine names her own near-burnout a year ago and the slow, ordinary work of counseling, safe friends, and gospel reminders that brought her back. The invitation isn't a how-to. It's an operating system shift — repenting of the omnis, embracing our limits, and trusting that God can work in, around, despite, or without us. You are not alone, and Jesus is enough.

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