About Jennifer

Greetings, all! Jennifer AlLee, here. While I've never been married to a pastor, I've had a lot of experience working with them. For several years, I served as a secretary at two different churches. One was a large denominational church, the other much smaller and non-denominational. But the lives of the pastors and their families were quite similar. I saw that pastoral families face challenges no one really thinks about. They basically live in glass houses and are expected to be active members of nearly every church activity, whether it interests them or not.

When I was working on the original concept for my novel, The Pastor's Wife, I thought about the pastors’ wives I’ve known over the years. They’ve handled themselves with amazing grace under pressure. But what if another woman couldn’t? What if a young woman thinks she knows what she’s getting into, but the reality of losing who she is and becoming a “pastor’s wife” is more than she can handle? What if some other tragedy pushes her over the edge? Would she run? And what would happen if she had to return to the scene of her heartbreak years later? All those questions eventually morphed into my novel.

So far, The Pastor's Wife has been very well received, especially by those who are married to, or children of, pastors. I've heard from many women who said they were touched by Maura's story because they could so relate to it. In fact, it was that reader feedback that moved me to put together this blog. I hope it can be a place where women in ministry can continue to relate to each other and share God's love, peace, and hope.

For more information about me, my writing, and my speaking topics, please visit my website at http://www.jenniferallee.com/.