A Circuit Rider's Wife

A woman recounts three decades of life alongside her husband, an itinerant Methodist preacher, portraying the rhythms of rural circuit ministry through revival meetings, parish visits, and household sacrifices. The essays blend anecdote and reflection to sketch congregants, local customs, questions of faith, and tensions between religious idealism and ordinary human needs. Humorous, candid portraits examine sanctimony, genuine piety, financial strain, and the emotional labor of pastoral families, while exploring themes of duty, doubt, community, and the interplay of public ministry with home life. Structure alternates episodic memoir, moral observation, and vivid character vignettes.