by Jennifer M. Creswell Here’s the story Of a lovely lady Who was working at Yale Divinity School. She had hair of gold, But that’s not the point of this song, Her story won’t go untold. Here’s the story Of a bunch of clergy (women) Who were out in the world, making it on their [...]
Christ & Creativity
October 28, 2008 byPoem: Bumper Stickers
by MaryAnn McKibben Dana With the U.S. presidential election one week away, I have been obsessed with bumper stickers–collecting them, reading them, tallying up the McCain vs. the Obama ones in the swing state in which I live. Some time ago I saw a bumper sticker taped to a car, and I got to thinking [...]
Putting the Damage On
by Mandy Sloan Flemming Two weeks ago, I preached. The sermon is posted here, and I'm really proud of it. It's possibly my best sermon yet, but it was hard. The text was Genesis 22 (The Akedah – The Binding of Isaac), and the lectionary dumped this text in my lap during one of my [...]
Still Breathing
by Erica Schemper After a year or two in ministry you probably know the drill: you attend a conference, hear some really exciting stuff, come back all fired up, use what you learned a time or two, and then get sucked back into the undertow of meetings and budgets and organizing files and bad habits [...]
National Boss Day…the Fidelia’s Way
by Ann Bonner-Stewart I would wager that there are more than a few assistant and associate clergy out there who would not be eager to recognize October 16 as National Boss Day. Honestly, I can understand why, given some of the stories I hear: the head pastor who does all the weddings, baptisms, or funerals [...]
Sex, Affairs, and the Absence of the Church
by Laurie Brock Yet another woman’s life, pretty much down the drain, for a married man. First, the diaper-wearing astronaut driving to Florida to do something illegal to her married lover’s other girlfriend. Now the local news reports that a woman used an on-line web site to solicit a hitman to off her boyfriend’s wife. [...]
Eating My Words
by Stacy Smith “I really wouldn’t mention that you’re a pastor.” This is a common phrase that inserts itself into any number of social circumstances. For example, my online dating account mentions that I am a “graduate fellow,” not a “Minister of Word and Sacrament.” I went back and forth between telling the truth on [...]
What Would Jesus Watch: Mad Men
by Sarah Kinney Gaventa Now, make no mistake. If Jesus came now instead of two thousand years ago, I don’t think he’d spend a lot of time watching television. There is too much poverty, injustice, and suffering in our world for him to waste even a moment on even the best entertainment. So, please, take [...]
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The Young Clergy Women Project is an organization by, for and about young clergy women. The Young Clergy Women Project began in November 2006 and in the spring of 2007 we received a grant from The Louisville Institute that supported our preaching conference, board meeting, and our web page. The Holy Spirit has continued to [...]