by Katy McCallum Sachse Outwardly, I’m sure it looked as if I was listening intently as the assisting minister read from Isaiah. Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Inwardly, I was counting the number [...]
The Need to Scream
by Stacey Midge That's my picture in the Fidelia's Sisters header. The one with the pink hair and the guitar; that's me, or it was at the first conference of the Young Clergy Women Project. A few years later, my hair is a bit more normal looking, although I suppose not everyone would consider near-platimum [...]
Love the Ones You’re With
by Katie Yahns Here at The Ones We Love, we've developed an unofficial tradition of publishing an article each summer about our latest conference for The Young Clergy Women Project. Even in 2009, when we didn't have a conference, we published an article about the sisterhood found at that year's board meeting. I'm glad to [...]
9-11: A Sermon
by Ann Bonner-Stewart Today marks the anniversary of September 11, 2001. And, just so we’re all kind of on the same page, I thought I’d very briefly recap what happened. On that Tuesday morning, two planes flew into the World Trade Center, which was basically several really tall office buildings in New York City. Another [...]
That Darn Collar
by Maria Kane Hours after receiving my denomination’s final approval for ordination a little over a year ago, I began pouring over catalogs and websites trying to decide what type of clergy shirts to order. Long sleeve or short sleeve? All black or a mix of colors? The amount of time I spent doing this [...]
Stuck in the Middle with You, Part Two
by Name Withheld We continue our two-part series on the space between “single” and “married” with another young clergy woman’s experience… As I considered where I might go on vacation this summer, I knew it had to be somewhere tropical. Having visited some beautiful beaches before, I knew deep within me that this would be [...]
Illness and Identity
by Lara Blackwood Pickrel My identity as a clergy gal has changed substantially over the years. I've been the reluctant seminarian, the slightly-less-reluctant-but-still-unsure new minister, the energetic still-single-and-happy-that-way rev, the newly-married-second-time-seminarian youth minister, the youngish-married-associate minister. Each phase of this calling has had its ups and downs, and each change in identity has had its [...]
Harry Potter 7.2: Thoughts on a journey
by Julie Emery I first met Harry Potter while I was in seminary, after my teacher-sister recommended this great book one summer while I was visiting home. She couldn’t stop reading it. Or listening was more like it, as the first few books we each passed around were the brilliantly produced audio books. There were [...]