One of the reasons Young Clergy Women International exists is to offer a space for young clergy women to seek support, share ideas, and build community. Last week one of us posed this question in our Facebook group: I need some help preparing for confrontational conversations. AKA: Help me Boss Up. She went on […]
This spring, I took a job in a new church context. There is something so unique and exhausting about the first couple of months of a new job, trying to memorize names, make connections, and meet expectations which may or may not be spelled out. One major aspect of any new job is listening: getting […]
Holy One, we come with many things on our hearts and minds. We come with grief and with joy, with heavy hearts and busy schedules. We come with certainty and with doubts. Bless the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts, that each of us might hear your word for us today. […]
When I was growing up, I would travel to Minnesota each year to visit my maternal grandparents. My grandmother had very strict parameters as to what content she would watch on her television. Although she had cable and thus access to dozens of channels, she only watched Animal Planet and the Weather Channel because she […]
Munoz. Munzo? Moon-YO-sssss. Mun oz? Moon yo SSSS Mnozee? Moon, like moon in the sky. Yo, like “hey man.” Ssss like snake. People often assume that I met my husband on a mission trip. I imagine that their version goes something like: Young female pastor meets attractive and impoverished but dashing young man in a […]
“Be still and know that I am God” the Psalmist instructs us. Be still. Be still. Be still. With varying degrees of success, this has been my mantra as of late. Ministry is quite the opposite of stillness. Ministry requires moving—running ahead of deadlines, walking with the hurt, throwing out hope, catching blessings, dancing and […]
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