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Fidelia Magazine Articles

Layers: Responding to Comments Pastorally
Susan is a pastor transitioning to a new call. While introducing herself to the congregations, she engaged in conversation that one would expect around ministry, such as balancing time. But when a question came up about whether she was even…

The Heroine’s Journey, Part Ten: Heroine Integrates the Masculine and Feminine
This devotional is the final installment in a series exploring the kinship between the Heroine’s Journey as established by Maureen Murdock, my lived experience of ministry as a female clergy person, and a few familiar fictional characters.…

Pastoral Care with Persons with Narcissistic and Antisocial Personality Disorder: An Interview with The Rev. MaryJane Inman
Although I work in a specialized setting of a state psychiatric hospital, when speaking to church pastors I sometimes recognize behaviors and problems they describe as having similarities to those I witness in the psych hospital. Some of those…

Keeping It Real: Friends Who Ask the Right Questions
“Would you be asked to do that if you were married?” My friend Catherine always cuts to the heart of the matter, not mincing words. She is the person who calls out the disparity in expectations that congregations hold, either explicitly…

Ministering to Persons who Have Depression or Anxiety
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), depression and anxiety are the most common mental illnesses diagnosed in the United States. With almost a third of adults experiencing symptoms related to one or both of these illnesses,…

Barbie: A Goddess Travels to the Underworld and the Necessity of Divine Paradox
Venus figurines are among the oldest pieces of art humans have created. Through them we can see that there is an ancient relationship between figurines and the elevation of some kind of ideal on behalf of a community or culture. Venuses in their…

Pastoral Care with People with Thought Disorders
For most church pastors, it can be intimidating to consider giving pastoral care to someone with a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia, or someone who is paranoid. People who face a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder make up approximately…

New YCWI Board Recruitment Structure – Nominating Committee
Dear YCWI Community,
As we move forward in our work to ensure the diversity of our membership is reflected in our Board, we are creating an independent Nominating Committee.
The Nominating Committee will be composed of 5 members…