Young Clergy Women on Marching
On Saturday, January 21, young clergy women participated in the Women’s March on Washington, DC, and in sister marches all over the world. We’ve gathered some of their reflections on […]
Circling Around Grief, Celebrity and Otherwise, in 2016
2017 will be a year without Carrie Fisher. I am not sure what to make of that. Whatever changes and transitions have come and gone in my life, Carrie Fisher […]
God’s Grace and My Father’s Love
My father was a force of nature. He was a big man, both physically and in spirit, and had the kind of laugh that had a way of booming itself […]
Life at The Table
In Seminary, a professor had a “Dead Church Swear Jar.” If we said local congregations, denominations, or the Church universal was dying or dead, we had to put money in […]
Of Veils and Virgins: My Life with the Bees
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce […]
#BlackGirlMagic-alMinister
“Just make it magical,” I said. I looked at the makeshift learning space: a hallway, really. This was where our church would be asking our children to go in-depth about […]
Single Sabbath
I’m sure it’s not what our church leadership intends, but I have developed a reflexive twitch of annoyance whenever I hear the words “Sabbath rest” or “self-care.” I’m not a […]
Grace-full Resolutions
January brings new beginnings. There’s calm after the flurry of holiday festivities. New calendars are crisp and white, empty dates full of promise. It’s an opportunity and often a yearning […]
What I Really Want: Christmas Letters from Young Clergy Women
On the seventh day of Christmas, my Young Clergy Women colleagues gave to me: laughter and solidarity. A particular brand of stress befalls those of us who are working for […]
Spiritual Friendship
Tucked among the many things my seminary education neglected to mention was the truth that ministry is, more often than not, a ministry of presence in a particular place. When […]
