Dear Single Rev….Much Ado About ‘I Do!’
by Rev. Single Dear Single Rev, I’ve been asked to officiate at my first wedding, and I’m getting anxious. Seminary taught me how to perform the service, but what they […]
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 […]
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Falling for someone who comes to your church is a tricky situation. How do you make sure you aren’t making the other person uncomfortable? How do you make sure you aren’t denying yourself […]
A Home of Her Own
I blamed the puddle on the kitchen floor on my dog Sophie, who sat, wagging her tail and gleefully chewing on her bone as I ranted about her apparent issues with appropriate […]
Counseling and the Single Girl
I still remember the first crisis I faced as a pastor, when I was really just a seminary intern. I can still feel the terror that swept over me as I thought […]
Mr. Handsome Goes to Church
In seminary, my professors taught me many things. I learned to exegete, to lead a meeting, to sing hymns on pitch, and to recite significant dates in the history of […]
Living and Loving in Limbo
Seminary did a very good job at teaching me that it would be really hard—nay, impossible—to date anybody as a young clergywoman. “Don’t even get your hopes up,” should have been printed […]
Sermon and the City
You are now reading into a moment when this minister wishes there was no church at all, so that she could enjoy a Saturday night like everyone else. Tonight I […]
Not What You Might Expect
After a long pause in our conversation, I suppose that he felt the need to ask another question. I was inclined toward hanging up. The conversation had been annoying thus far. I didn’t […]
Did You Really Just Say That?
Ministers are often the recipients of odd and not entirely appropriate comments, so most of us get used to putting on our unfazed faces and playing along. However, there are limits. I […]
