To Be Separate or Not: That Is the Question

God and the world.  Sometimes, I think we think of them as two different things.  Sometimes we can think of faith, and the presence of God, as something that happens […]

A Prayer for Syria… A Prayer for Peace

As I write this, the world waits to see if (or, sadly, when) the U.S. and its allies may launch some sort of military strike against the Syrian government in […]

Introducing the Board

The Young Clergy Women Project is organized by two boards — the Community Board and the Editorial Board. Together they form the Full Board, which offers vision and direction for […]

The best continuing-ed/ Sabbath-y/ awesome, fun thing you can do this summer

There’s a moment in every area clergy gathering or general church meeting I’ve come to expect over the past few years—it’s that second when there’s a pause in conversation and […]

TYCWP Conference and Me

I attended my first Young Clergy Women Project (YCWP) conference last summer, in Chicago, IL. I had followed Fidelia’s Sisters for years after graduation from seminary, and when a call […]

Our Website Launches New Community Section

Even before graduation, I knew what it was like to leave that beloved built-in community of seminary.  I’d had a foretaste of it when I spent my third year of […]

Celebrate the First Anniversary of “Along the Way”

In the five-plus years that Fidelia’s Sisters has been sharing stories of the life of ministry for young clergy women, columns have come and gone as the needs of our […]

The Young Clergy Women Project Conference 2013

The Young Clergy Women Project Conference 2013: July 22-25, 2013 in Nashville Advent Checklist: Find families to light the advent wreath Clean Christmas vestments Book a manicure SAVE THE DATE […]

Sabbath in the Suburbs

“When you get to the heart of it, we were looking for a way to cheat time.”  My attention was grabbed with the opening words of MaryAnn McKibben Dana’s debut […]

One Beautiful Change

Editor’s note: In celebration of our book partnership with Chalice Press, we are giving away a book from one of our YCW authors!  Please consider buying, reading, or even writing […]