Starting a New Call: A Top 10 List of Dos and Don’ts
Pace yourself. You are going to be tempted to go, go, go. Don’t give in to the temptation. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
The Heroine’s Journey, Part Four: Experiencing the Boon of Success
This post is the fourth in what will be a series of ten exploring the kinship between the Heroine’s Journey as established by Maureen Murdock, my lived experience of ministry […]
A Pastor in the Real World
For years I have joked about what I would do with my life if this ministry thing didn’t work out. As with all jokes, there has always been a part […]
A Ministry of Ending
Would we close? Or could we keep going? It was the question that occupied my mind as I drove to meet with a denominational leader about my congregation. And it […]
The Heroine’s Journey, Part 3- Road of Trials: Meeting Ogres and Dragons
This post is the third in what will be a series of ten exploring the kinship between the Heroine’s Journey as established by Maureen Murdock, my lived experience of ministry […]
The Heroine’s Journey, Part Two: Identification with the Masculine and Gathering of Allies
This post is the second in what will be a series of ten exploring the kinship between the Heroine’s Journey as established by Maureen Murdock, my lived experience of ministry […]
The Heroine’s Journey and A Life of Feminine Ministry Devotional
This spring will mark the ten year anniversary of my graduation from seminary. If I had had to guess what course my ministry life would have taken over these ten […]
What The 12 Steps Taught Me About Spirituality
When I was doing my first field education placement at an Episcopal Church in New Jersey, my supervisor required me to attend an AA meeting. He said it was important […]
The Emergence of Fandom Church
Beginning in 2012 and through 2013, while waiting for my first call, I worked for the missional outreach face of my seminary’s website. I edited a collection of essays from […]
Lent is a Season To Tend Our Hollowness
2 Corinthians 4:7, “But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from […]
