All About the Benjamins
As of this month, my husband will no longer be bringing home the benjamins. Or rather, he’s bringing the ultimate Benjamin home: himself. Ben resigned his position as a case […]
Filling My Emptiness
I thought I was indestructible. In 2009 I had easily managed to graduate from seminary, have a baby, begin my ministry as a solo pastor in rural Wisconsin, and buy […]
Sinners in the Hands of a Nursing God
Outwardly, I’m sure it looked as if I was listening intently as the assisting minister read from Isaiah. Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for […]
The Learning Curve
When I accepted my first (and current) call, I was intentional in looking for congregation that had time and space carved out for children during the week. To put it […]
Unrecognized and Invisible: A Sermon for Mother’s Day
by Jessica Wright Scripture text: Luke 24:13-35 (NRSV) It’s an interesting opportunity to preach today. Around the worship planning table, Matt (the senior pastor) suggested this date to me so […]
How do you do it?
by Jennifer Hackbarth I feel like people often ask me this question when they find out I am a solo pastor, part of a clergy couple, a mother of two […]
Mama v. Mother
by Allison Sandlin Liles How does one distinguish between two separate motherhoods when both are twenty-four hour a day jobs? My toddler son, Hill, knows me as Mama, while my […]
Whose kids ARE these??
by Jennifer Creswell Every Sunday, on the drive to church, I ask my boys who will be their special grownup that day. The boys know they have a good list […]
Sex, hope, and grief
by Name Withheld They teach you a lot about sex in health class in high school. Or rather, they teach you a lot about the HORRIBLE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN […]
Hapas, Hybridity, and Harmony: Raising Non-White Kids in a White Congregation
by Mihee Kim-Kort I picked up this article off of Racialicious. Color-blindness used to be the “goal,” until people realized that it wasn’t really doing the work. If people were […]
