Keeping Track of it All: Calendars for the Young Clergywoman
A good calendar is the best friend of any busy professional, and for clergy, the art of scheduling has a few unique dimensions: weekends are busier (and therefore require more […]
What’s News? Young Clergy Women Share Their News Sources
A favorite line of shop talk among preachers is that we must preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. (This quote is frequently attributed […]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Breaking the Mold of Community
Being a young clergy woman sometimes feels like being a perpetual outsider. We find ourselves new to our congregations, new to our neighborhoods, and unlike most of the people in […]
Writing a Book with the Chalice/YCWI Partnership
In the last several months, TYCWP Board has heard wonderful ideas for book proposals to Chalice Press. The Project has had an imprint relationship with Chalice since 2008, and Chalice […]
What’s in Your Earbuds? Podcasts for Pastors
Ministry is a profession with an odd combination of hours spent alone, intense one-on-one time with a few people, and at least one day a week of full-on engagement with […]
The Jesus Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Young Clergy Woman
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the […]
So, Santa and John Calvin Walk into a Bar…
It’s the time of year again, when we try to figure out what to do with Santa around here. And this year, I’ve reached some new clarity on the issue, […]
Episodes of Holiness: Clergy on TV
It really is a shock that there aren’t more TV shows about clergy. Doctors, lawyers, police, firefighters, college students…honestly, they have nothing on the wonderful strangeness of our careers. […]
Book Review: Blessed Are The Crazy
“Blessed are the crazy for we shall receive mercy.” – Sarah Griffith Lund If you have ever struggled with mental illness or loved someone who has, then you know that […]
Board Books: What We’re Reading
Pastors, by nature of their calling, are word-lovers. We are story-tellers, readers, and writers. We spend time with our noses buried books, but it’s a great mistake to think that […]
