The Intensive Company of Women: Five Reasons Orange is the New Black is Useful for Clergy Women

My three-year-old loves me: he aptly timed a few sick days of moping around the house with the Netflix release of Season 2 of Orange is the New Black. While […]

Four Thoughts on Incorporating Faith Into Daily Family Life (For Clergy Moms and Everyone)

There is a proverb in Spanish: “En la casa del herrero, cuchillo de palo.” It means “In the blacksmith’s house, a wooden knife.” In English we express the same idea […]

Call the Midwife

I didn’t subscribe to Netflix until the beginning of this year.  When I finally did, I knew what I would be choosing for my first TV-show binge-watch:  the BBC series […]

A Review of Traci Smith’s Seamless Faith: Simple Practices for Daily Family Life

“May God bless you and keep you while you sleep, May you rest in God’s mercies, and wake to God’s grace, May you dream of God’s blessings, and know that you are […]

The Gravity of Prayer

I know I’m a little late to the game, but two weeks ago my husband and I went to see the movie Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. I […]

Reviewing Her

When a friend encouraged me to see the movie Her a few weeks ago, my obligatory “What’s it about?” was met with “Huh?” when I learned it was about a romance between […]

What Jesus has to do with My Grocery Bill

In the last few years, I’ve gotten really interested in food. I’ve always loved eating it, but since getting married and cooking for another human being, I’ve begun to love […]

Disney, Sisters, and Wise Trolls (thank goodness!): A Review of Frozen

I’m a sucker for a love story. And a musical. And a Disney movie. And something I can see with my kids and my husband and my father-in-law and my […]

Thinking Twice About My Mac

Last week, my husband and I watched a documentary on the history of advertisement (yes, nerd alert. We know it). It was actually more fascinating than I expected, and somewhat surprising […]

Review of Amy Fetterman and Teri Peterson’s “Who’s Got Time?”

Sunday, September 29th To Do: Hit snooze button. Shower, make coffee, struggle with zipper on clergy dress. Confront sea of baked goods for annual appreciation breakfast at church. Slice and […]