Loving the Herods
by Elsa A. Peters There’s this guy, a member of a church. He’s not fictional. He’s real. He makes my friend cry in her office after he’s made her feel […]
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
by MaryAnn McKibben Dana I’m about to lose about 60 friends on Facebook. Or am I? After six years as an associate pastor, I recently took a call at a […]
What Wondrous Love Is This
by Katie Yahns Writing from the front lines of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Churchwide Assembly, I hadn’t expected to find new evidence of the ones we love. […]
Where There is Love, There is Family
In my ministry and personal life, I have noticed that there are three basic questions new (adult) acquaintances ask either to get to know me better or to kill time […]
Above Board: Not just another meeting
by Katie Yahns A few months ago, we here at The Young Clergy Women Project decided to search for a new tagline to express our mission. Our previous one included […]
For Deployment and For Stateside
by Julia Seymour This year, on Good Friday, when many of my colleagues were having noonday services remembering Jesus’ crucifixion, I was going through a different ordeal. While it wasn’t […]
My Double Life on Facebook
by Diana Carroll I was a relative latecomer to the Facebook phenomenon. Many of my friends joined in college or not long after, but right up until the middle of […]
The Economy of the Family
by Carol Howard Merritt I’ve noticed something odd. When I’ve talked to older women colleagues, and I’ve said the words, “I had to think about my family” in relation to […]
Sisters. No, not the kind that wear habits.
by Susan Foster I am the baby of my family. My sister was sixteen years old when I was born. We never attended the same schools or shared the clothes […]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
by Phoebe Jones I am a fairly new pastor, and I live in the same parsonage my bishop lived in when she was a new pastor. It’s located in a […]
