For Posterity’s Sake
A few weeks ago, I found my old diary. I had not opened it since sometime during my high school years, and reading through each entry was like going back […]
So What Do You Do?
We met on a Saturday night just before Christmas. It’s something I never do. I usually tuck my little preacher self safely into bed at an early hour on Saturday […]
Wisdom Sophia and Holy Friendships
As this is my first writing for the Young Women Clergy Project, I have finally decided to put nerves aside and set fingers to buttons and begin typing. There were […]
Resolved 2013
Resolution: Do one thing each week that is fun, new, or challenging. In ministry it can be easy sometimes to fall down the rabbit hole of church life with the […]
Ministry is a Two-Way Street
I have been fortunate to have been healthy most of my life. But in this year of turning thirty, my health has really taken a turn. I try not to […]
When a House Becomes a Home
Since my 25th birthday, I have lived in eight different places. Included in these were a move from far south to far north for seminary, then to a first call […]
But I’m an Ally…
I am someone who doesn’t neatly fit into the many stereotypical boxes provided for me. Because of this I often find myself in the position of navigating the assumptions of […]
You Got a Hot Date?
A few weeks into my first full-time pastorate, I called one of the previous pastors of the congregation, hoping he could provide answers to some weird church happenings. After the […]
Single Rev, Unexpected
I never expected to get divorced. Certainly not after being ordained and having a child. And most definitely not while in the most intense phase of a clergy job search. […]
Diary of an Online Dater
Day 1 11:42PM Having procrastinated until the eleventh hour on this week’s sermon, the only thing that makes sense at this point, less than nine hours before said sermon will […]
