Always on my Mind
by Name Withheld For the first time in my life, there’s no one. Since the first day of kindergarten, when I developed a crush on BZ (name withheld because I’ve […]
Pet for the Pastor?
by Katie Yahns photos by guideposts.org Last night, I had a very strange dream. I dreamed I owned a dog and a cat—not just any dog and cat, but a […]
An Unmentionable Grief
Name Withheld I had originally planned this article under the banner ‘Last (Single) Woman Standing.’ Before I get mown down in the stampede of other young, single, female clergy (for […]
Being the Single Rev
by Stacey Midge In my very first article for this column, in October 2007, I wrote the following statement: "In my better moments, I remember to choose not to be […]
What Worms Know About Redemption
by Laurie Brock I’m having an argument with my red wiggler worms. They don’t seem to like their plastic compost bin home. When I check the bin each morning, I […]
Singleness
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan (This article was originally published as a blog post at Elizabeth’s blog: Preacher on the Plaza on March 31, 2010.) We live in a culture that upholds […]
The Sex Question
Name Withheld Even though online dating is widespread and fairly socially acceptable these days, there is something a little humiliating to me about having succumbed to it. I still haven’t […]
Collar and Pearls
by Kedron Jarvis I’m in a leadership class. You might know the type…a group of leaders come together to learn more about leadership in a small group setting. Speakers come […]
Is It Harder Because I Am Older?
Name Withheld Is it harder because I am older? Because I have never been the girl who had a guy? Or because I am a priest and the fear that […]
It Is Not Good…
by Stacey Midge "It is not good that the man should be alone…" (Genesis 2:18) At the beginning of all things, there came a time – very quickly, it seems […]
