by Erica Schemper In worship, be careful what you ask for. Because you just might get it. I suppose there are a few ministers out there who have the kind of artsy, game-for-anything congregations that immediately warm to any kind of creative, interactive moment in worship. You know who you are! But most of us, […]
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 less than human. It happened like this: he came into her office. To me, her friend, it sounds like he barged into her office and […]
A few days ago, Sarah posted our first Fidelia's Sisters 2nd anniversary giveaway; have you commented yet for a chance to win a $50 Chalice Press gift certificate? If not, hop to it, and come back here right away to learn about our second big giveaway! Are you back yet? Good. Keep reading. Anna Gordy […]
by Mel Baars “Every generous act of giving with every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father.” James 1:17 Two days after my ordination, I boarded a plane for South Africa in order to begin a period of service at a Presbyterian church in a township outside of Cape Town. Looking back […]
by Mihee Kim-Kort Clint Eastwood has done it again. Like fine wine, over time he seems to become more compelling with films like Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, Changeling, and lately, Gran Torino. It is amazing he has been doing movies since the 1950’s and yet, he still remains provocative and interesting, particularly […]
Watch out, world; Fidelia’s Sisters is entering its terrible twos! We trust the year ahead will not involve too many temper tantrums—though the occasional spirited argument in the comments section of an article is always welcomed. In the last year, we said goodbye to Kate Smanik Moyes, our assistant editor whose job change and new […]
by Julie Richardson Brown Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with technology. My Samsung BlackJack II is never far from my grasp and my laptop is one of my best friends. Both enable me to work just as easily from my office as from my front […]
by Erica Schemper Late that Saturday afternoon, my daughter’s well-being was the farthest thing from my mind. I had 30 teenagers spread across the front of the church, and we were frantically pulling together the details for a youth-led worship service. The musicians needed a piece of music transposed for a saxophone, the projected technology […]
This month we feature an engaging meditation through word and image on what (and who) centers us in our roles as women and as ministers. The prayer here was inspired in part by news that the founder of The Young Clergy Women Project, Susan Olson, has been united with her new daughter Selam in Ethiopia. […]
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 new church. The last few weeks have been filled with all that betwixt-and-between stuff. I slowly began telling people who needed to know, swearing them […]
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