Never Not the Minister
A few weeks ago, my better half ended up in the hospital for four days. His appendix burst in the middle of the night, and, as he is prone to […]
The Other Woman: A Conversation Between Hagar and Sarah
This dramatic reading is a re-imagining of two of Abraham’s wives—Sarah and Hagar. It attempts to both respect and conflate the various interpretations of each woman in Jewish, Christian and […]
My Elective in Musical Outreach
As my first year of seminary drew to a close, my friends and I decided that we needed to commemorate our survival of a particularly difficult class. We kicked around […]
Sermon and the City
You are now reading into a moment when this minister wishes there was no church at all, so that she could enjoy a Saturday night like everyone else. Tonight I […]
Taming the Busyness: Getting Organized and Staying That Way
Ministry is a high calling: a cliché, but also true. We have the joy and privilege of being present at the milestone events of life—births, weddings, deaths—what some of us […]
Oh Mother, Where Art Thou?
It just happened again. I put down a copy of my seminary alumni magazine, after reading yet another article about how clergywomen can “have it all.” In the nearly seven […]
New Art and Poetry
This month we are pleased to offer visual art and poetry together from two different artists, Mary Allison Cates (who created a series we featured in Advent) and Heidi Koschzec.
Love Thy Neighbor
My seminary boyfriend broke up with me just a few days before I was supposed to go house-hunting. It was my senior year, and I had just accepted an exciting […]
Good Friday: A Service of Shadows and Stones
Our congregation has used Taizé, Tenebrae, and narratives of the Passion in past Good Friday services. I grew up in a congregation that often used the 7 last words of […]
Why College Chaplaincy?
An Imaginary Dialogue Between a College Student and Her Chaplain Student: Chaplain Kate, I have to interview someone for my First Year Seminar class. Would you mind if I asked you […]
