Pastoring After Orlando
In the wake of the shootings in Orlando, you are not alone if, as a clergyperson, you find yourself asking, “What’s a real thing I can do in response to […]
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My Daughter’s Ministry
Right before Christmas, my daughter fed the baby Jesus to our dog. We have a long-suffering boxer mix, Gary, who will do anything my 16-month-old daughter asks. I was working […]
Ask a Young Clergy Woman: Running Down the Aisles Edition
Dear Askie, Recently, our church has seen an increase in young children attending worship. Now, I love children very much, and I know that young families are a wonderful addition […]
The Old, Old Story for a New, New Step-Mom
I am a pastor and the daughter of a pastor. I attended Sunday school, worship, and Bible studies for all of my growing-up years. I majored in Religion in college, […]
Wonder Bread
In seminary, I learned all about the right and proper celebrating of the Lord’s Supper. Like any good Presbyterian, I could quote the appropriate passages in our Book of Order […]
Ask a Young Clergy Woman: PK’s in the Pews Edition
Dear Askie, My husband and I are both clergy, and parents of three kids, ages 3, 5, and 6. Although we’re a clergy couple, we never actually both had Sunday […]
The Family of Faith
My son is starting Sunday School. Or, rather, my SON is starting SUNDAY SCHOOL!!!! Somehow, my infant child has transformed himself into a fast talking, faster-running 4-year-old. He is all […]
The Kindergartener’s Gospel
I remember well the famous “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten” poster which hung in every one of my elementary school classrooms in Alabama, with its […]
Martha and Mary in Ministry
This last week a miracle happened in my life. I had a full twenty-four hours with no “church stuff” in it. One might think that using the term miracle here […]
Fulfilling the Baptismal Promises
Before I was ordained, I spent time as a seminarian intern and youth minister in a total of seven congregations. The jobs of baptismal preparation and of talking to parents […]
