I still remember that gathering in a hotel meeting room in Kansas City. The NEXTChuch conference had just ended, and a group of pastors gathered to learn about Improv and […]
Worship planning is an art. It’s a discipline. It must be done over and over and over again in order to get worship “under our skin.” How we plan worship […]
Remember senior superlatives from high school? Sure you do. I was most talented one year, according to Northwestern High School in the booming metropolis of Rock Hill, South Carolina. One […]
Lately, Mary Allison Cates and Jane Cocke Perdue have been creating poetry and imagery for Shady Grove Presbyterian Church’s monthly newsletter, where Mary Allison is the associate minister. Below is […]
Part of the interview process for my new congregation involved leading a worship service for the search committee. I was spinning my wheels about what to do until three ideas arrived to […]
So many times I have been the one asking the questions – “Will you be Christ’s faithful disciple, obeying his Word and showing his love?” or “Do you promise, through prayer and […]
It was the second time I learned to knit that stuck. The first time, my grandmother taught me during a summer vacation; I remember struggling with the yarn and needles, wondering if this […]
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 […]
Sharon Benton wrote the following note to us back in March: I’m in the process of trying to write a sabbatical grant focused on interweaving the sacred feminine (God the […]
This month we feature two new poems by a pseudonymous blogger who writes at Pink Shoes in the Pulpit. Words You remind me of words I said long ago […]
