The Language of Trees
I learned a few weeks ago that trees talk to one another. They develop this network—nutrients sent and received in an underground web. When a tree is dying, it starts […]
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The Story Bible That Made Me Cry: A Review of Growing in God’s Love: A Story Bible
Confession – I’m a pastor, but I’m not great about reading the Bible with my kids. Maybe it’s because it feels a little bit like work. Maybe it’s because I’m […]
Wear the Red Dress
I will wear red. I will wear the red dress, even though you will talk behind your hands to wonder out loud – what is she wearing why is she […]
Me Too
It started appearing on the Sunday afternoon in the week after the story about Harvey Weinstein broke. A simple Facebook post that caught me off guard and made me suddenly […]
Young Clergy Women, on Strike or Not
On March 8, 2017, in observance of International Women’s Day, activists called for American woman to strike from paid and unpaid labor, or to participate by joining a protest rally, […]
Young Clergy Women on Marching
On Saturday, January 21, young clergy women participated in the Women’s March on Washington, DC, and in sister marches all over the world. We’ve gathered some of their reflections on […]
Living, Breathing Woman Minister: A Review of Karoline Lewis’s She
Five minutes into the ice cream social at my first ministry call, an older woman walked up to me, smiled, and introduced herself. Shaking my hand, she said: “You seem […]
My Sisters, the Ghostbusters
When the Ghostbusters reboot was announced, I was pretty sure I’d want to see it, at least when it came out on streaming: I love the first movie. But when […]
On Catherine of Siena: An Interview with Shelley Emling, Author of Setting the World on Fire
You’re not a Roman Catholic, but you just wrote a book on one of the church’s most beloved saints. Why did you choose to write about a saint, and why […]
Lenny Letter, for a Bigger World
In my world as a solo minister, the line between work and play, home and church, is blurry and indistinct. Every book I pick up has the potential to become […]
