A Litany to Pray in the Wake of Gun Violence
You created us in your own image, an image of love and grace. You have called us to live in peace with one another, to be instruments of your peace […]
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Winter Reading Suggestions from Young Clergywomen
Do you love curling up under blankets with a pile of books in the winter? Have you found more time to read – or needed to make time for your […]
2020 Thanksgiving Prayer
God of all of us, Life as we knew it has changed. Thanksgiving as we knew it is different this year. We have lost people we love. We have lost […]
When Christmas Isn’t Joyful: The Story of The Bird
I met my husband 15 years ago this Christmas, with all the trappings of a holiday romance movie: the snow was gently falling, he was in his new Army dress […]
One Can’t Rush The Process of Forgiveness: A Personal Story of Sexual Trauma
Sexual trauma. Two uncomfortable words to see in print and to write about, particularly in the church. Sex is still a taboo subject in the church in the year 2018, […]
Blessing our Caregivers
Third Sundays in our congregation are healing Sundays. During communion, two healing ministers position themselves behind the altar rail, anointing oil in hand, to offer healing prayers and blessings to […]
Ripples of Love
Sitting at my studio table, I am renewed. As the light dapples through the open windows, I am surrounded by art and story. While I appear in solitude, I am […]
Meeting God in Broken Places: A Review of The Shack
When the novel The Shack was published in 2007, everyone was talking about it, particularly its unusual portrayal of the Trinity. Jesus as a Middle Eastern carpenter was hard to […]
Healing and Hope: Carol Howard Merritt’s Healing Spiritual Wounds
Unlike Carol Howard Merritt, I grew up in a small, progressive American Baptist congregation. In my church life, I grew up in a place that invited questions, encouraged me to […]
Dwell with Me in Darkness
I just want to know, God. When you spoke about binding up the broken-hearted, right there between good news for the poor and release for the captives, who did you […]
