National Novel Writing Month with Young Clergywomen
Once upon a time, a group of writers gathered, furnished with journals and fancy pens, or laptops draped in fun stickers. Pastors and chaplains gathered together with church members at […]
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Enough with “Enough”: A Review of Seculosity by David Zahl
“Do you remember the days when the Sunday school was full and everyone went to church on Sunday?” “It’s such a shame that stores are open and there’s soccer practice […]
Speaking For Me
“The issue.” That’s how we are often talked about by conservatives and progressives alike. To those who would like to purge The United Methodist Church of all of us queer […]
She Is Someone
“How’s your hubby?” “Where is your husband?” “What’s your fella up to?” “You should have brought your husband today!” I am new clergy, recently graduated from seminary, and four months […]
That Awkward Moment: Making Small Talk as a YCW
We don’t know each other well, but we’ve been chatting for awhile, maybe at a party, or at a playdate for our kids. The subject of what we do for […]
Acting Womanish, Being Womanist, Living Womanism.
Understanding your own identity is an ongoing process. Family ideals and traditions typically shape much of your childhood identity. As you grow into young adulthood, there are defining moments that […]
Looking Over My Shoulder
When I was in seminary, and ordination loomed ahead, we, the young soon-to-be-clergy women, often discussed what to wear underneath our cassocks. I guess we were scared. I guess we […]
Just Ask A Hillbilly
It’s nothing special. Just an old photograph—the focus is a little fuzzy and it’s certainly not the best angle. There are eleven of us gathered around a Sunday school table, […]
When I Grow Up
What did you want to be when you grow up? I don’t know about you all, but I was certain that I was going to be an agricultural veterinarian. I […]
Coming out of the Clergy Closet
Last year our oldest child started at a new child development center. Unlike the commercial daycare setting we’d ended up at during the first year of our new call, the […]
