Ask a Young Clergy Woman: Pastor’s Spouse Edition
Dear Askie, My wife graduated seminary last June and has been in the search-and-call process for the last several months. (Or maybe forever? It feels like forever.) She’s getting ready […]
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The Liturgy of the Mandarin Orange: A Divorce Ceremony
The mandarin was Aurelia’s idea. The rest of the rituals had been pre-planned by me, but her spontaneity with the fruit helped. Let me explain. We were throwing a funeral […]
My Marriage Isn’t Biblical, Thank God
One of my namesakes is a woman who spent decades trapped in a miserable marriage. Her story is one of the reasons I often refer to the 1950’s as “the […]
Sleeping to One Side
I sleep alone in my queen-size bed and I’ve slept alone in this bed for almost two years. You’d think that after two years, I’d sleep sprawled in the middle […]
Job Hunting for the Two Career Couple: When the Right Call Is Not the Church
I sat on the bed, listening to the shower. At my feet there was a massive pile of laundry, mostly my husband’s clothes. He was packing a large suitcase and moving […]
Difference: Stone Walls or Open Doors?
When my partner Steve and I met, we learned quickly that our family cultures would collide. I was studying in seminary; he studied science in college and worked in sales. […]
The Marital Politics of Communion and A Letter to Our Son
My husband grew up Catholic. He still tells his mother he claims dual-citizenship as Catholic and Lutheran. As part of our decision to get married, we made a decision that […]
Generation to Generation
I come from a long line of strong women. While our last names and family trees follow the men in our lives; there is a deep current that runs through […]
Where You Go, I Will Go…
Marriage means different things to different people. For some, it is a proclamation of love and a daily choice to love the one you’re with. For others, it’s an excuse […]
Safety Pins and Masking Tape
by Stacey Midge Ten minutes to show time, and the pews are filled with guests. Soft, unobtrusive music flows from the organ pipes, muffling voices and the footfalls of last-minute […]
