What to Expect When Your Pastor is Expecting
Dear Young Clergywoman, My pastor just announced to our congregation that she is pregnant. We are all very excited for her, but we also haven’t been in this situation before. […]
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Real Family Values
I am sitting in my office at the Seminary where I teach on the second day of a new semester. Last year at this time, I was home on maternity […]
Ask a Young Clergy Woman: Taking Your (Maternity) Leave Edition
Dear Askie, I’m preparing for the arrival of my first child (a girl!) in September. My congregation is very excited about my pregnancy, but I’m not sure they really “get […]
Stumbling Towards Bethlehem
“While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid […]
Turbulent Waters: Discovering Church
Sleepily nursing my eight-day-old daughter after sending my one- and three- year olds off to school, I considered that it was Wednesday. Not just any Wednesday, but Ash Wednesday. I […]
