Mercy Trumps Vengeance
On January 21, 2025 at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, the newly elected president and vice president attended an interfaith prayer service to begin their first full day in […]
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Sheltered Under God’s Wings: Young Clergywomen Meet with the First Female Chaplain of the House
The Rev. Dr. Margaret Grun Kibben, the 62nd Chaplain for the United States House of Representatives, stood in front of a group of young clergywomen who had gathered in DC […]
Pastoring Faithfully in Divisive Times
The day after the 2016 presidential election, the seniors group at the church I serve was scheduled to gather. When I arrived, they told me that they’d agreed not to […]
Notes to Myself: Commitments for Talking Politics with Care
Monastic rules of life have drawn Christians through the ages to the spiritual disciplines. New monastics often look to one of the most well-known – the Rule of Benedict – […]
Pressing on to the Kindom of God
Two years ago, I wrote an article for this publication on the significance of the United States having elected our first female President. I wrote it before the election, obviously, […]
A Love Letter to My Swamp Monsters
When you are ordained, you agree to love your congregation in the name of Jesus Christ. When you like them and when you don’t, you love them because, well, that’s […]
Ask a Young Clergy Woman: Politics in the Pulpit Edition
Dear Askie, I’ve always been pretty into politics, but I’m wondering if that has to change? I’ve been serving in my first call for two years, and my church has […]
Love One Another: Election Edition
Are you an American citizen of voting age? Good. We need to talk. We’re in the thick of primary season, and have months to go before November. In my capacity […]
They Will Know…By Our Love
We just wrapped up a highly contentious election season here in the United States. Mud – and other sorts of muck – was flung freely between all of the political […]
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 […]
