How Dorothy L. Sayers Made Me an Anglican
“So long as the Church continues to teach the [humanity] of God and to celebrate the sacraments of the Eucharist and of marriage, no living man should dare to say […]
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Pilgrimage with My Mother
In May 2014, my mother and I walked the last 110km of the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela, in Spain. There have been many wonderful books, blogs and websites […]
Telling the Old, Old Story
“Preparations were carefully made. All the people who expected to participate were very sure that their feet were already clean and had nice new hose. White sheets were hung up […]
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 […]
Stepping Out
I came out recently on facebook. Not as gay. That would have been no big deal to the vast majority of my friends. I came out as a religious Christian. […]
When Worlds Collide
It felt like falling down a well. That’s the best way I can describe standing by the side of the cart in the back room of the funeral home, looking […]
Spring Comes
Has anyone else noticed that the liturgical calendar and the academic calendar seem to sync up from time to time? Think about Advent… The eager awaiting spirit we hold as […]
Between
May 17 – Almost exactly five years after my husband proposed to me, we flipped over a pregnancy test to see a small plus sign. In that moment our life […]
Love ’em, Leave ’em, and Know What to Say
Over my ten years of ordained work, I have discerned a call to intentional interim ministry, or as I sometimes put it, “love ‘em and leave ‘em.” I take both […]
Playing Dress Up
There I stood, looking at myself in the mirror. I had done this many times before. As a little girl playing dress up, I recall stuffing tissues into the backs […]
