2015 YCW Summer Conference
This Summer, the YCW are GTT[1] I look forward to the Young Clergywomen Conference every summer. For me, it’s a no-miss July ritual, right up there with hotdogs and fireworks. […]
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Ask a Young Clergy Woman: Solo-to-Senior Edition
Dear Askie, Help! After serving for years as a solo pastor, I’ve been called to a senior pastorate, at a church with an associate pastor (she is, as it happens, […]
Ask a Young Clergy Woman: Toxic Church Edition
Dear Askie, I am currently serving in a church that is best described as toxic. The staff is dysfunctional, the personnel committee seems to be disinterested in creating a work […]
Four Thoughts on Incorporating Faith Into Daily Family Life (For Clergy Moms and Everyone)
There is a proverb in Spanish: “En la casa del herrero, cuchillo de palo.” It means “In the blacksmith’s house, a wooden knife.” In English we express the same idea […]
Sometimes You Just Need to See the Love
Many of our members have excitedly jumped on board for our very first Meet-Up Week, scheduled for February 16-21, 2014. (If you’re still looking for one to attend, the link […]
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. […]
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. […]
Jesus & 3-year-olds
41Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for Passover. 42And when Jesus was twelve years old, they all went there as usual for the celebration. 43After Passover his parents left, but they […]
Diary of an Online Dater
Day 1 11:42PM Having procrastinated until the eleventh hour on this week’s sermon, the only thing that makes sense at this point, less than nine hours before said sermon will […]
“The Reverend Doctor”
I might be one of the first among my young clergywomen peers to become a doctor. Why did I do it? My competitive nature. I am the youngest of five […]
