Mar 4, 2015 | Weekly Words
I am a long-time minister of youth, a ministry/career path that I have followed for more than thirty years since college. Long ago it became natural for me to think of myself with that title: minister of youth. However, many other terms are also in my list of...
Feb 25, 2015 | Weekly Words
When I was senior in high school, I was asked to preach for Youth Sunday. I spent hours upon hours preparing for the sermon, and was as nervous as I could be. After the service, a lady in my church came up to me and said “you surely are going to follow in your...
Feb 18, 2015 | Weekly Words
“Who are your people?” is a question I am often asked here, in the Deep South. It is a way of establishing a connection–you never know, we might be fifth cousins twice removed. This is also a very important question as a single woman in the South, because...
Feb 4, 2015 | Weekly Words
A lit Christ candle sat on the altar. On the left. It was white, slightly raised, and its light fragmented a bit through the crystal cross that sat at its base. On the right of the altar table was a single unlit green candle; in the center of the altar was a quilt. A...
Jan 28, 2015 | Weekly Words
“I told my boss I am definitely not coming back; I’ve decided to be a stay at home mom.” A few years ago my very pregnant friend told me this news while we chatted in the car. We were both pregnant, each expecting boys and talking excitedly about what life would be...
Jan 21, 2015 | Weekly Words
Many of my seminary friends dated and then married fellow ministers. What I have observed is that as they have graduated, unless the couple serves as co-pastors, one spouse ends up serving a church while the other does something else. That is what has happened for my...
