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Being a pastor gives you a unique lens -- being a female pastor who doesn't fit the mold gives you a REALLY unique lens. Here are some thoughts as I try and understand the world around me through that lens.
November 9, 2015
This year I was not prepared for Halloween and the trick-or-treaters that would be upon me as soon as it grew dark. In my defense, I had just moved into my first condo, and I am not yet accustom to the seasonal rhythm of home ownership. I rushed to the store and ran to […]
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November 2, 2015
photo credit: Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul via photopin (license) Have you heard the song “Take me to Church” by the musician Hozier? If you haven’t, you may not have turned on the radio since 2014. It seems like that song is everywhere. In fact, it was the most internationally streamed song in 2014. […]
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October 25, 2015
I am afraid of clowns. With Halloween approaching quickly you can imagine my clown anxiety (Coulrophobia) is surfacing. As I drove home today I noticed someone had a clown costume on a skeleton in their yard, and a shiver ran down my back, creepy… just creepy. So lets ask the theological question- why do clowns […]
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October 19, 2015
I was a little girl who loved to dance, sing and act. I grew up in the kind of town where the population tripled in the summer. It was an idyllic place to have a summer home. People from ‘the big city’ would come down to spend their weekends on our lakes and enjoy the […]
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October 19, 2015
I was a little girl who loved to dance, sing and act. I grew up in the kind of town where the population tripled in the summer. It was an idyllic place to have a summer home. People from ‘the big city’ would come down to spend their weekends on our lakes and enjoy the […]
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October 7, 2015
When I was in seminary, the classrooms were under construction, so most of our classes were held in the ‘old’ Duke Divinity Chapel. At that time the chapel was still used for worship, so we had to sit in pew-like chairs utilizing lap desks. I feel like the quintessential old lady when I go in […]
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October 7, 2015
When I was in seminary, the classrooms were under construction, so most of our classes were held in the ‘old’ Duke Divinity Chapel. At that time the chapel was still used for worship, so we had to sit in pew-like chairs utilizing lap desks. I feel like the quintessential old lady when I go in […]
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October 7, 2015
When I was in seminary, the classrooms were under construction, so most of our classes were held in the ‘old’ Duke Divinity Chapel. At that time the chapel was still used for worship, so we had to sit in pew-like chairs utilizing lap desks. I feel like the quintessential old lady when I go in […]
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September 30, 2015
There is this secret that pastors don’t talk about and it is a bit awkward. You know how in the ‘real world’ people say things such as ‘size doesn’t matter?’ And there is even certain assumptions made by folks when a man drives a really pumped up truck or car that he is overcompensating. […]
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September 30, 2015
There is this secret that pastors don’t talk about and it is a bit awkward. You know how in the ‘real world’ people say things such as ‘size doesn’t matter?’ And there is even certain assumptions made by folks when a man drives a really pumped up truck or car that he is overcompensating. […]
