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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.
June 25, 2015
(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) Acts 1:18-19 Does anyone else read the Bible and […]
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June 25, 2015
(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) Acts 1:18-19 Does anyone else read the Bible and […]
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June 18, 2015
“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and foster its renewal is our only hope.” Wendall Berry We were listening politely, and to be honest the speaker up until this point had been unremarkable, with a few points that led me to […]
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June 10, 2015
“That Sarah is going to be a model.” I was about 11 or 12 and at a sleepover when I overheard my friend’s cooler older sister say those words to a group of her friends. Something happened when I heard those words. I felt special, unique, set apart and… ashamed. I was almost afraid to consider the implications of someone thinking I was […]
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June 3, 2015
I have been thinking about names a lot lately. I have several friends who have unusual names, and I love hearing the story of how they were given their name. This month I have attended several conferences, and I have had to learn lots of new names. People have had to learn my name too. It feels so […]
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May 27, 2015
He’s usually pretty easy to pick out in a crowded room. Often he is wearing complicated jeans and pontificating about what he would do if only he were given the chance. He can’t commit to a job, a relationship, or even an event just in case something better comes along. He is often only present to […]
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May 20, 2015
There is a breath we all take right before we know we are going to hear bad news. It is almost like that deep breath you take as you head under water. It is an instinctual breath of self-preservation. It is like your body doesn’t know when, or if, you will breathe again. I sometimes think if I can hold my breath, I […]
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May 13, 2015
I was reading author Donald Miller’s latest book, “Scary Close,” when a sentence popped out from the page: “the root of all sin is the desire for control.” Throughout the next couple of days I kept going back and reading that same sentence again and again. As the three stooges’ saying goes, “I resemble that remark,” and I don’t like it! I kept […]
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May 6, 2015
“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” – Abraham Lincoln I once watched a woman in my small group leave a church service with a look of devastation. Sometimes people forget that the clergy in the front of the church can see what […]
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April 29, 2015
With all the strange ethos that surround sexuality and dating in Christian culture, it’s no wonder that people don’t know what to do with the idea that I could be a gendered sexual being. I have met many women clergy who, after taking this job and working for several years, began to look less and […]
