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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.
September 29, 2016
I can’t remember exactly when my deep fear of being “Too Much” started, but I remember it was young. I started counting the number of times I answered a question in elementary school. I wanted to make sure that I answered just enough questions that my teacher knew I understood and that I was bright, […]
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May 2, 2016
I began this weekend by attending a large music festival. I brought one of my most extroverted friends with me – Heather. All day long, we never met a stranger. Everyone we encountered became our new best friend. From the guy who watched our backpacks whilst we went and got food, to the girls […]
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March 21, 2016
I have bad theology. Now that may not surprise some of you – heck you may have always thought that about me – but I have a way of looking at my faith and my relationship to the Divine that is downright destructive, and it took this Lent to help me see how my theology […]
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March 21, 2016
I have bad theology. Now that may not surprise some of you – heck you may have always thought that about me – but I have a way of looking at my faith and my relationship to the Divine that is downright destructive, and it took this Lent to help me see how my theology […]
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March 21, 2016
I have bad theology. Now that may not surprise some of you – heck you may have always thought that about me – but I have a way of looking at my faith and my relationship to the Divine that is downright destructive, and it took this Lent to help me see how my theology […]
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September 23, 2015
Last week I shared that my birthday has sometimes been a difficult day. The truth is that the whole month of September has traditionally been a rough month for me. In years past, I’ve gone through tough break ups, disappointing job experiences and a car accident, all in the month of September. This year with […]
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September 23, 2015
Last week I shared that my birthday has sometimes been a difficult day. The truth is that the whole month of September has traditionally been a rough month for me. In years past, I’ve gone through tough break ups, disappointing job experiences and a car accident, all in the month of September. This year with […]
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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 23, 2015
I was holding a fitness magazine in line at a grocery store when a lady from my church surprised me. We chatted for several minutes, and it wasn’t until I left the store that I noticed the headline across the top of my women’s fitness magazine was one of those ‘how to please your man’ topics. […]
