by CG Ministries | Mar 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
This month was short, but I was able to tuck into some really great reads. In total I read 7 books. This month was a little sporadic not just in my reading time but also in what I selected. I have been trying to use the library more (hello, book budget!) but that...
by CG Ministries | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was sitting across the table from a church leader as he outlined why the congregation I was consulting with couldn’t continue it’s brief path towards transformation. “You see,” he said “I am a fiscal conservative and as our expenses stay the same but our income...
by CG Ministries | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
For several years I have been on my own journey of growth when it comes to race, racism and thinking through the systems of power that we are born into that privilege some while placing at disadvantage others. I started with a year-long commitment to read only authors...
by CG Ministries | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I first shared these reflections as a guest editor over on Stuff You’ll Probably Like but thought you might like to read them here… Psalm 138:1-8 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise I bow down toward your holy...
by CG Ministries | Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
This piece first appeared at Young Clergy Women International, for whom I am grateful for giving it its first home. A year and a half ago, I left my full-time congregational ministry setting to take an intentional year off from full-time congregational ministry. I had...
by CG Ministries | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
I first read Mary Oliver at nineteen years old. Until that point my knowledge and exposure to poetry consisted of the terribly unimaginive units we were taught in high school English class. There was no joy in these classes, no sense of discovery. However my second...
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