Have you ever wondered what you can do to help support the work of RevGalBlogPals? Buy a t-shirt (or two)! Our continuing education programs and online spaces depend on the effort of volunteers and donations from good people who support women in ministry. Every shirt you buy will fund speakers, venues, and scholarships for future… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: I Still Carry My White Privilege With Me
From the daughter of a RevGal teaching in Japan: This past Saturday I went to a local mall in Tokushima to do some shopping with my girlfriend, J. As we were walking to the ATMs, a few preteen girls and a mom came walking toward us from the opposite direction. I heard the girls start… Read More
Sunday Prayer: For Your Sake, and for Ours
Holy One, We have seen how privilege works. Would anyone be hungry if the prosperous trusted you? We cry out to you, O God, how long? Will instruments of violence ever become tools for peace? We know that evil is nothing new. Would the hen need to shield her chicks if the fox did not… Read More
Big Event 2020: From Vision to Action
Join RevGalBlogPals at the Franciscan Center in Tampa, Florida, for Big Event 2020: From Vision to Action. Click here to register. Three outstanding clergywomen will share their stories and help participants explore how a vision for ministry becomes action in the world. Our week will include worship, plenary sessions, breakout and affinity groups; options for yoga, coaching,… Read More
Open Letter and Call to Action – Update – #ChooseAccountability
On Monday, February 4, the Reverend Julia Seymour, RevGalBlogPals’ board president, received the following response from Carnival Cruise lines to our Open Letter. Hello Rev. Seymour, Your recent experience on Carnival Magic was brought to our attention, as well as the follow up communication in which you and others expressed that more should be done to… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Looking at the Relationship Between the Pastoral, Political, and Personal in My Grief
Four weeks ago my life changed. I was on a video call with some faith-based activists and organizers from around the country when my phone wouldn’t stop ringing. I ignored it until my aunt sent me a text indicating that something that happened to my grandmother. I immediately dropped everything and called my mom to… Read More
Women’s Lectionary RevGals Collaboration
How would a lectionary centering women’s stories, chosen with womanist and feminist commitments in mind frame the presentation of the scriptures for proclamation and teaching? More simply, what would it look like if women built a lectionary focusing on women’s stories? How is the story of God told when stories of women’s brutalization and marginalization… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Suffer the Children
I mean, it was fine. I was twelve or thirteen, young enough to get a little anxious, old enough not to cry about it, wondering where on earth my father had got to. Every Saturday morning, he would drive me into the city for my piano lesson. He would drop me off, park the car,… Read More
Faith and Illness: A Solid Rock in Desert Days
As I reflect on faith and illness, I recall the words of an old hymn, “My anchor holds and grips the solid rock.” Remembering the hymn’s message gives me hope in myself and in my faith. Still, these are empty days for me, and I ask myself these questions: What is it about faith that… Read More
Big Event 12: Womanist Midrash
Registration opens today for Big Event 12: Womanist Midrash, led by the Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney. Dr. Gafney will be teaching on Womanist Midrash as a form of biblical interpretation and how to companion interpretive practices. This was the subject of her recent book, Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne (Westminster John Knox… Read More
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