Hi friends! I write this from sunny Miami, as I’m not preaching this Sunday, but rather heading out on our Big Event with the Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney leading us in learning about womenanist midrash. For those of you in the pulpit this week, what are you working on? How are you approaching the excitement… Read More
Ordiversary Party: Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, friends! What better way to kick off the year than by celebrating the amazingness of our RevGal friends and their great ministries? This month I am SO excited for you all to join me in celebrating longtime RevGal ClayOla’s ordination to the diaconate, as a way to kick off the party! Without… Read More
December Ordiversary Party!
Happy ordiversary, December friends! This month we have long time RevGal Amy Peden Haynie kicking off the party. Many of us remember Amy’s ordination, and some RevGals even travelled from around the country to attend and celebrate with her, after years of reading her blog that included “elastigirl” in the title. 😊 Let’s celebrate with… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: here comes Advent!
Ready or not, here it comes! The first Sunday of advent is upon us. Whether you are following the RCL with its apocalyptic Advent 1, the Narrarive Lectionary with the lesser-known Habakkuk who somehow manages to speak right into current events, or a series of your own making, now is the time! Bring your ideas,… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: For All The Saints
Welcome to the preacher party! Here on the west coast of Scotland, it’s chilly and rainy, perfect weather for a cup of tea by the fire with fuzzy socks. Less perfect for, say, dipping oneself seven times in the Jordan river (though that would probably have been slightly warmer than the river Clyde outside my… Read More
Ordiversary Party: November!!
Happy Ordiversary to our November-ordained RevGals! This month we have the Reverend Martha Daniels kicking off our party! Martha serves in the MCC, has served in two countries and very different contexts, and has great advice for all of us! *Tell us about your journey into ministry. I was/am a born and bred United Methodist.… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: bring *that* to the table
Here we are, friends: sermon time again! For some, it’s World Communion Sunday, or Thanksgiving, or Harvest, or a transferred St Francis’s day…for some it’s a regular Sunday…for some it’s a first or last, or a first-of-the-last. In the NL we’ve got the Ten Commandments—did you know the movie came out 62 years ago today?… Read More
Ordiversary Party: Reformation Edition!
Happy October!! And welcome to the Ordiversary Party! I was ordained on Reformation Sunday (the last in October, which was the 29th that year, 12 years ago)…and this month kicking off the party is my ordiversary twin, Nikki Macdonald! She is the minister in the Upper Clyde parish, in the south of Scotland, in an… Read More
Ordiversary Party: September!
It’s time for the September Ordiversary Party! If you were (or are being) ordained in September, we celebrate you and your ministry! Keep up the good work, friends. This is the chance to share your stories, and your advice for new ordinands, and for us to give thanks for all that God has done through… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: somehow September
I’m not entirely clear how this happened, but….it’s September. For our sisters in North America, that means Labour Day weekend, and fall kick-offs, and a return to the program year. For our friends Down Under, it hopefully means a turn toward summer! And also Father’s Day, which can be a fraught time for some. For… Read More
