I once knew a little church wherein three prominent members were elected officials: one was the local equivalent of a city councilperson, one was a judge, and one was a school board member. What made this little church so interesting to me was that it was almost split down the middle politically, in terms of… Read More
Juliana Yakubu, Monica Lewinski, and Me
I resisted the label “feminist” for a very long time. Please hear me out. I was raised by Biblical literalists in a very small rural community. Lovingly raised by people who were deeply religious and were tireless advocates for children–taking in dozens of foster children(2 or 3 at a time) throughout the years of my… Read More
Wiggle Room
I preached a sermon based on the Revised Common Lectionary text from Leviticus last Sunday. If you don’t immediately know what that text says, don’t feel bad. Leviticus 19 only appears once in the whole RCL, and on a Sunday (7th after Epiphany) that doesn’t occur very often, due to the vagaries of the post-Epiphany… Read More
The Political is Pastoral: When Bad News is No News
It happened again. On Tuesday, a young man from Ohio walked into the Electrical Engineering building on the campus of my alma mater, Purdue University, went to a classroom, and shot the student teaching assistant at point blank range, killing him. He then left the building, and surrendered to police. Now Andrew Boldt, who happens… Read More
Black Friday
(Note: the vast majority of Black Friday shopping does NOT look like this.) I’ve had a change of heart. Yes, it can happen–even at my age. For many years I’ve been a member of the Not One Damn Dime club–I vowed to NOT spend any money on the day after Thanksgiving. That’s not a bad… Read More
Tuesday Lectionary Leanings: Under New Management edition
Friends, This will be my last “at bat” for this feature for a while. I am taking a break from contributing, in order to refresh both myself and the Tuesday lectionary post. The good news is that you will have wonderful new contributors in this space: Listing Straight and LutheranChik, among others who will fill… Read More
Election Announcement
Friends, It is time to elect a new slate of officers for the RevGalBlogPals!! Corporation members are eligible to vote. An official ballot will be e-mailed to all corporation members later in the month, marked with a return date. If you have not renewed your membership, please do so following the instructions in the sidebar.… Read More
Tuesday Lectionary Leanings: What is my problem? edition
Friends, I think this is the signal that it is about time for me to get an occasional sub for this feature! I apologize that this is the second late week in a row. Now, on with it… I am thinking about persistence this week, both in the sense of God’s persistence with us and… Read More
Tuesday Lectionary Leanings: Holy cow, where did the day go? edition
Friends, So sorry for this late post. Pastoral life got in the way today. This morning at my lectionary discussion group we were all about the lepers. That seemed to be the prevalent passage for some of us from among this week’s texts. I am trying to jump-start the Stewardship emphasis this coming Sunday, and… Read More
It’s Time For Elections!
Dear friends, The time for electing RGBP officers is approaching! According to the bylaws, the election procedure will be as follows: 1. Corporation members are eligible to be nominated, and to vote. If you wish to become a member of the corporation, follow the instructions on the right sidebar. If you are not sure if… Read More
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