Revised Common Lectionary – Why?

Proper 24, Year B: Job 38:1-7 (34-41), Hebrews 5: 10-10, Mark 10:35-45 Track one lectionary preachers are continuing the story of Job this week, after being left last week with Job’s lament. Job has spent the last 37 chapters asking why, defending himself as his friends pose theology after theology all ending in what Job… Read More

RCL – Proper 20, Year B – Resist

As I studied up on the readings for Sunday one common theme emerged: Resist. The resist I speak of is a resistance to the stuff we are told will make us feel better if only we can accumulate enough of it. A resistance to running after power, status and ambition; resistance to serving only ourselves.… Read More

11th Hour Preacher Party Sept. 5, 2021 Lectionary 23/Proper 18/15th Sunday after Pentecost

Rev Gals and Pals, School is back in session in my part of the world and I imagine the young people I know gladly said goodbye to summer vacation this morning as they boarded the bus more than ready to get back in the classroom with their friends; today, as these children were held in… Read More

Friday Festival: All Connected!

This week, reminders that we come from a variety of places and points of view abound in the blog ring. This one cracked me up when it appeared first in my feedly on Thursday: In Tales from the Great Adventure, Derek urges us to stop bashing millennials and help them fix the world instead! No,… Read More

“There’s a Woman in the Pulpit” – a review

 (Today on our blog tour, a book review from a RevGal who is not a blogger herself. Thanks to Sigi Hegelson for reading the book and sharing her thoughts.) “There’s a Woman in the Pulpit!”  When I read the title of the book recently published by Rev. Martha Spong – director of RevGalsBlogPals. I knew… Read More

Blog Tour #WomanInThePulpit

Together we RevGals have birthed / launched a book! It’s available for purchase by clicking on the book cover in the right sidebar. Remember that all proceeds will support the ministry of RevGals. To help spread the word, various RevGals and supporters will be featuring the book on their blogs for the thirty days between April… Read More

Announcing a Book Tour/Blog Tour: #WomaninthePulpit

Authors love to describe the loneliness of their book tours: the reading where only two people showed up, including the bookstore barista; the pile of unsold books, whose covers flutter like brave badges of optimism as they’re stuffed back into their box. Personally, I’ve experienced the unique solitude of sitting behind a table which holds copies… Read More

RevGals Book Project – updates

You may have seen this post last Monday. Updates are in Bold. RevGalBlogPals is excited to announce our forthcoming book, to be published by Skylight Paths Publishing, and to invite submissions by our web ring members. The 60,000 word anthology will feature essays in six areas of ministry and personal life: •    Worship/Preaching and Leadership – Anything… Read More

RevGals Book Project – an invitation

RevGalBlogPals is excited to announce our forthcoming book, to be published by Skylight Paths Publishing, and to invite submissions by our web ring members. The 60,000 word anthology will feature essays in six areas of ministry and personal life: •    Worship/Preaching and Leadership •    Baptism and Communion •    Influences by or on pastors from outside the… Read More