Sometimes my reading recommendations are a little more “do as I say and not as I do”. If you asked me what you should read right now, I would totally tell you to re-read something you love or try a new book in a genre that you know brings you comfort and a sense of… Read More
Friday Festival
It has been while since I actually wrote anything for Friday Festival. This is my bad: a mixture of house move; lethargy; lack of inspiration and general feeling of burden carrying that spilled over into everything. every. thing. However! A new month, in a new call, in a new decade (for me) seems to have… Read More
RevGalBookPals: When Kids Ask Hard Questions
You know what’s helpful? A book that aggregates resources, thoughtful writing, and spiritual support. Such a book should occupy the shelf of pastors, youth leaders, confirmation mentors, and other spiritual guides who work with children of all ages. If you have a hole in your own shelf for such a resource, I commend to you: When… Read More
RevGalBookPals: The Journey of York
I live in Montana and here, as in some other parts of the United States, the story of Lewis and Clark is part of the local ethos. The truth and the fiction of the Corps of Discovery is in the soil here. When Philemon was recently in the lectionary, I thought about York. York was enslaved… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Bless This Mess
Do you need a book that gently and effectively melds progressive Christian theology with the (non-Pinterest) realities of parenting? Are you trying to locate your own parenting practice somewhere between books that advocate spanking and books that suggest wine pairings with your overnight oats? May I suggest Bless This Mess: A Modern Guide to Faith and… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Burnout
I just finished a huge writing project. My last edit was done in my pajamas, with unwashed hair and sweaty armpits. When I got in the shower after hitting the big SEND, I began to wonder why I didn’t feel relieved. Then I remembered what I read in Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle:… Read More
RevGalBookPals: A Booklet of Uncommon Prayer
In this review space, I like to try to cover things that are recently out- in the hopes of offering good information as to what is worth your time and shelf space and what could be skipped. Sometimes, however, a book slips through the cracks and I don’t learn about it until a couple years… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Far More Terrible for Women
Reading is an exponential activity. In a linear activity, when you finish A, you can proceed directly to B and then to C. In an exponential activity, completion of A leads to a directional dilemma between A 2.0, A2, or B. Reading spreads out in all directions and it only occasionally loops back on itself… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Here is the Reason
I recently read Where The Red Fern Grows out loud to my son. If you’ve never read this before, I’m about to spoil the hell out of this book published in 1961. Ready? The dogs die. Okay, with that out of the way, I want to talk about why I nearly couldn’t finish this book, which… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Transforming
In this space, we have generally committed to not reviewing books before they were actually out and on shelves. But you and I both know that your head is all Holy Week and Easter- all the time. Or maybe too many funerals. Or perhaps community support in election season or with the March for Our… Read More
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