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Be informed and inspired, delighted and supported, encouraged and entertained by stories and prayers from the unique perspectives of clergywomen.
"In ministry, we constantly balance the sacred and the ordinary, juggling the two as expertly as we manage a chalice and a [baby] bottle. Even as we do things as simple as light the candles, set the table, break the bread and pour the wine, we invite people into a holy moment…. The women [in this book] not only have a wellspring of deep wisdom, but they also have the ability to dish out their knowledge with side-aching humor…. I am thrilled that their great wisdom and intelligence will be bound into the pages that I can turn to, lend and appreciate for years to come."
―from the Foreword by Rev. Carol Howard Merritt
Learn―and laugh―with these women of the church, bound together by a deep commitment to ministry, as they reveal what it really means to be a woman in the pulpit. Over fifty clergywomen representing fourteen denominations share the details of their intimidating balancing act―juggling the isolating expectations of perfection from their congregations and the shared human realities of everyday life.
Intended for laypeople, women hearing a call to ministry and clergy of all denominations, these stories and prayers will resonate with, challenge, encourage and amuse anyone who has a passion for their work and faith.
Contributors:
Rev. Jemma Allen • Rev. Denise Anderson • Rev. Stephanie Anthony • Rev. Amber Belldene • Rev. Beth Birkholz • Rev. Laurie Brock • Rev. Jennifer Garrison Brownell • Rev. Hilary Campbell • Rev. Erin Counihan • Rev. Julie Craig • Rev. Robin Craig • Rev. Liz Crumlish • Rev. Martha Daniels • Rev. Stacey Simpson Duke • Rev. Jan Edmiston • Rev. Ruth Everhart • Rev. Amy Fetterman • Rev. Marci Auld Glass • Rev. Rachel G. Hackenberg • Rev. Elizabeth Evans Hagan • Rev. Cheryl Harader • Rev. Joanna Harader • Gillian Hoyer • Rev. Rosalind C. Hughes • Rev. Sara Irwin • Rev. Kathryn Z. Johnston • Rev. Deborah Lewis • Rev. Jennifer Burns Lewis • Rev. Catherine MacDonald • Rev. Bromleigh McCleneghan • Suzy Garrison Meyer • Rev. Karla Miller • Rev. Sarah E. Howe Miller, PhD • Rev. Holly S. Morrison • Rev. Katie Mulligan • Rev. Dr. Teri McDowell Ott • Rev. Katya Ouchakof • Rev. Kerri Parker • Rev. Katherine Willis Pershey • Rev. Teri Peterson • Rev. Patricia J. Raube • Rev. Diane M. Roth • Rev. Anna Scherer • Rev. Julia Seymour • Rev. Monica Thompson Smith • Rev. Martha Spong • Rev. Sally-Lodge Teel • Rev. Sharon M. Temple • Rev. Michelle L. Torigian • Rev. Deb Vaughn • Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell • Rev. Julie Woods

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Religion

Christianisme

Christian Living

Mentoring

Philosophie et théologie

Leadership

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	02 avril 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781594736032
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Praise for
There’s a Woman in the Pulpit
Christian Clergywomen Share Their Hard Days, Holy Moments & the Healing Power of Humor
“My neck and throat are sore after reading this book; my neck from nodding all the way through and my throat from laughing out loud. There’s a Woman in the Pulpit offers a circle of witness for women pastors and a universal message of joy and hope. A great gift for us all!”
— Rev. Susan Sparks , pastor, Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York City; author, Laugh Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor
“Once again Martha Spong and RevGalBlogPals ... have found a way to strengthen women in their ministries and to do so with transparency, poignancy and wit. Whether you are a woman in ministry or know a woman in ministry, these stories will touch your soul and intensify your own faith and faithfulness.”
— Jenee Woodard , curator, The Text This Week ( www.textweek.com )
“For many pastors, the practice of ministry can be lonely at times. But this fantastic book made me feel like I was sitting with my girlfriends, honestly discussing both the beauty and pain of being a woman in the pulpit. To say that I could identify with most of the stories would be an understatement. I am so thankful for their courage to give voice to our experience!”
— Rev. Shannon J. Kershner , pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
“Refreshingly down-to-earth humor.... These preachers welcome us into their callings and into their lives [and] send us out again encouraged and renewed for the work and life ahead.”
— Rev. Dr. David J. Lose , president, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; founder, WorkingPreacher.org ; blogger, In the Meantime ( davidlose.net )
“Reading these brief reminiscences of lives lived in ministry to others, I laughed and cried and marveled and knew that I was standing on holy ground. These stories and poems are like well-polished gems. Each is so real and so immediate that, even though it is no more than two or three pages, I feel that I know these women and what a blessing they are to those whose lives they touch. Next time I wonder why I teach in a seminary where we prepare people to minister to God’s people, I will pick up this book and remember that I, too, have been called.”
— Deborah Sokolove , director, Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion; coauthor, Calling on God: Inclusive Christian Prayers for Three Years of Sundays
“Lyrical, grace-filled, brutally honest.... Resonate[s] with depth and authenticity that call us back to the messy, beautiful gift of faith community. Don’t miss it.”
— Rev. Dr. Amy K. Butler , senior minister, Riverside Church, New York City
“Vital.... [A] treasure trove of wisdom and grace.”
— Landon Whitsitt , executive, PCUSA Synod of Mid-America; author, Open Source Church: Making Room for the Wisdom of All ; producer, Theocademy
“Seeps with stories and humor that remind each of us that we are not alone and that we can love our roles and our people.”
— Rev. Jeremy Smith , United Methodist pastor, Portland, Oregon; blogger, HackingChristianity.net
“Touching, insightful, funny, marvelous.”
— Mary E. Hunt, PhD , Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER); coeditor, New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views

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Contents

Foreword
REV. CAROL HOWARD MERRITT
Introduction
Fierce and Fabulous for Jesus
God’s Calling and Our Identity
Swinging
REV. RUTH EVERHART
Couldn’t You Wait Until I’m Dead?
REV. PATRICIA J. RAUBE
The Accidental Leader
REV. ROBIN CRAIG
Worn In
REV. DR. TERI MCDOWELL OTT
I Sit at My Desk: A Prayer
REV. JULIA SEYMOUR
Finding My Voice
REV. HILARY CAMPBELL
High Heels in the Pulpit
REV. RACHEL G. HACKENBERG
Queer
REV. KATIE MULLIGAN
Leaving Well
REV. AMY FETTERMAN
Balls
REV. KATHRYN Z. JOHNSTON
Come Down and Help, Please
REV. SALLY-LODGE TEEL
A Taste of Heaven and a Splash of Glory
Sharing the Sacraments
Drop by Precious Drop
SUZY GARRISON MEYER
Of Water and the Body
REV. JOANNA HARADER
Torn
REV. JULIE WOODS
A Touch on Her Head
REV. MARTHA SPONG
Through the Eyes of a Child
REV. CATHERINE MACDONALD
A Prayer at Table
REV. KARLA MILLER
By Water and the Word
REV. JENNIFER BURNS LEWIS
Open Table, No Reservations
REV. JULIA SEYMOUR
God Gives Us Life
REV. JEMMA ALLEN
Hostessing
REV. MONICA THOMPSON SMITH
Three Sisters
REV. BROMLEIGH MCCLENEGHAN
The Worst Communion Ever
REV. MARTHA SPONG
Ashes to Angels
Ministry and Death
The Weight of Ash
REV. DEBORAH LEWIS
Before the Resurrection
REV. JOANNA HARADER
From the Pen of the Hospital Chaplain
REV. LIZ CRUMLISH
The Moses Basket
REV. ELIZABETH EVANS HAGAN
Old Man’s Hand
REV. MARTHA SPONG
One Saving Grace
REV. ANNA SCHERER
A Million Little Deaths: A Prayer
REV. KARLA MILLER
Life Disrupted
REV. DEB VAUGHN
Of Facebook and Angels
REV. JULIA SEYMOUR
They Don’t Teach That in Seminary
What We Learned Through Experience
The Pastor’s View
REV. DIANE M. ROTH
What They Will Remember
REV. JAN EDMISTON
Locks, Doors, a Walk-in Safe, and the Keys to the Kingdom
Rev. Jennifer Garrison Brownell
The Good Samaritan Test
REV. SHARON M. TEMPLE
Only Four Letters
GILLIAN HOYER
A Prayer for the Plunger
REV. RACHEL G. HACKENBERG
The Eruption of Story
REV. KERRI PARKER
Blessed Bedbugs
REV. ROSALIND C. HUGHES
Possessive Voice
REV. CHERYL HARADER
To Laugh at Myself
REV. LIZ CRUMLISH
Don’t Call Me “Reverend”
REV. DENISE ANDERSON
I’m Here Because God Cares
REV. ERIN COUNIHAN
It’s Complicated
Being Pastor/Partner/Parent/Person
Always the Pastor, Never the Bride
REV. MICHELLE L. TORIGIAN
Preaching Ahead of Yourself
REV. ROBIN CRAIG
How Does That Work?
REV. BETH BIRKHOLZ
I Rise Before the Sun
REV. STACEY SIMPSON DUKE
Out Standing in Her Field: A Pastoral (De)Composition
Rev. Holly S. Morrison
Why Is My Pillow Hot? A Prayer
Rev. Julia Seymour
A Vegetarian in the Church
REV. TERI PETERSON
Uncloseted
REV. PATRICIA J. RAUBE
I Pray with My Eyes Open
REV. MINDI WELTON-MITCHELL
The Parson
REV. KATHERINE WILLIS PERSHEY
Our Pheeto
REV. MARTHA SPONG
Outside Over There
Moving in the World Beyond Our Churches
What Are You Looking For?
REV. SARAH E. HOWE MILLER, PhD
Soccer and Starbucks
REV. RACHEL G. HACKENBERG
The Body of Christ Shimmies
REV. MARCI AULD GLASS
At the Barn
REV. LAURIE BROCK
No Masks
REV. MARTHA DANIELS
Out of the Pool
REV. KATYA OUCHAKOF
Saint Paul versus Danielle Steele
REV. AMBER BELLDENE
I Am Grateful: A Prayer
REV. KARLA MILLER
Learning in the Shipyard
REV. LIZ CRUMLISH
Who I Am Is Not What I Did
REV. JULIE CRAIG
The Priest I Want to Be
REV. SARA IRWIN
For Some Reason
REV. STEPHANIE ANTHONY
Running with Patience
REV. JULIA SEYMOUR
Acknowledgments
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Foreword

I had just finished leading worship. I was standing at the receiving end of the postservice handshake queue when another clergywoman glanced at the back of my robe and burst into laughter. With her forefinger, she traced a thin white drip that stretched from my shoulder to five inches down my back. She saw the line and quickly filled in the backstory. Once I also realized what she was pointing out, my chuckling voice rose to meet hers. There were few people on the planet who would know about that telltale line, but she had just the right understanding of the sacred/ordinary balancing act in which we were caught up. I had baby puke on my preaching garb.
I had stolen a few minutes before the service to breast-feed my infant, Calla. When I was done, I quickly put on my robe. Without thinking, I placed my daughter’s tiny chin on the padded left shoulder. I moved my fingers up and down the small bumps of her spine, smelled her scalp, patted her back, and burped her. I wanted to make sure that her tummy was full and free of gas before I handed her off to the church grandmothers in the pews. It was always easier to preach when I knew my daughter was satisfied.
The only problem with my Sunday morning routine was that I forgot to look over my shoulder for the remains of her breakfast. After the handshake line cleared, I went back to my office. I shrugged off my black academic preaching robe and blotted the baby spittle with a wet wipe. The juxtaposition of that dark garb, a cultural designation to remind the congregation