(RNS) — A pastor’s spouse once told me a touching true story. Inscribed on the gold band she gave her husband on their wedding day are the famous lines from the Book… read more

Over the weekend, a hashtag started popping up in my social media feeds: #ThanksForTyping. It had started with a few tweets by Bruce Holsinger, a literary scholar at the… read more

Last week, the Facebook page for Hacking Christianity posted a graphic that was produced by the clergy spouses in the Texas United Methodist Conference entitled “Top 10 Ways … read more

Last week, my fellow clergy sisters and I were hit with a gut punch when the new information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was released. For the first time, clergy income… read more

I came into ministry later in life, after over 20 years in the business world. Maybe this partly explains why, when I entered the ministry, I was surprised at how hard churches… read more

As a pastor under 35, I often encounter misinformation about myself and my fellow young clergy. Congregations, older clergy, pulpit search committees and denominational leadership … read more