Who Is Pulling Your Strings? Wisdom for Women Clergy and Leaders
There is something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have.
February 2, 2022
Topic: Vocation / Work
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Intersectionality: A Woman Called—The Role of Mentors, Champions, and Prayer for Women in Ministry with guest Rev. Dr. Carolyn Ann Knight
This week on the Intersectionality thread, host Angela Ravin-Anderson talks with Rev. Dr. Carolyn Ann Knight about her personal experience of being called by
December 20, 2021
How to Become a Church that Welcomes Women Pastors
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! In retrospect, I shouldn’t have been surprised that one of my church’s leading
December 1, 2021
“It’s a Shame You’re a Girl”: Becoming the Sort of Woman Who Wants to Preach
I was fifteen years old and standing against a wall of the church after the Sunday service, waiting for my parents to quit yakking so
November 24, 2021
It’s Time to Empower the Mighty Gideon-Women of Ministry
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! My oldest daughter is turning eighteen this month. These past few years, as
November 17, 2021
Even Egalitarian Churches Limit Women’s Leadership
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! If you were to walk into any church on a Sunday morning and
November 3, 2021
Mutuality Matters: Why Didn’t God Make Me a Boy so I Could be a Preacher? With Kristen Padilla
Erin and Blake have a conversation with Kristen Padilla about theology of vocation and finding their calling while understanding the complex nature of women’s leadership
October 4, 2021
Are Women Clean and Called?
We had been in a discipleship relationship for about a year. We’d meet in a local coffee shop to talk about books, Scripture, and a
September 8, 2021
Bullied, Belittled, and Barred from Ministry: A Warning that Toxic Environments for Women Priests Are Common
I unpacked my new clergy robes, which had been made to measure from a top-quality vestment maker. Excitedly, I slipped the cassock on. I was
August 18, 2021
My Story Shows There Are Still Barriers to Pastoral Ministry for Women
I seldom have time to sit down and think of the ways I am treated differently for being a woman—let alone a woman of color.
July 28, 2021