Rachel Held Evans named us. In 2012, when The Year Of Biblical Womanhood was published, there was one particular gift in there that still echoes in my heart. Rachel Held Evans had found a blessing—not just for Jewish women on a Friday night, but for all women. She found an olam—an ancient way—built into Hebrew […]
The Sacrament of Ordinary Work
by on September 17, 2018 20 Comments
I had no idea how much stock I put in prestige until it was taken away. For more than a decade I was Senior Editor at a large non-profit. It was a title that has prestige built right into it. When you say “Senior Editor,” people automatically have a pretty decent idea of what you […]
Women’s Work
by on September 16, 2018 6 Comments
I sat at my dining room table this summer running massive amounts of thick grey fabric through the sewing machine. I thought of my mother and my grandmother before me. I remembered the work they had done for their churches on their sewing machines as their children and grandchildren looked on. Well, maybe less “looked […]
Finding My Edge
by on September 12, 2018 7 Comments
By Sarah Henderson | Twitter: @sarahlowhen “Find your edge,” the yoga teacher says in a calm, smooth voice. I explore my pose, feeling it through like Goldilocks … where is too much, where is too little? After a few breaths, I find the sweet spot and settle in, the place where I’m engaged, present, feeling […]
They Call Me Pastor
by on August 26, 2018 7 Comments
The week I got a church, some of my friends at seminary stopped using my name. They started calling me pastor, at least in greeting. When we saw each other in passing in the hallway they would call to me: “Hey, Pastor!” “How’s it going, Pastor!” “Praying for you, Pastor!” Pastor. Then, when I went […]
