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I keep forgetting to deconstruct gender on #ChristTheKing Sunday. Because my brain only pictures beautiful masculine AFAB people when I hear the word king. Yours doesn’t? The potentate of time

Christians, I’m horrified that we still have to say this, but:There is absolutely no reason to convert anyone who practices another religion, and/or is happy in their own spiritual practice

I want more lay people teaching seminary. Bc a) lay people serve the church too b) we need to hear the effect our pastoring has on people and c) it's

Dear sweeties, can I please be your happy, fulfilled, well-loved middle aged auntie for a minute and tell you this little life rule:We do not date people who make us

Yesterday I woke up mad about (Christian) clergy privilege. And I didn’t handle it well. But Christian clergy privilege is something we have to talk about, so can we try

A few notes to lay people following me: each and every one of you is a beloved child of God, who I want the very best for. It is beyond

Non-clergy (lay) people only:What do you wish pastors knew about your life right now? (Pandemic specific, Racial uprisings specific, or anything else about life right now.) Clergy- hush. Just hush.

I need fellow Lutherans to remember that the only reason we even know Bonhoeffer’s name is because he was fairly unique. The vast majority of the Lutheran church happily went

The plagues of Egypt used to be uncomfortable for me. I don’t hold a theology that God causes weather events and catastrophes to punish us, even for the worst sins

You know how I keep telling you there’s no topic about which we can easily say “the Bible says” because the Scripture tends to have many points of view about

As a pastor to boomers, I know that so many of them were taught, and believed, that their suburban lifestyles were the right and good and Christian thing. It’s heartbreaking

The conversation about pastoral boundaries is so so sad to me, but I also can’t let it go. It’s so sad to see how many people have such unmet emotional