Young Clergy Women International

And Then They Came for Me Aligning with evil does not protect you from evil. Aligning with power does not guarantee you will be given power.

And Then They Came for Me

Aligning with evil does not protect you from evil. Aligning with power does not guarantee you will be given power.

Baptismal Covenant: Get Your Affairs in Order It is surprising that clergy have to be told to get our affairs in order when we are in a profession that often deals with death. I think about death a lot. How can I not when funerals, both of clergy and parishioners, are a regular on my calendar. I often think of my own preferences, noting songs I like, but I haven’t gotten my affairs in order. I haven’t written a will. I haven’t filed away my account passwords. We are young clergy. It isn’t surprising if we think that we have a long road of ministry and life ahead of us.

Baptismal Covenant: Get Your Affairs in Order

It is surprising that clergy have to be told to get our affairs in order when we are in a profession that often deals with death. I think about death a lot. How can I not when funerals, both of clergy and parishioners, are a regular on my calendar. I…

This event will feature a presentation by Alina and a Q&A with the author, along with a time to share your stories and experiences.

YCWI members! You’re invited to join us for a book launch celebration for Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling with author Rev. Dr. Alina Gayeuski next week, on March 2nd. See your emails for a registration link.

Ashes to Apples Before we are ash, we are ember: amber blocks of carbon glowing in the fading light; the glory of a campfire at the end of the evening.

Ashes to Apples

Before we are ash, we are ember: amber blocks of carbon glowing in the fading light; the glory of a campfire at the end of the evening.

“Remember Your Death:” A Timely and Timeless Lenten Devotional Every human being, regardless of tradition or culture, will die. We cannot begin to understand the meanings of our lives without acknowledging that those lives are finite, fleeting, and ephemeral.

“Remember Your Death:” A Timely and Timeless Lenten Devotional

Every human being, regardless of tradition or culture, will die. We cannot begin to understand the meanings of our lives without acknowledging that those lives are finite, fleeting, and ephemeral.

Concerning True Love… And Stuffed Unicorns Maybe instead of making Valentine’s Day all about ‘who’ we love, we can try making it about ‘how’ God loves.

Concerning True Love… And Stuffed Unicorns

Maybe instead of making Valentine’s Day all about ‘who’ we love, we can try making it about ‘how’ God loves.

Return: Liturgies for Ash Wednesday Let us return to God in worship together.

Return: Liturgies for Ash Wednesday

Let us return to God in worship together.

 Book Review: Grace Poured Out Let’s go a different way this Lent, towards a well that is overflowing with abundant grace.

 Book Review: Grace Poured Out

Let’s go a different way this Lent, towards a well that is overflowing with abundant grace.

Lent This month, Fidelia, is journeying into Lent, holding space for expressions of anguish and longing.

Lent

This month, Fidelia, is journeying into Lent, holding space for expressions of anguish and longing.

Celebrating Lunar New Year with Churches in Hong Kong Celebrating Lunar New Year within the Christian context is an excellent way to bring the church together as one family in Christ.

Celebrating Lunar New Year with Churches in Hong Kong

Celebrating Lunar New Year within the Christian context is an excellent way to bring the church together as one family in Christ.

Hallmarks of the Remnant Church We, as leaders, have the privilege of being surrounded by wonders every day that we work.

Hallmarks of the Remnant Church

We, as leaders, have the privilege of being surrounded by wonders every day that we work.

The Strange Call “That’s me. They are looking for me.” This was my immediate response to reading their profile for the first time – and this notion that they were looking for me scared the living daylights out of me.

The Strange Call

“That’s me. They are looking for me.” This was my immediate response to reading their profile for the first time – and this notion that they were looking for me scared the living daylights out of me.

Using Star Words in Epiphany Worship The ritual of the star word is simple: on Epiphany, the day the church remembers the Magi who appeared in Bethlehem and were guided by a star, congregations distribute words—often printed on stars—to each of their members. This word is to be a guiding word for the upcoming year.

Using Star Words in Epiphany Worship

The ritual of the star word is simple: on Epiphany, the day the church remembers the Magi who appeared in Bethlehem and were guided by a star, congregations distribute words—often printed on stars—to each of their members. This word is to be a guiding word for…

New Year, Same Stars It is one thing to wish on a star; quite another to follow it.

New Year, Same Stars

It is one thing to wish on a star; quite another to follow it.

The Point of a Star Word Maybe the point of a star word is not that suddenly our lives become marked by the word, and everything changes to revolve around it. Maybe the point of a star word is not that we become different or better people because of the word. Maybe all of the ways I’d been engaging around star words were just reflections of my own insecurities.

The Point of a Star Word

Maybe the point of a star word is not that suddenly our lives become marked by the word, and everything changes to revolve around it. Maybe the point of a star word is not that we become different or better people because of the word. Maybe all of the ways I’d been…

Another Way This month, Fidelia begins something new.

Another Way

This month, Fidelia begins something new.

Pastoring in the Time of King Herod May we be the magi. May we be like the angels. May we be like the Egyptians.

Pastoring in the Time of King Herod

May we be the magi. May we be like the angels. May we be like the Egyptians.

“I Shall See the Lord”: A Blue Christmas Sermon on Psalm 27 But I don’t want you to think that because you are waiting, that God has neglected you or rejected you. No, in fact, it means the opposite: you are waiting because God has already claimed you as God’s own, made commitments to care for you, and loves you wholeheartedly.

“I Shall See the Lord”: A Blue Christmas Sermon on Psalm 27

But I don’t want you to think that because you are waiting, that God has neglected you or rejected you. No, in fact, it means the opposite: you are waiting because God has already claimed you as God’s own, made commitments to care for…

He Still Speaks: A Review of Calvin for the World

Calvin wasn’t perfect, but he was far more generous and wide-ranging in his thought than many of his modern champions would like to believe.

Friendly, But Not Tame- Like God Made Me We are made in the image of a friendly but not tame God.

Friendly, But Not Tame- Like God Made Me

We are made in the image of a friendly but not tame God.

Sweeping out the Demons: Keeping My Spiritual House in Order I went into the move aware of the financial risk, and knowing it would cause me anxiety. What I didn’t expect was for life in the new house to reveal my inner demons, lurking within memories of a troubled childhood and fears about the future.

Sweeping out the Demons: Keeping My Spiritual House in Order

I went into the move aware of the financial risk, and knowing it would cause me anxiety. What I didn’t expect was for life in the new house to reveal my inner demons, lurking within memories of a troubled childhood and fears about the…

Reading Dystopian Literature for Advent Instead of looking away from what frightens us, we do what the Gospel writers want us to do: we sit with these possibilities. We imagine. We consider what is eternal and what is not.

Reading Dystopian Literature for Advent

Instead of looking away from what frightens us, we do what the Gospel writers want us to do: we sit with these possibilities. We imagine. We consider what is eternal and what is not.

Joyful Justice: The Timeless Magnificat Alongside the joyful tone with the coming of Jesus, Advent is perhaps the season that addresses the need for justice the most. Mary’s song about the dethroning of kings, dispersal of wealth, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the lowly is a divine message for all times and places.

Joyful Justice: The Timeless Magnificat

Alongside the joyful tone with the coming of Jesus, Advent is perhaps the season that addresses the need for justice the most. Mary’s song about the dethroning of kings, dispersal of wealth, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the lowly is a divine message for…

No Crowns: A Biblical and Historical Review Jesus was a king without a crown. He never asked for a crown; he never wanted a crown– whether it was made of thorns, a laurel wreath, or gold and silver. And why would Jesus want a crown, anyways? Crowns represent the opposite of Jesus’ Gospel.

No Crowns: A Biblical and Historical Review

Jesus was a king without a crown. He never asked for a crown; he never wanted a crown– whether it was made of thorns, a laurel wreath, or gold and silver. And why would Jesus want a crown, anyways? Crowns represent the opposite of Jesus’ Gospel.

Alternatives to Preaching for Thanksgiving Eve Help! My congregation has a tradition of doing a Thanksgiving Eve service. I have so many things on my to-do list. What can I do instead?

Alternatives to Preaching for Thanksgiving Eve

Help! My congregation has a tradition of doing a Thanksgiving Eve service. I have so many things on my to-do list. What can I do instead?

A Communion Liturgy in Celebration of Living Love Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners like us. He taught us that we must embrace the poor and the outcast, and align ourselves with the tormented and troublemakers of history. Jesus noticed the ones who did not quite fit, and welcomed them in. Jesus noticed the ones who fit too well, and called them to account.

A Communion Liturgy in Celebration of Living Love

Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners like us. He taught us that we must embrace the poor and the outcast, and align ourselves with the tormented and troublemakers of history. Jesus noticed the ones who did not quite fit, and…

Singing the Story In 2025, when misinformation, revisionist history, and denial of systemic injustice are rampant, Habakkuk reminds us that God does not call us to remember the past for nostalgia, but for truth-telling.

Singing the Story

In 2025, when misinformation, revisionist history, and denial of systemic injustice are rampant, Habakkuk reminds us that God does not call us to remember the past for nostalgia, but for truth-telling.

Why YCWI? Benefits of Membership In January when the Board was doing its big push to encourage everyone to officially renew their YCWI membership, someone emailed and asked me, “What are the benefits of joining YCWI?”

Why YCWI? Benefits of Membership

In January when the Board was doing its big push to encourage everyone to officially renew their YCWI membership, someone emailed and asked me, “What are the benefits of joining YCWI?”

Calling Out God is aware and judging, and calling us to do the same.

Calling Out

God is aware and judging, and calling us to do the same.