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Powerhouse Women of the Bible Stole

Christen and I very much appreciate the work of the annual conference, Nevertheless She Preached. When we began talking to them about being a vendor at their event for the first time last year, the...

Designing Clergy Robes across Religions

I was not familiar with Baptist ministers wearing clergy robes until I moved to the east coast. The first time I saw it I even wondered if they were true Baptists! Well, yes, my horizon has signifi...

"Everything about it swells with hope."

I gave birth to my first child, my daughter, six days before Christmas, and Advent hasn’t been the same for me since. In churches, Advent is the season that leads up to Christmas. It’s a time of an...

Women's History Month: On Clara and Clergy Robes

by Nell The truth is that we know only a very minuscule number of women’s names who have made history. There are certain women throughout my growing up years with whom I was fascinated. Marie Curie...

Breaking Molds in Big and Small Ways

When my husband and I entered a career in ministry thirty-two years ago, there was never a question that it would be both of us. We have worked in partnership with one another and were ordained tog...

Lost and Found

I am not sure where to start on a post like this? Do you start with the friend who has been a shopping partner for more than 20 years? Many of those shopping expeditions were in search of the just-...

On Robes, Pockets, and (just a little) Vanity

I don’t like pink and I’d rather be wearing jeans and watching baseball. Even so, here I sit with my inner tomboy getting my nails done while writing a blog about a fashionable clergy robe. Basebal...