Zusatztext "Lyrical! grace-filled! brutally honest.... Resonate[s] with depth and authenticity that call us back to the messy! beautiful gift of faith community. Don't miss it." - Rev. Dr. Amy K. Butler ! senior minister! Riverside Church! New York City "My neck and throat are sore after reading this book; my neck from nodding all the way through and my throat from laughing out loud. There's a Woman in the Pulpit offers a circle of witness for women pastors and a universal message of joy and hope. A great gift for us all!" - Rev. Susan Sparks ! pastor! Madison Avenue Baptist Church! New York City; author! Laugh Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor "Once again Martha Spong and RevGalBlogPals ... have found a way to strengthen women in their ministries and to do so with transparency! poignancy and wit. Whether you are a woman in ministry or know a woman in ministry! these stories will touch your soul and intensify your own faith and faithfulness." - Jenee Woodard ! curator! The Text This Week (www.textweek.com) "For many pastors! the practice of ministry can be lonely at times. But this fantastic book made me feel like I was sitting with my girlfriends! honestly discussing both the beauty and pain of being a woman in the pulpit. To say that I could identify with most of the stories would be an understatement. I am so thankful for their courage to give voice to our experience!" - Rev. Shannon J. Kershner ! pastor! Fourth Presbyterian Church! Chicago "Refreshingly down-to-earth humor.... These preachers welcome us into their callings and into their lives [and] send us out again encouraged and renewed for the work and life ahead." - Rev. Dr. David J. Lose ! president! Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; founder! WorkingPreacher.org; blogger! In the Meantime (davidlose.net) "Reading these brief reminiscences of lives lived in ministry to others! I laughed and cried and marveled and knew that I was standing on holy ground. These stories and poems are like well-polished gems. Each is so real and so immediate that! even though it is no more than two or three pages! I feel that I know these women and what a blessing they are to those whose lives they touch. Next time I wonder why I teach in a seminary where we prepare people to minister to God's people! I will pick up this book and remember that I! too! have been called." - Deborah Sokolove ! director! Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion; coauthor! Calling on God: Inclusive Christian Prayers for Three Years of Sundays "Vital.... [A] treasure trove of wisdom and grace." - Landon Whitsitt ! executive! PCUSA Synod of Mid-America; author! Open Source Church: Making Room for the Wisdom of All ; producer! Theocademy "Seeps with stories and humor that remind each of us that we are not alone and that we can love our roles and our people." - Rev. Jeremy Smith ! United Methodist pastor! Portland! Oregon; blogger! HackingChristianity.net "Touching! insightful! funny! marvelous." - Mary E. Hunt! PhD ! Women's Alliance for Theology! Ethics and Ritual (WATER); coeditor! New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices! Many Views Informationen zum Autor Rev. Martha Spong ! a United Church of Christ pastor! is director of RevGalBlogPals! a social media ministry making community for clergywomen across lines of denomination! generation! nation and orientation since 2005. A longtime blogger! she leads workshops on creative approaches to scripture for worship and writes sermon resources and curriculum for the Christian Century! Lectionary Homiletics! the Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual and The Present Word.Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, a Presbyterian (USA) minister, sought-after speaker and Christian Century blogger, is author of the award-winning Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation and cohost of the God Complex Radio podcast.

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Learn and laugh with these women of the church, bound together by a deep commitment to ministry. Over fifty clergywomen representing fourteen denominations explore their holy-and unflinchingly human-moments as they juggle the sometimes isolating expectations from their congregations and the shared realities, graces and humor of everyday life.

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Foreword
Rev. Carol Howard Merritt
Introduction

Fierce and Fabulous for Jesus: God's Calling and Our Identity
Swinging
Rev. Ruth Everhart
Couldn't You Wait Until I'm Dead?
Rev. Patricia J. Raube
The Accidental Leader
Rev. Robin Craig
Worn In
Rev. Dr. Teri McDowell Ott
I Sit at My Desk: A Prayer
Rev. Julia Seymour
Finding My Voice
Rev. Hilary Campbell
High Heels in the Pulpit
Rev. Rachel G. Hackenberg
Queer
Rev. Katie Mulligan
Leaving Well
Rev. Amy Fetterman
Balls
Rev. Kathryn Z. Johnston
Come Down and Help, Please
Rev. Sally-Lodge Teel

A Taste of Heaven and a Splash of Glory: Sharing the Sacraments
Drop by Precious Drop
Suzy Garrison Meyer
Of Water and the Body
Rev. Joanna Harader
Torn
Rev. Julie Woods
A Touch on Her Head
Rev. Martha Spong
Through the Eyes of a Child
Rev. Catherine MacDonald
A Prayer at Table
Rev. Karla Miller
By Water and the Word
Rev. Jennifer Burns Lewis
Open Table, No Reservations
Rev. Julia Seymour
God Gives Us Life
Rev. Jemma Allen
Hostessing
Rev. Monica Thompson Smith
Three Sisters
Rev. Bromleigh McCleneghan
The Worst Communion Ever
Rev. Martha Spong

Ashes to Angels: Ministry and Death
The Weight of Ash
Rev. Deborah Lewis
Before the Resurrection
Rev. Joanna Harader
From the Pen of the Hospital Chaplain
Rev. Liz Crumlish
The Moses Basket
Rev. Elizabeth Evans Hagan
Old Man's Hand
Rev. Martha Spong
One Saving Grace
Rev. Anna Scherer
A Million Little Deaths: A Prayer
Rev. Karla Miller
Life Disrupted
Rev. Deb Vaughn
Of Facebook and Angels
Rev. Julia Seymour

They Don't Teach That in Seminary: What We Learned Through Experience
The Pastor's View
Rev. Diane M. Roth
What They Will Remember
Rev. Jan Edmiston
Locks, Doors, a Walk-in Safe, and the Keys to the Kingdom
Rev. Jennifer Garrison Brownell
The Good Samaritan Test
Rev. Sharon M. Temple
Only Four Letters
Gillian Hoyer
A Prayer for the Plunger
Rev. Rachel G. Hackenberg
The Eruption of Story
Rev. Kerri Parker
Blessed Bedbugs
Rev. Rosalind C. Hughes
Possessive Voice
Rev. Cheryl Harader
To Laugh at Myself
Rev. Liz Crumlish
Don't Call Me "Reverend"
Rev. Denise Anderson
I'm Here Because God Cares
Rev. Erin Counihan

It's Complicated: Being Pastor/Partner/Parent/Person
Always the Pastor, Never the Bride
Rev. Michelle L. Torigian
Preaching Ahead of Yourself
Rev. Robin Craig
How Does That Work?
Rev. Beth Birkholz
I Rise Before the Sun
Rev. Stacey Simpson Duke
Out Standing in Her Field: A Pastoral (De)Composition
Rev. Holly S. Morrison
Why Is My Pillow Hot? A Prayer
Rev. Julia Seymour
A Vegetarian in the Church
Rev. Teri Peterson
Uncloseted
Rev. Patricia J. Raube
I Pray with My Eyes Open
Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell
The Parson
Rev. Katherine Willis Pershey
Our Pheeto
Rev. Martha Spong

Outside Over There: Moving in the World Beyond Our Churches
What Are You Looking For?
Rev. Sarah E. Howe Miller, PhD
Soccer and Starbucks
Rev. Rachel G. Hackenberg
The Body of Christ Shimmies
Rev. Marci Auld Glass
At the Barn
Rev. Laurie Brock
No Masks
Rev. Martha Daniels
Out of the Pool
Rev. Katya Ouchakof
Saint Paul versus Danielle Steele
Rev. Amber Belldene
I Am Grateful: A Prayer
Rev. Karla Miller
Learning in the Shipyard
Rev. Liz Crumlish
Who I Am Is Not What I Did
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