Archive for the ‘Women’ Category
Together We Grieve, Together We Serve
Posted by: revjmk on: January 9, 2011
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This has been a difficult week for my congregation. We have experienced the death of two beloved church members this week, as well as three unrelated deaths of family members (a mother, a father, a sister) of church leaders within the last two weeks. I have been responsible for officiating at four of the five [...]
When the Rainbow is Enuf
Posted by: revjmk on: November 5, 2010
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Today is the opening of a new movie called For Colored Girls, directed by Tyler Perry. The script is an adaptation of a 1975 choreopoem-style play entitled For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange. I first encountered Shange’s magnificent poetry when I was in college, when I [...]
Women’s Suffrage at 90
Posted by: revjmk on: August 18, 2010
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Today marks the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reads: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” (For the story of the amendment, click here. The [...]
Live and Let Die
Posted by: revjmk on: August 3, 2010
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But if this ever changin’ world In which we live in Makes you give in and cry Say, “Live and let die, live and let die” Ah, the wisdom of Paul and Linda McCartney! Have you heard it, church folk? The world is an ever-changing place. Each generation displaces the one before. New technologies render [...]
Book Review: Sacred Hearts
Posted by: revjmk on: July 4, 2010
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Sacred Hearts, by Sarah Dunant, Random House, 2009, 426 pp. This is a novel about women’s relationships, set in the year 1570 inside a Benedictine convent in Italy. The drama unfolds between a skillful, powerful, political abbess; an independent sister who is a gifted healer with medicinal herbs; and a novice incarcerated against her will [...]
Book Review: Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
Posted by: revjmk on: May 21, 2010
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Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life by Joanna Weaver, Waterbrook Press, 2000, 242 pp. I read this book at the choosing of our Women’s Fellowship group, who asked me to help lead them in a discussion of a chapter every month at their meeting. [...]
Jesus was a Man
Posted by: revjmk on: March 30, 2010
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Our church’s Women’s Fellowship is a small band of 10-15 women ranging in age from 75 to 90. They meet once a month for a business meeting, program and refreshments. The Women’s Fellowship is the descendant of a once-thriving and prominent Women’s Guild, which attracted hundreds of women who had no other opportunity for leadership [...]
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I am a full-time pastor in the United Church of Christ, mother of a preschooler (B.), married to an aspiring academic and curmudgeon (J.). I live by faith, intuition and intellect. I follow politics, football and the Boston Red Sox. I like to talk about progressive issues, theological concerns, church life, the impact of technology and media, pop culture and books.
- Aleada SIragusa: I am a member of United Church of Christ also. One of our pastors, Rev Victoria Long is also a woman. I am on the net searching for photographs I may
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- Marilyn Holt: Thank you for your inspiring comments on the disaster in your neighborhood and the uplifting section from your sermon. This entry in your blog is maki
