When I’m coaching, it’s not about me or my ministry. And since I’ve been bearing witness to Sandy’s ministry all year, through these sessions, site visits and engagement with her congregational leaders, I have a robust sense of why her ministry is fantastic. I could ask, “Why did you want everything about your ministry to change?” But I don’t. Instead, I just listen because coaching might be the only place Sandy gets to name these things aloud so she can hear them, share them, and loosen some of their power.

We were early adopters of the Pray Without Ceasing (PWC) ministry opportunity. When I suggested PWC, some shared that praying for thirty whole minutes seemed like a very large hill to climb. Folks were nervous, asking, “What will we do for thirty minutes? Will there be awkward silence? Is this even Lutheran?”

How can we stand “close enough” to Presiding Bishop-Elect Curry and Secretary-Elect Mills? What is our call as ELCA Lutheran Christians to love, support, and protect our newly called leaders?

I would like readers to know that despite discrimination against ordained women, "through many dangers, toils, and snares," there is a significant way through, by the grace and guidance of God.

In those moments when it seems clear that we’re lurching painfully backwards, I give thanks for the memory of Amelia Boynton Robinson, who inspires me to do the small faithful thing in front of me that day.

Stories from an Unintentional Preacher is a highly personal memoir of a time when women were finding their way to work for which they felt called, moving against challenging odds with fortitude, compromise, and persistence.

Relationships, welcome, and safety have a social impact...I want the church to be known as a powerful witness of God’s welcome, safety, and belonging. “To Be Seen and Heard” is a call to action of authentic dialogue and a vision of the church in and outside of the church building.

Rev. Dr. Charlene Cox writes a letter to her younger self on the day of her ordination, reflecting upon the joys, hardships, and lessons of her proud service.

Recently, AI tools have given us the capacity to work with greater efficiency, to communicate with increased ease, to create digital content, and to give our communities the tools to tell their faith stories.  But just as important as improving or increasing our adoption of technologies is the church’s call to cultivate leadership for an accelerating world.

People leave and get let go. People quit and get fired. This is not a conversation about that. This is a conversation about how we treat people who leave or get let go.