Posts by CathieAdmin
Let Peace Begin with Me
Leading worship for a small, rural church teaches me so much about how we heal our differences.
Read MoreBring Church to People
People are no longer coming to church like they used to. The future of church is about bringing it to them.
Read More10 Things Christians do
There’s LOTS of disagreement about what Christians actually believe. Here’s some things that we pretty much all DO.
Read MoreGood News: We can be extravagant in our worship
In this week’s Gospel, Jesus says, ‘the poor will always be with you.’ This doesn’t sound like good news! But I think what he’s really saying – he’s speaking to his disciples about a woman using costly perfume to anoint him – is that it’s ok to be extravagant in our worship. Because it’s Jesus…
Read MoreWhy ‘Father’ Cathie?
Lots of people laugh when I say I am ‘Father Cathie’, or I get very quizzical looks. Occasionally, even hostility!
Lots of people don’t know what to call a female priest, minister, or pastor. Since I am an Episcopal priest, I use a clergy title – for me, it is ‘Father’.
Read MoreWhat LinkedIn Thinks I’m Worth
Like so many, they are programmed to believe that what clergy do is serve in congregations, mostly for low pay, and that we don’t mind ‘volunteering’ for things because we are not in it for the money.
Read MoreClergy Must be Paid
Not paying clergy for their ministry is hurting the church and those who serve it.
Read More5 Church Words I’m No Longer Using
Stewardship. Outreach. Committee. Volunteer. Livestream. As the year draws to a close, I’m making resolutions for my ministry. One of them is to stop using words that lock me into a way of thinking that is no longer working as it once did. Letting go of these common words and thinking more about the future…
Read More4 Steps to Digital Ministry Rehab
Church technology doesn’t have to be expensive, complicated, or overwhelming. Think of Digital Ministry as a ‘church improvement project.’
Read More‘Tentmaker’, ‘Non-Stipendiary’, and ‘Bi-vocational’
Whatever word we use for it, not being paid for our ministry is not ok.
And it never was.