Posted in reflections, tagged seasons of life, women in ministry, women pastors on January 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
By April Yamasaki
What is time?
I’ve been watching a mini-series on Albert Einstein, the brilliant physicist who asked this grand question, whose great intellect and imagination were so taken with it, to the detriment of his personal and professional life. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged ordination, women in ministry, women pastors on September 11, 2018| 1 Comment »
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By Ajung Sojwal
I am frequently asked this question, “Why did you choose to be ordained in the Episcopal Church?” This was never a question for me through the discernment process toward ordination in the Episcopal Church. Now, after more than ten years of ordained ministry, this has become a deeply personal question. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged women in ministry, women pastors on June 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
By April Yamasaki
The date of Easter changes from year to year, but since my first Sunday as a pastor was Easter Sunday, that’s become my marker. Another Easter, another year of ministry.
This past Easter marked 25 years of pastoral ministry with my congregation! (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged ethnicity, identity, racism, women in ministry, women pastors on June 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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By Ajung Sojwal
It is sad that in 2017, I find myself still waiting for the realization of what Apostle Paul declared in Galatians 3:28, “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” The full force of the issue of ethnicity within a church context took hold of me after I got ordained as a priest. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged solitude, women pastors on February 28, 2017| 2 Comments »
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By Ajung Sojwal
In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. Mark 1:35
One of the lessons I have had to learn as priest and pastor to a church is the one about the priesthood of being a sacred symbol for the people. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged class inequity, women in ministry, women pastors on July 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »
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By Young Lee Hertig
In last week’s blog, Angela Ryo addressed a poignant point that often falls on deaf ears:
We all want change and growth in our churches, but I wonder if we are willing to take on the pain that comes with such growth. Too many times, the pain becomes the inevitable lot of those who are most vulnerable and disposable within the faith community so that the dominant group can continue to thrive and grow.
Posted in reflections, tagged immigrant church, women in ministry, women pastors on July 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »
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By Eun Joo Angela Ryo
Some years ago, I had attended a conference geared toward Asian American church leaders who were either involved in a second-generation ministry (i.e. English Ministry) within Korean immigrant churches or multicultural ministries. I was one of three women in a sea of male pastors discussing the future of the English Ministry within the Presbyterian Church (USA). (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged gender-based exclusion, women in ministry, women pastors on September 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
By Ann Chen
A well-known female preacher recently wrote some reflections about the treatment of women around the world, and recounted her own experience facing discrimination as a woman in ministry. As I enter a season of transition from being overseas to stepping into full-time ministry in the States, I’ve been recounting my own journey as a woman navigating a call into ministry.
I don’t think I’ve faced the type of overt discrimination I’ve heard others go through: women who were told that they had no place in the church except in the nursery, others who were hit back with 1 Corinthians 14:34 if they expressed any opinions, even others who were told that a desire to go into ministry was actually sinful and of the devil. (more…)
Posted in reflections, tagged loneliness, pastoral ministry, singleness, women in ministry, women pastors on March 18, 2014| 4 Comments »
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By Diana Gee
I’ve had several friends remark to me, “I’m glad I don’t have your job.” I take it as a backhanded compliment from people who have experienced enough of church life to know the demands and expectations placed on pastors. But having worked in secular industry and having friends in all sorts of jobs, I know that stress comes in all shapes and sizes.
Posted in reflections, tagged immigrant mentality, immigrants, telling our stories, women pastors on December 4, 2012| 8 Comments »
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Growing up as Asian American in a predominantly white neighborhood, I felt like Superman and an ugly duckling rolled into one. On some days, even if I was as good as Superman, I was still an alien. On other days, I felt like an ugly duckling who just wanted to feel at home—that is, home in my own skin. (more…)
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