by Megan Torgerson I guess you could say I’m a gray kind of girl. To be fair, in many things I’m more blue than gray: I like my sky clear, not cloudy, and I’m more apt to wear robin’s egg blue than charcoal. But outside of color preference, you’ll usually find me in gray. That […]
by Sarah Scherschligt Four friends – all Lutheran young adult women – marveled that they found a few hours for dinner together. With their schedules, planning to see each other does not come easy. As they chatted and caught each other up on their lives, one of them said: “Didn’t you think that life would […]
by Rachel Bass Guennewig I feel a small sense of dread when I think about Valentine’s Day. I seem to sabotage myself with dreams of sweetness and romance that do not often correspond with my husband’s plans for the day. It has taken me a while to peel off the layers of self-inflicted […]
by Sarah Rohde “Never settle!” “Whatever you do, wherever you go, whoever you become, never settle!” Among the words of advice that I’ve received throughout my life, this phrase nears the top in terms of frequency. It is advice that I’ve heard echoed again and again from the mouths of elders […]
Did you promise once again to lose weight and get healthy after the start of the new year? A pastoral intern shares how a technique she learned in seminary helped her with her relationship with God and food. Tiffany C. Chaney explains in this month’s podcast. Women of the ELCA staff, Gabriela Contreras, (pictured […]
by Elizabeth Hunter Above the gum, mints, and candy bars at the grocery checkout, two rows of glossy women’s magazines caught my eye. Alongside the cover-model cleavage were headlines like “How to blow his mind,” “99 sex facts,” and “outfits your man will love.” All that these magazines wanted to sell me, it seemed, were […]
by Tiffany C. Chaney If you circled the floor at your gym today searching for an available elliptical machine, repeatedly bumped into the person next to you in Zumba class because the room was so crowded, or stood in long lines at your weight-loss meeting waiting to weigh in, you are not alone. […]
Why does the season of Advent matter? The Rev. Emily Carson explains in this month’s podcast. Check out the December podcast here and on iTunes.
Are you looking to add another group to your already active Women of the ELCA unit in your congregation? Café groups are one way that young adult women have created community within their congregation. Women (and men) in Café groups meet to discuss the topics in every monthly issue of Café, (boldcafe.org) and/or hold a […]
by Emily Carson Growing up, I desperately wanted to be a news anchor or an infomercial host. I regularly convinced my little brother to play “news” with me. We’d get out the giant VHS video-camera and hours of fun would ensue. I didn’t end up becoming a news anchor, but from time to time, that […]