For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. Prolific author and speaker, Lisa Sharon Harper, joins us this week, speaking about how we are all made in God’s image and called good, and how often we forget that - about ourselves and about each other. She shares her journey of discovering what the “very good Gospel” is and offers that good news to us, inviting us into the vision God...

Today Pastor Kelsey turns 33, and to celebrate, she's reflecting on seven things that are saving her faith and her life. Community & letting people inWriting in my prayer journal againOne small thing for myself (special shout out to Kendra Adachi aka The Lazy Genius and her book The Lazy Genius Way)Rachel Held Evans’ book Wholehearted FaithGratitude“The most helpful thing you can do for us…”The Marco Polo app CONNECT WITH US: Donate today and support our work!Sign up to receive a l...

For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. Essence Ellis: Reproductive Justice in the Wake of Overturning Roe v Wade NOTE: This episode was recorded and published BEFORE the final Supreme Court decision was released, effectively overturning Roe v. Wade and stripping folks with a uterus of their rights. For many folks, it felt like the earth shook when Politico published th...

For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. Rev. Mahogany Thomas: A New Love Ethic “To know God in this moment is to be grounded in a love that surpasses us and that truly shifts how we interact with the world, and that then brings us hope and healing.” Transforming what she calls the “spiritual malpractice” of harmful theologies of sin, Rev. Mahogany redefines sin as the absence o...

For Black History Month, we are going back through the archives and listening to the voices of some of the incredible Black Women who have been on the show. -- The Year of Dismantling: Eliminating Systems that Marginalize & Oppress with Deidra Riggs first aired in January 2021. In December 2020, Deidra Riggs posted a video on her instagram saying we are going to start 2021 strong: "This is the year we eliminate systems, theologies, practices, and traditions in the church that marginalize...

Join Kelsey for an update on where we've been AND where we're planning to go! We've been hosting the Lady Preacher Podcast for 4.5 years now, and we are excited to be moving into the 2.0 version! Listen for more info! Connect with us! Donate today and support our work!Sign up to receive a little Gospel in your inbox every Monday Morning with our weekly devotional.Join our FREE bookclubCheck out our website for various resources - including devotionals, journaling prompts, and even curriculu...

This week we are re-releasing an old favorite: this beautiful conversation with Rev. Jes Kast - a powerhouse preacher, teacher, and leader. She talks about what it's like to get a taste of heaven here on earth while we are in service of and in worship with others: once you get a taste - just like getting a taste of mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving - a taste just isn't enough and you end up wanting more. As Rev. Jes Kast tells us - that is exactly what the Gospel is all about. "Hey, you've tast...

Rev. Miriam Diephouse-McMillan (she/her) is a board certified chaplain serving in a psychiatric hospital where she sees first-hand the ways that mental health and spiritual care collide. In this powerful episode, Miriam shares stories about the ways caring for people’s spiritual wellbeing can come alongside the medical care folks receive, and can transform lives, offering space for healing and hope. About Miriam Miriam works and writes at the intersection of Spirituality and Mental Health.&n...

This week I sat down with my dear friend, Val Hystek, to talk about a tender, beautiful topic: grief. Val has experienced her fair share of grief, but it took her a long time to be willing to wrestle with it. In an Instagram post she wrote, “Grief forced my faith to shift. Eventually. When I finally believed I have what it takes to sit with grief and survive.” Val came to believe in a God who loves us for all of who we are: who doesn’t just want the put together version of us, but the m...

A quick prayer to center your spirit as we begin election day in the United States.

Learn more about who God made you to be, and who God is calling you to become! This week we’re sharing part two of our two-part Enneagram Series. Be sure to listen to the first episode where we offer an introduction to the Enneagram and dive into types 1-4. This week we learn about types 5-9! Today’s experts include: Kevin Beebe, who helps us explore Enneagram Fives. Kevin is a pastor in the ELCA and serves as the Executive Director of Lutherwood Camp and Retreat Center. Listen to the full ...

Learn more about who God made you to be, and who God is calling you to become! This week we’re kicking off a two-part series on the Enneagram, which is a personality typing system with roots growing back into antiquity. The two episodes are pieced together with clips from a 10-episode series we did in Fall 2022, with Enneagram experts who dove deep into each of the nine personality types found within the Enneagram. you’ll get a brief history and introduction to the Enneagram and then we’ll d...

Join Pastor Kelsey and her bestie, Britney, for a raw and real conversation about the realities of practicing faith in the throes of motherhood. We all live busy lives, so whether you are a parent or not, you'll hear reflections of your own journey - where it can feel like there's no time or space to write in a prayer journal every night for 20 minutes or wake up 30 minutes earlier to read your Bible. We often feel the pressure to practice our faith or connect with God in the "right" way. Hop...

Join Pastor Kelsey and Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams for a timely and important conversation about how our faith can guide our vote, particularly when it comes to values around Reproductive Justice. About SACReD: SACReD (SACReD Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity) is a national alliance of multiracial, multifaith, multiethnic, mixed gender and sexual identity religious leaders, congregations, movement organizations, activists, academics, and directly impacted communities collabor...

Recently, Kelsey had the opportunity to preach at First Congregational Church of Bellingham and when the Pastor told her what the scripture would be, she almost backed out. It was the story of Passover (Exodus 12 and 13), when Moses leads his people out of slavery into freedom. It's a powerful, poignant story, but it also includes the gruesome and troubling 10th plague to hit Egypt: the killing of all the first-born children and animals. While she doesn't focus primarily on that aspect of t...

Close out your September and move into October with this blessing.

“Humanity was made through the outpouring of love within God. One doesn’t create out of the outpouring of love something bad or unbeautiful.” - Bridget Black If human beings are made in the image of God, then how can we understand humans as instrinsically bad? Instead, from the beginning, God creates and calls humanity good. In this transformative conversation, spiritual director and theologian Bridget Black dives into what it means to be a human being made in God's image, what it means to b...

“All of us are God’s images on earth - we are to be God’s representatives of power.” It’s not a bold statement to say that people in power often abuse it. We see corruption of power in leadership in all facets of society: politics, school administrations, businesses both large and small, churches, and even inside homes. But what if we approached leadership in a way that is more aligned with the God who leads us? Ann Garrido (she/her), an expert in Christian leadership, invites us to find a ...