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Going to church camp is always a weird time for me. 2 years ago I listened to the "Genesis and Evolution" episode on the way to camp. From there, the questions that had been always in the back of my mind completely consumed me. Since then, I have had a complete reconstruction of my faith, and have realized my worth as a woman in the church. Please be thinking of me this week as I head off to camp and try to be a light to these kids. Also, Thank you @mike and @vishnu for your work!

I told my parents I am thinking of leaving our church and that I feel a calling to ministry and their response was basically trying to steer me away from that decision and telling me I should volunteer to lead the youth group. Sigh. Our diocese doesn’t accept women as priests. Even if I don’t feel called to the priesthood, I am done with that shit. I want to be in a place that empowers and lifts up women.

I feel like today will be one of those days where I will shout "Serenity Now" multiple times. Happy Monday!

I'm just a mom. Standing in front of my 6 year old. Telling him to go the fuck to sleep.

I met up with the pastor of a church I might be switching to and he told me “this might sound weird but they way you speak mixed with your physical appearance reminds me of Rachel Held Evans.”

BEST. COMPLIMENT. EVER.

Why the hell am I STILL doing bedtime? It started at 7:30 and it’s almost 9:00 now 😭😭

I spoke with our parish priest about how I can't in good conscience attend a place that is not affirming and that I feel a calling towards ministry. His response was "you need to do what you need to do and I will support you. If you ever want to get ordained as a priest or pastor, I can help you through that process too if you want. Just know my job is to see you flourish in your faith and you have burned zero bridges." And then he gave me some church recommendations :)

Talked to the wife of our our priest about possibly leaving our church. She was kind and empathetic and then said I should at least try other denominations to find the right fit. I have a game plan for leaving, but still staying involved in our church camp, as they need affirming adults as counselors. I cannot just jump ship on those kids. I am hoping the talk with our camp director goes as smoothly...

Guess we should have our next STL Lit meet up on the Illinois side :)

Mother Nature is angry with us I think 😬. This is only round one. Round two to come after midnight. I am pretty used to just not sleeping anymore.

This happened today when they were playing with their friends. I know they do the drills at school and I get it, but at the same time, this should not be their reality. I told them "Let's play a different game everyone."

My kids shouldn’t be “pretending to have a school shooter drill.” But you know. Guns aren’t a problem in this country😡.

The church I went to today played “Beautiful Things” during the worship set :)

Sirens going off. Dammit. More storms. And my kid is at school.

Checking in with my STL area Lit fam. I see you also got some bad weather too yesterday:(

Looks like it is dying down. At one point there were 3 tornado warnings in the area and we were projected to get hit by one of those cells. Once it crossed the Illinois River, it simmered down in our area. But dang, the lightening and thunder show is beautiful right now.

It's not looking good over this way. I'm really excited to wake my sleeping kids and take them into the basement in about half an hour...

Looks like severe storms are on their way. Wish us luck. We get nervous in these parts because we had a devastating F4 tornado go through our town in 2013.

Nothing makes you clean out your house better than signing up for the neighborhood garage sale, and being put on prednisone for insane inflammation after a wicked virus. I am extra amped up this week and putting that energy toward getting rid of ALL THE THINGS. Like I want this place to look like we are moving tomorrow 😂