Young Clergy Women International
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Collaboration. Embodiment. Solidarity.
YCWI is a professional membership organization by and for Christian clergy women under age 40, creating holy and authentic community.
https://youngclergywomen.org/link-in-bio/
YCWI is a professional membership organization by and for Christian clergy women under age 40, creating holy and authentic community.
https://youngclergywomen.org/link-in-bio/
Sweeping out the Demons: Keeping My Spiritual House in Order
I went into the move aware of the financial risk, and knowing it would cause me anxiety. What I didn’t expect was for life in the new house to reveal my inner demons, lurking within memories of a troubled childhood and fears about the…
I went into the move aware of the financial risk, and knowing it would cause me anxiety. What I didn’t expect was for life in the new house to reveal my inner demons, lurking within memories of a troubled childhood and fears about the…
Sweeping out the Demons: Keeping My Spiritual House in Order
I went into the move aware of the financial risk, and knowing it would cause me anxiety. What I didn’t expect was for life in the new house to reveal my inner demons, lurking within memories of a troubled childhood and fears about the future.
fideliamagazine.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Sweeping out the Demons: Keeping My Spiritual House in Order
I went into the move aware of the financial risk, and knowing it would cause me anxiety. What I didn’t expect was for life in the new house to reveal my inner demons, lurking within memories of a troubled childhood and fears about the…
I went into the move aware of the financial risk, and knowing it would cause me anxiety. What I didn’t expect was for life in the new house to reveal my inner demons, lurking within memories of a troubled childhood and fears about the…
Reading Dystopian Literature for Advent
Instead of looking away from what frightens us, we do what the Gospel writers want us to do: we sit with these possibilities. We imagine. We consider what is eternal and what is not.
Instead of looking away from what frightens us, we do what the Gospel writers want us to do: we sit with these possibilities. We imagine. We consider what is eternal and what is not.
Reading Dystopian Literature for Advent
Instead of looking away from what frightens us, we do what the Gospel writers want us to do: we sit with these possibilities. We imagine. We consider what is eternal and what is not.
fideliamagazine.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reading Dystopian Literature for Advent
Instead of looking away from what frightens us, we do what the Gospel writers want us to do: we sit with these possibilities. We imagine. We consider what is eternal and what is not.
Instead of looking away from what frightens us, we do what the Gospel writers want us to do: we sit with these possibilities. We imagine. We consider what is eternal and what is not.
Joyful Justice: The Timeless Magnificat
Alongside the joyful tone with the coming of Jesus, Advent is perhaps the season that addresses the need for justice the most. Mary’s song about the dethroning of kings, dispersal of wealth, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the lowly is a divine message for…
Alongside the joyful tone with the coming of Jesus, Advent is perhaps the season that addresses the need for justice the most. Mary’s song about the dethroning of kings, dispersal of wealth, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the lowly is a divine message for…
Joyful Justice: The Timeless Magnificat
Alongside the joyful tone with the coming of Jesus, Advent is perhaps the season that addresses the need for justice the most. Mary’s song about the dethroning of kings, dispersal of wealth, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the lowly is a divine message for all times and places.
fideliamagazine.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Joyful Justice: The Timeless Magnificat
Alongside the joyful tone with the coming of Jesus, Advent is perhaps the season that addresses the need for justice the most. Mary’s song about the dethroning of kings, dispersal of wealth, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the lowly is a divine message for…
Alongside the joyful tone with the coming of Jesus, Advent is perhaps the season that addresses the need for justice the most. Mary’s song about the dethroning of kings, dispersal of wealth, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the lowly is a divine message for…
No Crowns: A Biblical and Historical Review
Jesus was a king without a crown. He never asked for a crown; he never wanted a crown– whether it was made of thorns, a laurel wreath, or gold and silver. And why would Jesus want a crown, anyways? Crowns represent the opposite of Jesus’ Gospel.
Jesus was a king without a crown. He never asked for a crown; he never wanted a crown– whether it was made of thorns, a laurel wreath, or gold and silver. And why would Jesus want a crown, anyways? Crowns represent the opposite of Jesus’ Gospel.
No Crowns: A Biblical and Historical Review
Jesus was a king without a crown. He never asked for a crown; he never wanted a crown– whether it was made of thorns, a laurel wreath, or gold and silver. And why would Jesus want a crown, anyways? Crowns represent the opposite of Jesus’ Gospel.
fideliamagazine.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
No Crowns: A Biblical and Historical Review
Jesus was a king without a crown. He never asked for a crown; he never wanted a crown– whether it was made of thorns, a laurel wreath, or gold and silver. And why would Jesus want a crown, anyways? Crowns represent the opposite of Jesus’ Gospel.
Jesus was a king without a crown. He never asked for a crown; he never wanted a crown– whether it was made of thorns, a laurel wreath, or gold and silver. And why would Jesus want a crown, anyways? Crowns represent the opposite of Jesus’ Gospel.
Alternatives to Preaching for Thanksgiving Eve
Help! My congregation has a tradition of doing a Thanksgiving Eve service. I have so many things on my to-do list. What can I do instead?
Help! My congregation has a tradition of doing a Thanksgiving Eve service. I have so many things on my to-do list. What can I do instead?
Alternatives to Preaching for Thanksgiving Eve
Help! My congregation has a tradition of doing a Thanksgiving Eve service. I have so many things on my to-do list. What can I do instead?
fideliamagazine.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Alternatives to Preaching for Thanksgiving Eve
Help! My congregation has a tradition of doing a Thanksgiving Eve service. I have so many things on my to-do list. What can I do instead?
Help! My congregation has a tradition of doing a Thanksgiving Eve service. I have so many things on my to-do list. What can I do instead?
A Communion Liturgy in Celebration of Living Love
Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners like us. He taught us that we must embrace the poor and the outcast, and align ourselves with the tormented and troublemakers of history. Jesus noticed the ones who did not quite fit, and…
Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners like us. He taught us that we must embrace the poor and the outcast, and align ourselves with the tormented and troublemakers of history. Jesus noticed the ones who did not quite fit, and…
A Communion Liturgy in Celebration of Living Love
Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners like us. He taught us that we must embrace the poor and the outcast, and align ourselves with the tormented and troublemakers of history. Jesus noticed the ones who did not quite fit, and welcomed them in. Jesus noticed the ones who fit too well, and called them to account.
fideliamagazine.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Communion Liturgy in Celebration of Living Love
Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners like us. He taught us that we must embrace the poor and the outcast, and align ourselves with the tormented and troublemakers of history. Jesus noticed the ones who did not quite fit, and…
Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners like us. He taught us that we must embrace the poor and the outcast, and align ourselves with the tormented and troublemakers of history. Jesus noticed the ones who did not quite fit, and…
Singing the Story
In 2025, when misinformation, revisionist history, and denial of systemic injustice are rampant, Habakkuk reminds us that God does not call us to remember the past for nostalgia, but for truth-telling.
In 2025, when misinformation, revisionist history, and denial of systemic injustice are rampant, Habakkuk reminds us that God does not call us to remember the past for nostalgia, but for truth-telling.
Singing the Story
In 2025, when misinformation, revisionist history, and denial of systemic injustice are rampant, Habakkuk reminds us that God does not call us to remember the past for nostalgia, but for truth-telling.
fideliamagazine.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Singing the Story
In 2025, when misinformation, revisionist history, and denial of systemic injustice are rampant, Habakkuk reminds us that God does not call us to remember the past for nostalgia, but for truth-telling.
In 2025, when misinformation, revisionist history, and denial of systemic injustice are rampant, Habakkuk reminds us that God does not call us to remember the past for nostalgia, but for truth-telling.
Why YCWI? Benefits of Membership
In January when the Board was doing its big push to encourage everyone to officially renew their YCWI membership, someone emailed and asked me, “What are the benefits of joining YCWI?”
In January when the Board was doing its big push to encourage everyone to officially renew their YCWI membership, someone emailed and asked me, “What are the benefits of joining YCWI?”
Why YCWI? Benefits of Membership
In January when the Board was doing its big push to encourage everyone to officially renew their YCWI membership, someone emailed and asked me, “What are the benefits of joining YCWI?”
fideliamagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Why YCWI? Benefits of Membership
In January when the Board was doing its big push to encourage everyone to officially renew their YCWI membership, someone emailed and asked me, “What are the benefits of joining YCWI?”
In January when the Board was doing its big push to encourage everyone to officially renew their YCWI membership, someone emailed and asked me, “What are the benefits of joining YCWI?”
Calling Out
God is aware and judging, and calling us to do the same.
God is aware and judging, and calling us to do the same.
Calling Out
God is aware and judging, and calling us to do the same.
fideliamagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Calling Out
God is aware and judging, and calling us to do the same.
God is aware and judging, and calling us to do the same.
Tears of Joy for Archbishop Sarah Mullally
On Friday 3rd October 2025, I wept so many more tears of joy than words can express because God calls different people into relationship with Jesus, and to respond to that call in different ways.
On Friday 3rd October 2025, I wept so many more tears of joy than words can express because God calls different people into relationship with Jesus, and to respond to that call in different ways.
Tears of Joy for Archbishop Sarah Mullally
On Friday 3rd October 2025, I wept so many more tears of joy than words can express because God calls different people into relationship with Jesus, and to respond to that call in different ways.
fideliamagazine.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Tears of Joy for Archbishop Sarah Mullally
On Friday 3rd October 2025, I wept so many more tears of joy than words can express because God calls different people into relationship with Jesus, and to respond to that call in different ways.
On Friday 3rd October 2025, I wept so many more tears of joy than words can express because God calls different people into relationship with Jesus, and to respond to that call in different ways.
Images Incarnate: 7 Contemporary Iconographers to Follow
Icons are all about incarnational theology, the conviction that God is present in material things, including art. Every generation and every individual will have something to contribute to the breadth of God’s incarnation, revealing more of…
Icons are all about incarnational theology, the conviction that God is present in material things, including art. Every generation and every individual will have something to contribute to the breadth of God’s incarnation, revealing more of…
Images Incarnate: 7 Contemporary Iconographers to Follow
Icons are all about incarnational theology, the conviction that God is present in material things, including art. Every generation and every individual will have something to contribute to the breadth of God’s incarnation, revealing more of who God is, and who God calls us to be.
fideliamagazine.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Images Incarnate: 7 Contemporary Iconographers to Follow
Icons are all about incarnational theology, the conviction that God is present in material things, including art. Every generation and every individual will have something to contribute to the breadth of God’s incarnation, revealing more of…
Icons are all about incarnational theology, the conviction that God is present in material things, including art. Every generation and every individual will have something to contribute to the breadth of God’s incarnation, revealing more of…
And I Mean to Be One Too: Saints for Young Clergy Women
On this All Saints' Day may you celebrate those saints--- living and dead, in your immediate community and in the public square--- who bear witness to the presence of God at work in the world.
On this All Saints' Day may you celebrate those saints--- living and dead, in your immediate community and in the public square--- who bear witness to the presence of God at work in the world.
And I Mean to Be One Too: Saints for Young Clergy Women
On this All Saints' Day may you celebrate those saints--- living and dead, in your immediate community and in the public square--- who bear witness to the presence of God at work in the world.
fideliamagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
And I Mean to Be One Too: Saints for Young Clergy Women
On this All Saints' Day may you celebrate those saints--- living and dead, in your immediate community and in the public square--- who bear witness to the presence of God at work in the world.
On this All Saints' Day may you celebrate those saints--- living and dead, in your immediate community and in the public square--- who bear witness to the presence of God at work in the world.
Expanding Our View
In the waiting, we are stretched to see beyond our narrow interests and into God’s wider vision– a vision that is “utterly amazing” and nearly unbelievable, but one that always bends toward justice and hope.
In the waiting, we are stretched to see beyond our narrow interests and into God’s wider vision– a vision that is “utterly amazing” and nearly unbelievable, but one that always bends toward justice and hope.
Expanding Our View
In the waiting, we are stretched to see beyond our narrow interests and into God’s wider vision– a vision that is “utterly amazing” and nearly unbelievable, but one that always bends toward justice and hope.
fideliamagazine.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Expanding Our View
In the waiting, we are stretched to see beyond our narrow interests and into God’s wider vision– a vision that is “utterly amazing” and nearly unbelievable, but one that always bends toward justice and hope.
In the waiting, we are stretched to see beyond our narrow interests and into God’s wider vision– a vision that is “utterly amazing” and nearly unbelievable, but one that always bends toward justice and hope.
Some Thoughts on Interim Ministry
Tell the truth. Be curious. Be kind. Laugh Often.
Tell the truth. Be curious. Be kind. Laugh Often.
Some Thoughts on Interim Ministry
Tell the truth. Be curious. Be kind. Laugh Often.
fideliamagazine.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some Thoughts on Interim Ministry
Tell the truth. Be curious. Be kind. Laugh Often.
Tell the truth. Be curious. Be kind. Laugh Often.
The Sacred Practice of Lament
Lament is not a weakness of faith; it is the evidence of faith. It is the courage to hold God accountable to God’s own promises.
Lament is not a weakness of faith; it is the evidence of faith. It is the courage to hold God accountable to God’s own promises.
The Sacred Practice of Lament
Lament is not a weakness of faith; it is the evidence of faith. It is the courage to hold God accountable to God’s own promises.
fideliamagazine.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Sacred Practice of Lament
Lament is not a weakness of faith; it is the evidence of faith. It is the courage to hold God accountable to God’s own promises.
Lament is not a weakness of faith; it is the evidence of faith. It is the courage to hold God accountable to God’s own promises.
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Last chance to support our work for Fidelia Day! Head to youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Our final profile today is Rev. Miriam Diephouse-McMillian.
Last chance to support our work for Fidelia Day! Head to youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Our final profile today is Rev. Miriam Diephouse-McMillian.
October 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Last chance to support our work for Fidelia Day! Head to youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Our final profile today is Rev. Miriam Diephouse-McMillian.
Last chance to support our work for Fidelia Day! Head to youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Our final profile today is Rev. Miriam Diephouse-McMillian.
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Time's running out to support us today! Get your gift in now at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Eliza Smith DeBevoise is our penultimate profile today.
Time's running out to support us today! Get your gift in now at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Eliza Smith DeBevoise is our penultimate profile today.
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Time's running out to support us today! Get your gift in now at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Eliza Smith DeBevoise is our penultimate profile today.
Time's running out to support us today! Get your gift in now at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Eliza Smith DeBevoise is our penultimate profile today.
Taking Up My Space
It may be hard to take up my space fully because of all the cultural messages handed down to women about leadership and how we are to show up in the world. Perhaps it is the internalization of the message that Christians should be “nice” and that we should put others before…
It may be hard to take up my space fully because of all the cultural messages handed down to women about leadership and how we are to show up in the world. Perhaps it is the internalization of the message that Christians should be “nice” and that we should put others before…
Taking Up My Space
It may be hard to take up my space fully because of all the cultural messages handed down to women about leadership and how we are to show up in the world. Perhaps it is the internalization of the message that Christians should be “nice” and that we should put others before ourselves. Whatever combination of these beliefs may be, it prevented me from living fully.
fideliamagazine.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Taking Up My Space
It may be hard to take up my space fully because of all the cultural messages handed down to women about leadership and how we are to show up in the world. Perhaps it is the internalization of the message that Christians should be “nice” and that we should put others before…
It may be hard to take up my space fully because of all the cultural messages handed down to women about leadership and how we are to show up in the world. Perhaps it is the internalization of the message that Christians should be “nice” and that we should put others before…
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Want to support our work? Give at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Mary Sellers Shaw is our fifth profile today.
Want to support our work? Give at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Mary Sellers Shaw is our fifth profile today.
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Want to support our work? Give at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Mary Sellers Shaw is our fifth profile today.
Want to support our work? Give at youngclergywomen.org/donate/.
Rev. Mary Sellers Shaw is our fifth profile today.
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Our fourth profile is Rebekah Hays Estera.
Our fourth profile is Rebekah Hays Estera.
October 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Our fourth profile is Rebekah Hays Estera.
Our fourth profile is Rebekah Hays Estera.
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Next up is Pastor Anna Taylor-McCants.
Next up is Pastor Anna Taylor-McCants.
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
Next up is Pastor Anna Taylor-McCants.
Next up is Pastor Anna Taylor-McCants.
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
First up is Rev. Erin Jones.
First up is Rev. Erin Jones.
October 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For Fidelia Day, we're profiling seven members of YCWI to celebrate our members and alumnae. Share your own stories and photos using the hashtags #FideliaDay2025 and #YCWI.
First up is Rev. Erin Jones.
First up is Rev. Erin Jones.
Today's the day! Happy Fidelia Day!
Fiiiive Gol-den Riiinnnggs!
No? Just five days until Fidelia Day? Oh, okay.
In that case, here are FIVE ways you can show your love for YCWI on October 1st.
No? Just five days until Fidelia Day? Oh, okay.
In that case, here are FIVE ways you can show your love for YCWI on October 1st.
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today's the day! Happy Fidelia Day!
Young Clergy Women International is so much more than "just a Facebook group" for ordained women under 40! There are three stages to the YCWI journey.
September 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Young Clergy Women International is so much more than "just a Facebook group" for ordained women under 40! There are three stages to the YCWI journey.
YCWI was founded under the initial tagline, "You’re not the only one." This message brought together clergy women who had previously felt siloed in ministry.
We invite you to tag the YCWI members and alumnae below!
We invite you to tag the YCWI members and alumnae below!
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
YCWI was founded under the initial tagline, "You’re not the only one." This message brought together clergy women who had previously felt siloed in ministry.
We invite you to tag the YCWI members and alumnae below!
We invite you to tag the YCWI members and alumnae below!