by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | May 20, 2021 | Opinion
It’s all tiring and a bit chaotic, really. As much as I look forward to getting out and about again, even engaging in some much-anticipated travels, I also feel like I need time to recover from the past few months – or is it years? What I (we) thought would be over,...
by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | Aug 31, 2020 | Opinion
“I have anxiety fatigue,” a clergy colleague commented with exhaustion in her voice. Everyone else in the Zoom meeting immediately identified, and stories of what was happening personally and professionally came spilling out. Threaded through it all was a despair over...
by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | May 20, 2020 | Opinion
Like others, I started a jigsaw puzzle several weeks ago, but today mine remains unfinished. It has been energizing, frustrating, rewarding, often confusing; it seems an apt analogy for how clergy are feeling these days. Several years ago, at a family reunion, someone...
by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | May 13, 2020 | Opinion
I’ve been thinking a lot about creativity lately. A few weeks ago, I was asked what gave me hope, especially with COVID-19 shelter-in-place guidelines beginning to impact the United States. My answer was that creativity was emerging around me as people shifted with...
by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | Mar 27, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The latest episode of “Good Faith Weekly,” a new podcast from Good Faith Media, features Elizabeth Denham Thompson discussing mental health in times of crises. You can listen to the podcast on Whooskaa, iTunes and Spotify. The 2009 Tony award-winning...
