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Teacher Buys Coffee for a Stranger Short on Cash, Has No Clue It’s Keith Urban

"I said he did look like Keith Urban, he said he was. I didn't believe him."

Bullied 6th Grader’s Tears Turn to Joy After Community Rallies to Sign His Yearbook

Brody Ridder's Yearbook Heartbreak The end of the school year...

Friend Says “Of All People, You Should Get Why Someone Would Abort a Cleft Baby”—Dad’s Reply Is Perfect

"My ‘friend’ said, ‘Come on, of all people, you should get why someone would want to abort a cleft baby.’ That shocked me. Why would he think that?"

Sarah S. Howell

Hi, I'm Sarah! I am a young, female pastor striving to embrace all of what that means while acknowledging that my identity extends both deeper and beyond those labels. In the words of Mary Oliver, "I believe in kindness, also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when it is not necessarily prescribed." Read more of my work over on my blog.

The Loneliness of Being a Millennial in Church

'"Many people expect a pastor like me—a 29-year-old with enough piercings and tattoos to make them think I might have an “in” with my peers but not enough to totally freak them out—to know how to fix it, or even to be a draw.'

Why I Don’t Want to Fix the Problem of Millennials Not Coming to Church

"Why should they care about what’s happening inside our walls when we don’t seem to care about what’s happening outside them?"