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Sarah Nichole Klaassen
Sarah Nichole Klaassen is a community organizer and an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She blogs occasionally at Living and Other Mysteries.
What we're learning from a long wait to adopt
The other month my spouse and I received a packet in the mail from our adoption agency. It came in a large, white, important-looking envelope—a hopeful envelope. Maybe something good is about to happen, we thought.
When the green-eyed monster strikes clergy couples
Some of us clergy couples struggle with jealousy. Some of us don’t. And sometimes we’re split on the matter. It took my partner seven and a half years before she felt the envy. Then (finally!) the other month the Rev. Jamie looked me in the eye and said (for the first time), “I am so jealous of you. If one more person says they’re going to give you a stole, I’m going to scream.”
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