bell hooks defined Queer as: “not as being about who you’re having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but ‘queer’ as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.” Join Lay Minister Amy Day, fresh back from her trip to the Nevertheless She Preached cohort retreat, where she, along with female clergy from across the country, gathered to do the brave and delicate work of re-imagining “ministry, church, & preaching through rest, communal care, and innovative, collaborative learning guided by experienced, visionary leaders.” Not to be missed.