As a pastor ”” especially as a woman pastor ”” the Rev. Kristine Holmgren is used to being in the public eye.
In addition to speaking from the pulpit, Holmgren has reached people across the country through the informally syndicated column she wrote for the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune and as a commentator for National Public Radio.
That exposure has perhaps helped prepare her for her newest venture as a playwright.
Here’s a summary of her new play, in her own words:
[blockquote]Bernice Fairfax is too long single and about to turn forty. Her adorable cupcake shop is struggling, her fourteen-year-old daughter is on a body-piercing binge and the only men Bernice meets are sick, bad, crazy or stupid. Â Will a visit from her born-again-Druid-Priestess-Â mother change anything?[/blockquote]
Here’s a post from her blog,
http://kristinemholmgren.blogspot.com/2012/02/single-motherhood-is-best.html
[blockquote]I’m not going to recommend you go to worship. I wish I could – but my experience with organized religion is negative. The last thing you need is the pain of an indifferent or cruel faith-based community.[/blockquote]
http://kristinemholmgren.blogspot.com/2011/07/dear-kristine-i-look-at-republicans-and.html
And don’t miss her work over at her “Dead Feminists Society of Minnesota – Salon for Uppity Women.”