Katherine Willis Pershey
minister, author, yoga instructor
books & writing
Love Letters to God, with Devon Spencer
Cascade Press 2025; Foreword by Winn Collier
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Love Letters to God is an intensely personal and deeply theological book of epistles between two dear friends. The authors hail from different backgrounds in faith, family, and life circumstances but find common ground in their devotion to Christ, Christianity, and each other. The letters chronicle a year in the life of this friendship, marked by fervent faith and bouts of unbelief; suffering and rejoicing; death, loss, and baptism; and the sanctification of a friendship. The tone is at once literary and personal, peppered as much with theological references as unrefined vulnerability, and speaks to all who cherish their faith and their friends.
Very Married: Field Notes on Love & Fidelity
Herald Press 2016; Foreword by Eugene Peterson.
Katherine Willis Pershey has never slept with the mailman or kissed an ex-boyfriend. Good thing, since she's married. But simply not committing adultery does not give you the keys to happily ever after, as Pershey has come to find out in her own marriage and in her work as a pastor. What is this sacred covenant that binds one person to another, and what elements of faith and fidelity sustain it? In Very Married: Field Notes on Love and Fidelity, Pershey opens the book on all things marital. With equal parts humor and intelligence, Pershey speaks frankly about the challenges and consolations of modern marriage. As she shares her own tales of bliss and blunder, temptation and deliverance, Pershey invites readers to commit once again to the joyful and difficult work of cherishing another person. For better or worse. For life.
Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith & Family
Chalice Press 2012
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First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the minister with the baby carriage. In this collection of interrelated personal essays, Katherine Willis Pershey chronicles the story of her life as a young pastor, mother, and wife. At turns hilarious and harrowing, deeply moving and gently instructive, Pershey's reflections will strike a chord with anyone who has ever rocked a newborn, loved an alcoholic, prayed for the redemption of a troubled relationship, or groped in the dark for the living God.
other writing
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Contributor page at the Christian Century Magazine
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Contributor page at The Art of Simple
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Essay in the Chicago Tribune (September 2016)