Barbara Grace Ripple will share the joys (and some of the pain) of her journey at Interfaith Conversations Windward on Monday, September 10 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Pohai Nani Retirement Community, 45-090 Namoku St., Kaneohe, HI 96744.

How does one go from being born on Friday the 13th to a superstitious mother in Cleveland, Ohio to being Superintendent of 40 United Methodist churches in the Hawaii District 56 years later? How does one who is told, “You are a female—you can’t be a pastor—that is only for men!” achieve the education needed to be a pastor while raising five children?

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