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Sharon Wylie (aka Rev. Steel Toe)

I am a Unitarian Universalist minister, living and working in San Diego County. I am the called and settled minister at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Escondido, CA. I come to Unitarian Universalist ministry as a second career, after working over ten years at my family’s construction company.

My partner, Peter, and I have been together since 1994, having met in college. I was born and raised in San Diego, where my family (my parents and my three siblings with their families) still resides.

I am a vegetarian, tea aficionado, movie lover, “Top Chef” fan, and guardian to three cats. My favorite author is Jane Austen, and my favorite poet is Judy Grahn. I love the music of Sweet Honey in the Rock and Peter Mayer.

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4 Responses to "Sharon Wylie (aka Rev. Steel Toe)"

  1. Darlene Pagano says:
    August 30, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    Well, glad I opened that link on uuworld.org:the independent web.
    I am enjoying your blog. Couple of items:
    1. I was going to recommend colorlines.com (being transparent and announcing my connection), but low and behold, upon reading down the blog-roll there we already are. thank you.

    2. Are you staying in the area for this next church year? would you be interested in talking about a guest pulpit gig? (Oh dear, is the term gig? perhaps there is some MUCH more church-ly term to use.) In any case, if so please contact me. My personal email is dpagano@igc.org

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    1. Sharon Wylie says:
      August 30, 2011 at 6:03 pm

      Hi, Darlene! Many thanks for your kind words.

      1) I think Colorlines is a great site. My partner and I recently saw W. Kamau Bell in San Francisco with a post-show discussion with someone from Colorlines, and it was a wonderful introduction to your work.

      2) I am in the SF area at least through next August, but I am working (more than) full time as a chaplain at a local hospital, which sadly leaves me with less room for local congregational involvement this year. Anything I do will probably be at the Kensington church, which is closest to my home. And I intend to remain as involved as I can with immigration reform, of course. Thanks for offering your support, though!

      Bright blessings, Sharon

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  2. Lyn Stangland Cameron says:
    October 30, 2014 at 3:57 am

    Dear Rev. Steel Toe, I thank Sean Dennison for sharing your “steel toed” poem on face book yesterday. Powerful stuff and so much insight into the “desire-withdrawal” relationship folks have with ministry. Your writing is a reminder that this calling may look different in different environments but that its heartbreaking and isolating experience is often the same. I thank you.

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  3. Gregory Marshall says:
    October 30, 2014 at 11:21 am

    Thanks for this lament. Ministers and congregation are prone to lament we never have enough! And never enough usually means members and money. If we had three members and $3 would we have enough? I think so! More than enough! Hard times are ahead! How do you feed 5000 with a few loaves and some fish?

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