Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 8hStellar quote from a keynote address at the ECS-NJ Gala, “Grace may be free, but ministry costs money.” Saving that for later lol. 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Self-soothing by listening to “If You’re Gonna be Dumb, you Gotta be Tough” over and over. 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Bonus photos from a k9 blessing I could not attend :) 020
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We blessed some animals today!! Drop your animal blessing pics from today if you have any :)! Happy feast of St. Francis everyone! Someone even brought a bunny today lol ⚓️ 181
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Being in the Episcopal Church makes me feel youthful, and then I go home and have to message my little sister to learn what emojis we’re using for laughter now. 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just found out I’m preaching for the first time ever on GAUDETE SUNDAY! Heck yes, what a win :). 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026178 days until I get to hear All Glory Laud and Honor again 😌 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good Shepherd, in Berlin NJ! Super cool church, I’m writing a story about them for the diocesan newsletter this week :) 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’s also ✨approved liturgy✨, this is a settled issue! I don’t have to like it for other people to do it! Idk when folks will learn that their personal liturgical preferences cannot and should not dictate the life of the whole church. 180
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Notably, this is a THRIVING, diverse church. I’ve truly never seen anything like it. Bonus points because the priest wore a zucchetto and biretta 121
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Guys, I went to a sung/high Mass today except that 100 percent of the music was contemporary and even the Mass parts were contemporary settings. I was visiting with the Bishop but this is just…what this church does every Sunday. Spectacular. Anglicanism really is a big tent, I love it here. 🕯️ 1131
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Well, it’s certainly a weapon against good cholesterol, if nothing else 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Also lettuce, tomato, and onion (for health, obviously) 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New Jersey activity of the week: Doordashed Fat Sandwiches 😌. For those outside New Jersey, a fat sandwich is a sub, except the ingredients are all fried food. Mine contains French fries, mozzarella sticks, jalepeno poppers, hot sauce, and ranch 😌. 250
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I have to say, reading Anselm is really confirming to me that as much as I love a good argument, “it logically makes sense and would reasonably follow” is just not how we should make doctrinal assertions. Sounds doctrine needs more than logic. 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Reading Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo and was just sent into hysterics over the genuine line “I have nothing I could raise as an objection to anything you have said. But you are scaring me just a little.” It’s nice to know medieval theologians were just like us 😌. 051
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am so unfathomably excited to go to Renn Faire this month. This is my Super Bowl. I am doing nothing but constructing my outfit in my head all the time. 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It is very sweet to invite my husband to men’s group things, and he is always happy to be invited, but it’s always a little funny when the event is like “Cigars! Beer! Football! Steak!” Because my husband is more of a dungeons and dragons, fix your computer, fruity cocktail kinda guy. 021
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Grateful to be ahead of the curve (I believe in total depravity 😌) 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026That makes it hard to build familiarity when you only hear each hymn 1-2 times a year. All that + the fact that some musicians and clergy will opt for music without really factoring in the congregation’s ability to sing it. The 82 has singable, familiar favorites, but many churches don’t use them. 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026So much of it (for me!) is that I cannot read music and there are many popular hymns in the 82 that aren’t necessarily intuitive in how they progress. In addition, because of our tradition’s love for music, many of our clergy and musicians vary the music significantly more than in other churches. 110
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026First Sunday as a ministry intern, third-ish week of seminary, and a roaring program year in the diocese of New Jersey! I’m tired but so so happy :) 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you need to know ANYTHING about the diocese of New Jersey, it’s in our newsletter this week. This thing is LONG lol. Also I redid the template, so for my NJ folks, let me know your thoughts! 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Genuinely cannot find Mexican food in Jersey that is even moderately similar to the Mexican food I grew up eating in the Carolinas and it’s devastating me. Idk if it’s a different style of cuisine or what but everything in New Jersey is comparably so dry and sad 😭. 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I take 5 psychic damage every time I say the contemporary Our Father. 272
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Which tarot deck should you buy based on who your patron saint is” type shi 120
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Turns out if you say that rain when it’s sunny is referred to as “the devil is beating his wife” that gives you away lol 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Reading Sarum Missal for class rn. My new favorite term for the cup is “celestial beverage” lol 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wearing jeans today, feels like everyone knows I’m not a real pants-wearer 😔 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Something I find very funny is that when I scroll on tiktok every single mainline clergy person that appears on my feed is marked as “people you may know.” I want to be bothered by this, but statistically, I probably do know them lol. 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026To be fair, we had A LOT of people for a summer Sunday 110
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Just gave it a bit of a listen as someone who cannot read music. I would need to hear it maybe 5 times to have a chance of singing it well. 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Listen, “it’s a sin” is also, unironically, what keeps me from texting and driving lol. 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026My greatest op in this life is whoever decided that the bathrooms in nice restaurants should be nearly entirely dark. Just WHY? Photo evidence of a bathroom in Brooklyn I had the displeasure of experiencing today. (Yes, all the lights are on.) 010
Reposted by Hailey Hensleyconrad 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✝️📿 @conradelliot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Really love this picture of South Carolina's ACNA Bishop Chip and TEC Bishop Ruth laughing together joyfully at the altar of the new chapel at Porter Gaud Prep School in South Carolina! God help us to have so much joy in the Lord as to obliterate our divisions ⚓️ 1291
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I shall be there (I say as a semi-fake seminarian) 010
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Garamond/Garamond Pro is my personal favorite :) 150
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Just remembered Lana Del Rey existed, this is not good news. 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026We still have power at Dio house if it’s an emergent need lol 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026One of my kids is crucifering for the first time tomorrow and I am genuinely so excited 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Life in the 21st century is so funny because what do you MEAN I just had a stress nightmare about posting something uncouth on TikTok (I have never made a tiktok lol) 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026You said PR and I thought you meant public relations 😔 I thought you were having a conversation I could engage in! 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Genuinely seeing the AI created flyers kills any desire I have to attend the event 😭 canva is FREE 110
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Just had a surprise 1 hour call where I had to biblically defend women being called to the priesthood. Some key quotes include “I just think women are called to a softer life, you shouldn’t have to do all that hard work!” And “How would you balance being a wife and being a priest??” 😭 000
Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026They’re going to think you’re secretly living there lol 010