Rev. Karie Ann Charlton is a PCUSA pastor, writer, and menstrual health advocate. She volunteers with Days for Girls International, providing menstrual health kits and education.
Karie would love to talk to your employer about being a period positive workplace. She is also available to speak with volunteer organizations about period poverty and all of the ways we can advocate for access to menstrual health education and menstrual products.
Pastor Karie is available to preach or speak about how she connects her faith to volunteering, giving, and community engagement. She is also available to lead workshops or retreats. Pastor Karie loves to work in interfaith/multi-faith spaces focusing on how we can unite for social justice and for respectful relationship.
Contact her to book a speaking engagement for any community group, school, or religious organization.
Read her work published in Presbyterian Outlook
Listen to her guest appearance on Spirited Animation to discuss Pixar’s Turning Red! And menstruation, ministry, and mother-daughter relationships.
Read about the period pastor in Fidelia, The Young Clergy Women magazine or in cartoon form in Public Source
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Prayer and de-escalation practices
Every once in a while, the website host prompts me to view blog posts from a few years ago. I remember this one and I remember doing the training that I talk about in it. 2020 was certainly a wild time, with the pandemic, political unrest, and a resurgence of anti-racist protests. I was participating…
Prayers for mid-term elections
Elections seem to bring out the worst in all of us. In 2020, I submitted prayers to the Clergy Emergency League that can be read in the original blog post linked above. A few of my prayers were chosen for the Clergy Emergency League Liturgical resources for election season. This mid-term election cycle feels almost…
Advent 2026 with The Presbyterian Outlook (update)
If you missed the previous blog, I describe the process of working on the 2026 Advent devotional for the Presbyterian Outlook. The website is live for pre-ordering the devotional, Dear Pastor: Advent Letters. During the editing process of the Dear Pastor letters, I realized that one of the letters alluded to creating a liturgy for…
