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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Psalms (2025-2026A)
My husband and I traveled to the pacific northwest in the summer of 2026 which was the perfect time to see wildflowers. They remind me of the variety of psalms that have been placed together to make the beautiful bouquet that is our psalter. This last post of the 2025-2026 Year A psalms contains links…
Psalm 123 (2025-2026A)
To You I lift up my spirit; You, who are enthroned in every heart!For, as the young child holds tightly the hand of its parent,As those in the throws of disease look to one who brings comfort,So our spirits seek the Heart of Love, that we might find mercy and forgiveness.Have mercy on us, O…
Psalm 70 (2025-2026A)
Reflection: You take delight, O Radiant One, in gracing me with new life! O Beloved, come and renew me! Let me face my weakness and all that confuses me, that keeps me from joy! I seek forgiveness for my wrongdoings, I desire only You! Let me begin anew, as a child at its mother’s breast,…
Period Pastor Pad 