Apr 28, 2011 | Encouraging Words, Great Women in History
“Treasure hunter.” Those two words might best describe what I do at the American Baptist Historical Society. More technically, I process collections. But that doesn’t sound nearly as fun as “treasure hunter.” Many of the collections that arrive on our doorstep are a...
Apr 19, 2011 | Being a Minister, Being the Church
Written on the altar of what remains of a Catholic church in Ntamara, rural towns outside of Kigali, Rwanda, are the words: “if you knew me and you knew yourself, you would not have killed me.” These words are a powerful emblem at site where mass murder took place...
Apr 15, 2011 | Great Women in History, The BWIM Book Club
The Lord gives the command; great is the company of women who bore the tidings. Psalm 68:11 (NRSV) Earlier this spring I was sitting with a congregation in Durham, North Carolina listening to a “call sermon” by a student. She began by telling the story of the woman at...
Apr 13, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Being a Minister
This past Monday I was part of a conversation about women ministers and compensation. Several women spoke of their experiences in negotiating their compensation packages with churches. I was struck by the words of one woman who talked about the culture of secrecy...
Apr 11, 2011 | Being a Minister, Being the Church
Her name is Mary. She is an eighteen-year-old Rwandan teenager, whose smile brings sunshine to the cloudiest of days. A friend brought her to the center to register for English classes during my second week in Kampala. The only English word she knew was hello. Even...
