Feb 6, 2013 | Encouraging Words
I grew up in a conservative Southern Baptist home in rural Alabama. At church I was emphatically taught God cannot and would not call a woman to vocational ministry. The reason offered for this belief was “It’s a violation of scripture. Women can’t teach men or be in...
Jan 31, 2013 | Being the Church
Audrey was baptized on January 20, 2013. Back in the fall of 2012, she asked about why she had not been baptized and why she did not receive the bread and juice during communion. I told her about what it means to be a believer, to claim your faith, to decide that you...
Jan 17, 2013 | Finding God in the Everyday
She is one of my Sunday school students in the first and second grade class, and you never know what she may do next. One Sunday, she called, “Miss Tammy, can I draw God?” And I replied, “Have at it.” Immediately, she popped back, “Can God be brown?” And I replied,...
Jan 1, 2013 | +Pam Durso, Finding God in the Everyday
I learned a new word last summer from my friend, Meredith Stone. Liminality. In her sermon at the Baptist Women in Ministry’s annual worship service, Meredith defined, described, and brought to life what was a new word in my vocabulary. And I have been pondering...
