Oct 1, 2010 | Being the Church
Rachel didn’t get up that morning intending to pilfer her sister’s husband. “That’s not how we do it around here,” Laban would later tell Jacob. He could have spoken those same words seven years earlier. Laban could have told Jacob by firelight the first night his...
Sep 30, 2010 | Challenges in Calling, Encouraging Words
Reading about Al Mohler’s embarrassment that he once advocated for female clergy brought to mind the great Anne Lamott story about shopping with her friend. Pam had cancer and just three weeks to live when the two went shopping to find a new outfit for Anne....
Sep 27, 2010 | Being the Church, Community, Encouraging Words
The Baptists of the world are networked together under the umbrella of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). There are seven continental organizations within the BWA Women’s Department covering each continent of world except Antartica. The North American Baptist Women’s...
Sep 22, 2010 | Finding God in the Everyday
“Is it dangerous where you are?” I ask the attractive Native American woman as we walk along. “No, ma’am” she responds pensively. “Just the snipers, the car bombs, the booby traps, the IEDs, and the VBIEDs” (pronounced vee-bids, Vehicular Borne IEDs). “Good...
Sep 20, 2010 | Being a Minister, Challenges in Calling
I’ve grown used to the nearly incessant sound of tractors and other construction vehicles near my house. You see, my neighbors have been working on a building project for what seems like an eternity. They intended to build a house on an empty lot but instead have had...
