Jun 3, 2010 | Being a Minister
Today, my “This Is What a Preacher Looks Like” T-shirt journeyed with me to the gym. I woke up this morning knowing that today was the day and wondering if I had it in me. I have never been a runner. My body is not really built to be running around, but about a...
Jun 1, 2010 | Challenges in Calling
As a newlywed in the late 1950s, I enrolled at Southern Theological Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, in order to become a good “pew person” as my minister husband became a pastor. His income from serving a country church and our meager expenses allowed me the...
May 26, 2010 | Being the Church, Finding God in the Everyday, The BWIM Book Club
I am not a minister per se. I am the daughter of one and sister to one; however, I never felt that same sense of calling. However, I believe we are all called to serve God in some capacity. I love God. I am a Christian. I love that Jesus Christ was the epitome of the...
May 25, 2010 | Challenges in Calling
“What’s your name?” barked the military training officer. “Hicks.” With minor irritation in his raspy voice, “Is that how you’re going to say it???” As if I wasn’t already nervous enough, a look of bewilderment spread over my face as I answered with a hesitation...
May 21, 2010 | Great Women in History
Julia Ward Howe lived from 1819-1910. The mother of six children, she was also an author, poet, preacher, teacher, and activist. If you do not know Julia by name, you likely know her by song. First published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1862, she wrote the lyrics to...
