Sep 30, 2015 | Weekly Words
Once in a team-building exercise our group was asked to create a cover page for our autobiographies; I drew one of those signposts with multiple arrows all pointing different directions, and titled my “book” Neither Here nor There. I grew up in a family that moved to...
Sep 28, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
We have sinned—right along with our ancestors. We’ve done what is wrong. We’ve acted wickedly… But God saved them from hostile powers; redeemed them from the power of the enemy. Psalm 106:6, 10 The small, no-frills room is illuminated by a few mismatched lamps and a...
Sep 25, 2015 | +This is What a Minister Looks Like
Every Friday, Baptist Women in Ministry introduces an amazing minister, and today we are so pleased to introduce Kristen Muse. Where and how are you currently serving in ministry? I am currently serving as the associate pastor at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in...
Sep 23, 2015 | Weekly Words
On my first shift as a full-time chaplain, I fell down on the job. I mean that literally. Before I even got into the hospital, I was walking down the steps in the parking garage, and I slipped. It had been raining all day, and the stairwell was open to the elements,...
Sep 21, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. Psalm 105:1 In the sixteenth chapter of 1 Chronicles, a worship service is taking place. The people of God are celebrating the return of the Ark of the Covenant, the emblem...