Jun 12, 2015 | +This is What a Minister Looks Like
Every Friday, Baptist Women in Ministry introduces an amazing minister. Today we are pleased to introduce Jerusha Joshua. Jerusha, tell us about your journey in life and your calling. I have traveled some distance in my life. My father was the pastor of Carey Baptist...
Jun 11, 2015 | DEAR ADDIE
Dear Addie, I have a shiny new seminary diploma of which I am proud. But I don’t have a ministry position to go with it! I started my search process about six months before I graduated, but so far no luck. I have had a few interviews and even went on a visit to...
Jun 10, 2015 | Weekly Words
My new book, Strength for the Journey: Feminist Theology and Baptist Women Pastors, focuses on women who continue to preach and serve as pastors and who have remained Baptists in the South but are no longer Southern Baptists. I became curious about these women....
Jun 9, 2015 | Tuesday Prayers
God, help me to find stillness and quiet so that I can really listen — to my life and to you. Amen. – Anita Flowers
Jun 8, 2015 | A Monday Devotional
“For God alone my soul waits in silence.”–Psalm 62:1 I do not wish to wait in silence because you are not there. I wait. The silence grows louder, oppressive in its emptiness. I am alone in the world, and maybe prayer itself is an illusion—my longing for...