A Word Always Comes by Mary Alice Birdwhistell

A Word Always Comes by Mary Alice Birdwhistell

As a new pastor, I’ve learned that Sunday comes more quickly than any other day of the week. As part of this realization, I have developed a reoccurring nightmare about the coming Sunday. In this nightmare, I step into the pulpit to preach, but I can’t for the life of...
Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs by Pam Durso

Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs by Pam Durso

For forty years now, the phrase “glass ceiling” has been part of our vocabulary. On May 24, 1978, management consultant, Marilyn Loden, coined the phrase, and unfortunately, it is as relevant now as it was forty years ago.* We all are familiar with the barriers to...