Aug 1, 2012 | Being a Minister, Community
Our girls were happily engaged in gymnastics class, and a fellow mom and I were sitting in our favorite coffee shop. We had met at the gymnastics class a few weeks before, and since we were both new to Columbia, South Carolina, we decided to have a cup of coffee and...
Jun 19, 2012 | Being a Minister, Being the Church
Stuck, stymied and stalemated. That’s how I feel when I serve on some ministry teams. I like synergy, shared ideas, and community. I like connectivity. I like for our ministry to be stronger as a result of working together. When all this coalesces, serving on a...
May 17, 2012 | Being a Minister, Challenges in Calling
I was sitting in the carpool line listening to NPR when I heard the story of a Methodist pastor who left her parish and later announced she was an atheist. As I listened to her story, I quickly experienced a dozen reactions: judgment of her for not discussing any of...
May 11, 2012 | Being a Minister
May 6, 2012 Dearest Meg, On this special day when your gifts as minister are recognized and blessed by God and this congregation, I offer another blessing represented by this stole. Two years ago, at my ordination, you laid hands on me and joined a community that I...
May 1, 2012 | Being a Minister, Challenges in Calling
It’s been a busy few months. On February 5, 2012, I accepted the call to be the pastor of Sharon Baptist Church in Smithfield, North Carolina. I spent February and March transitioning out of my position in campus ministry, a ministry I’d been a part of...
Apr 27, 2012 | Being a Minister, Motherhood and Ministry
“You cannot make her eat,” said the pediatrician. I am certain I looked at her as if she had grown a second head. With my toddler, Eve, in tow, I had come for my well child visit and just rattled off a laundry list of ways I was trying to prompt a defiant toddler to...
