Nov 4, 2010 | Being the Church
I have always wondered why reasonable people would think a Baptist committee could ever reach a unanimous decision. Frankly, it is remarkable “unanimous” and “Baptist” appear in the same dictionary! As the old saying goes, “Where there are two Baptists gathered...
Nov 2, 2010 | +Pam Durso, Being the Church
I spent Monday praying. This past Monday, November 1, was the annual Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer (sponsored by the Baptist World Alliance Women’s Department). Knowing that thousands of my Baptist sisters were praying on that day made me more mindful and...
Oct 26, 2010 | Being a Minister, Being the Church
In my previous position with the American Baptist Churches, about half my time was devoted to match-making. Finding pastors for churches and churches for pastors is both art and science with plenty of room for human idiosyncrasies. Though each situation is unique,...
Oct 13, 2010 | Being a Minister, Being the Church
On the occasion of my ordination into vocational ministry, a stole made by Palestinian women in Ramallah was placed on my shoulders as a reminder of the servant life I had chosen to lead. To this day, I am still inspired when I think about the weathered hands that...
Oct 1, 2010 | Being the Church
Rachel didn’t get up that morning intending to pilfer her sister’s husband. “That’s not how we do it around here,” Laban would later tell Jacob. He could have spoken those same words seven years earlier. Laban could have told Jacob by firelight the first night his...
Sep 27, 2010 | Being the Church, Community, Encouraging Words
The Baptists of the world are networked together under the umbrella of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). There are seven continental organizations within the BWA Women’s Department covering each continent of world except Antartica. The North American Baptist Women’s...
