Aug 23, 2013 | Encouraging Words, Finding God in the Everyday
It does not surprise me that redemption and back to school are related. The idiom, a clean slate, originated with students who used slates and chalk to answer questions in school. When a student wiped the slate, the mistakes would disappear. A clean slate was an...
Jun 7, 2013 | Adventures in Seminary, Encouraging Words
Mid-May this year, Central Baptist Theological Seminary held its annual ceremony to bless women graduates. The new graduates received brightly colored ribbons representing the colors of the liturgical seasons, and they were blessed by women who have been serving in...
May 29, 2013 | Community, Encouraging Words
I’ll never forget the words scribbled at the end of my divinity school theology paper. “Your words met a need in my own life. I look forward to your future ministry.” Future ministry? I hadn’t even imagined that far ahead! It is amazing how a word of...
May 24, 2013 | Encouraging Words
Always, I am surprised when someone speaks rudely. Most of the time, people speak either kindly, or at least neutrally. Rudeness catches me off guard. Back before everyone had cell phones, I had to drive to visit a parishioner who lived way out in the country. I had...
May 15, 2013 | Adventures in Seminary, Encouraging Words
April 29, 2013 Hi Pam, I wanted to let you know that I was ordained to ministry this past Sunday, April 28, by Tomahawk Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. It was a most sacred and wonderful experience and I personally wanted to say THANK YOU to BWIM for...
May 13, 2013 | Being a Minister, Encouraging Words
Two years ago on May 7, 2011, folks gathered at Lake Shore Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, laid hands on my shoulders, back, and head. That day a calling that began years before I was willing–or able–to see it, feel it for myself, bore down with the weight...
