Sep 19, 2012 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words
I have been sick now for an entire week. I thought it was a cold or maybe a reaction to the high ragweed count. My throat has been so sore. I cough and cough–and am now addicted to cough drops. My voice has been raspy and hoarse, and a few times I have had no...
Aug 23, 2012 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words
Every couple years I put on my accountant hat and crunch numbers. Not my tax-paying accountant hat—I put that hat on every year by April 15 and sweat over numbers. My number-crunching-accountant hat is the one I put on when I start counting up the number of women...
Aug 7, 2012 | Encouraging Words
I almost missed her. She thought I had left. And she could have left, too, but instead she sought me out so that she could give me a gift. I had just preached my first sermon at Covenant Baptist Church, where Kyndall Renfro serves as senior pastor. She was an elderly...
Jul 30, 2012 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words
We have not yet arrived—not completely and totally. Baptist women serving in ministry still hear words of opposition, encounter suspicions and doubts, and experience the pain of exclusion. We are not fully embraced by all, not welcomed in every church, not included in...
Apr 18, 2012 | Community, Encouraging Words
Dear Addie launched April 1, 2012. Our first letter came from a young mother wondering if motherhood and ministry are possible. Another came from an associate pastor who works with a pastor who pledges allegiance to the sole authority of the pastor to the point of...
Apr 15, 2012 | Community, Encouraging Words
I like to take pictures. For me, there is not a more comforting feeling than being behind a camera. Looking through a lens, I can see, capture, and appreciate the beauty that surrounds me. While photographing an event, I often search for special moments; moments...
