Mar 9, 2012 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words
A few weeks ago I was at the salon, having my hair cut. It is a great place for nosy people like me, who like “overhearing” the conversations of others. The woman sitting next to me talked loudly about her husband’s less than thrilling habits, and...
Feb 23, 2012 | Encouraging Words, Preaching
Martha Stearns Marshall Month, occurring in February, celebrates the voices of women in the pulpit. Marshall lived during the eighteenth century, and along with husband, provided leadership and preaching for Baptist churches in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia,...
Feb 3, 2012 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words
I love my job. Seriously love it. Connecting with, encouraging, supporting Baptist women ministers brings me lots of joy, but I am aware that what I do–what Baptist Women in Ministry as an organization does–reaches beyond women who are currently serving,...
Oct 5, 2011 | Encouraging Words
It took me a long time to decide to go ahead and pursue pastoral standing with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). I grew up in a Baptist church, went to a Baptist seminary, and was ordained in a Baptist church. Yet after graduation from seminary I found very...
Jul 12, 2011 | Encouraging Words
Through all the seminary lectures I soaked in, all the feminist-language celebrations of worship I’ve planned and participated in, all the arguments (I mean, respectful discussions) I’ve undertaken about the role of women in the church . . . through all those things,...
Jul 11, 2011 | Encouraging Words
One morning last week I had coffee with a young Ph.D. student in our congregation. She is brilliant, an honors graduate from UMass. I have known her for years because she was a member of Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, when I was pastor there. I...
