Nov 20, 2013 | Encouraging Words, Finding God in the Everyday
Audrey and Eve love stories about their younger selves. Often, a particular story will be requested. Last night Audrey turned to me and said, “Tell that story about me and Eve at the playground and how Eve said, ‘Little friend.’” And the story is: When Eve was four...
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 18, 2013 | Finding God in the Everyday
It is an ordinary summer day here. Eve is mowing the lawn, and her sister, Audrey, is helping me weed flower beds. Eve is unconvinced about her task. With sunglasses, gloves, and sunscreen donned, she declares, “I can’t do this.” I know she can. She is a healthy,...
Jan 17, 2013 | Finding God in the Everyday
She is one of my Sunday school students in the first and second grade class, and you never know what she may do next. One Sunday, she called, “Miss Tammy, can I draw God?” And I replied, “Have at it.” Immediately, she popped back, “Can God be brown?” And I replied,...
Jan 1, 2013 | +Pam Durso, Finding God in the Everyday
I learned a new word last summer from my friend, Meredith Stone. Liminality. In her sermon at the Baptist Women in Ministry’s annual worship service, Meredith defined, described, and brought to life what was a new word in my vocabulary. And I have been pondering...
Oct 17, 2012 | Encouraging Words, Finding God in the Everyday
It was one of those afternoons because it had been one of those mornings. The faster I worked the more items were added to the task list. The girls were home from school and homework was not going well. Like me, the girls had too many tasks and not quite enough...
