Feb 14, 2014 | Great Women in History, Preaching
It took a long time–213 years to be exact. But in February 2006, one of Columbia County’s leading women was finally honored for her outstanding achievements. Baptist Women in Ministry honored Martha Stearns Marshall by naming February 2006 and every February...
Jul 19, 2011 | Great Women in History, The BWIM Book Club
“It is a small thing to be judged of a man’s judgement. It is good to know that we are judged by God.” As I began my graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I stumbled across the quotation above and, when I did, it gave me pause. The...
May 10, 2011 | Great Women in History
Every time I read the proclamation from Jesus in Nazareth in Luke 4: 18, I am struck at his precision in articulating his life purpose as the Messiah. When he arrives in his home town, he unrolls the scroll and emphatically recites the words from the servant song in...
Apr 28, 2011 | Encouraging Words, Great Women in History
“Treasure hunter.” Those two words might best describe what I do at the American Baptist Historical Society. More technically, I process collections. But that doesn’t sound nearly as fun as “treasure hunter.” Many of the collections that arrive on our doorstep are a...
Apr 15, 2011 | Great Women in History, The BWIM Book Club
The Lord gives the command; great is the company of women who bore the tidings. Psalm 68:11 (NRSV) Earlier this spring I was sitting with a congregation in Durham, North Carolina listening to a “call sermon” by a student. She began by telling the story of the woman at...
Jan 27, 2011 | Encouraging Words, Great Women in History
One of the legendary practitioners of Celtic Christianity I have encountered in my class with the Oates Institute is St. Brigid of Kildare. An early leader of the church in Ireland, much of her history is based on hagiography (writing that testifies to the saintly...
