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...
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...
Mar 28, 2012 | +Pam Durso, Being the Church
Last Thursday I went with my Peer Learning Group to the Ignatius House–a Jesuit Retreat Center tucked away in north Atlanta. The center is an oasis of trees and large grassy areas all sitting just above the river. Our group gathered for coffee and conversation,...
Mar 16, 2012 | +Pam Durso, Community
Today I celebrated Sue Fitzgerald! She is one of my favorite people. I first got to know Sue in 2005, when she wrote her story for Courage and Hope: The Stories of Ten Baptist Women Ministers, a book I co-edited with my husband. Over the years I have talked numerous...
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 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,...
