Jan 13, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words, Preaching
For five years now, Baptist Women in Ministry has sponsored the Martha Stearns Marshall emphasis–asking churches to invite a woman to preach in February. Last year we had 106 churches in the United States and one in Cuba participate. This time around I have had...
Jan 5, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Motherhood and Ministry
One of the many topics of conversation that swirls around when women ministers gather is ministry and motherhood. Seems like there are more questions about this topic than answers. So for those minister moms out there–what advice do you have? Any lessons...
Dec 14, 2010 | +Pam Durso, Being a Minister, Great Women in History
We gather today to recognize the working of God among us and to celebrate God’s working in the life of Libby Grammar Garrett. And on this special day, Libby, those of us gathered here affirm your call to ministry, we acknowledge that God has gifted and graced you for...
Nov 2, 2010 | +Pam Durso, Being the Church
I spent Monday praying. This past Monday, November 1, was the annual Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer (sponsored by the Baptist World Alliance Women’s Department). Knowing that thousands of my Baptist sisters were praying on that day made me more mindful and...
Oct 22, 2010 | +Pam Durso, Challenges in Calling
The column, Right or Wrong, is sponsored by the T.B. Maston Chair of Christian Ethics at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon School of Theology and is published weekly in the Baptist Standard, both in its print edition and on its website. Each column features a...
Sep 6, 2010 | +Pam Durso, Encouraging Words, Preaching
A few weeks ago I served on a jury. The case only last about three hours, and the deliberation process lasted only minutes. My five fellow jurors and I agree in about four minutes that the defendant was guilty. The case was amazingly forgettable as court cases go, but...
