Oct 31, 2018 | +Pam Durso
The church calendar of my childhood was the really big wall calendar that hung in the church office and noted the dates, in different colored markers of course, of all the youth events and committee meetings. Not until I studied church history in graduate school did I...
Oct 3, 2018 | +Clergy Sexual Misconduct Task Force, +Pam Durso
“Most of us need to have the status quo shaken now and then, leaving us off balance and askew, feeling alienated for a while from our usual unquestioned loyalties. In this uncomfortable space, we can finally recognize the much larger kingdom of God….This pattern of...
Sep 12, 2018 | +Pam Durso
I confessed on the Baptist Women in Ministry blog a few months ago my obsession with The West Wing television show (THANK YOU, Netflix!). Like many fans of the show, my favorite President Bartlett quote is “What’s Next?” During one of his early...
Jul 25, 2018 | +Pam Durso
I was late to the party. I did not watch “The West Wing,” when it first premiered on television in 1999, but thanks to Netflix I am now an avid fan. So “avid” in fact that I have watched all seven seasons fifteen times through and am about to...
Jun 27, 2018 | +Pam Durso
During this past week’s news cycle, in the midst of feelings of despair and anger, I have listened hard for the courageous voices, the compassionate voices, the strong voices–and as always seems to be true, many of those voices have belonged to women. So...
