Mar 28, 2011 | Adventures in Seminary, Preaching
In the fall of 2009, I moved away from everyone and everything I knew in Kentucky to begin studying for my Master of Divinity degree at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. Before moving, I had applied to be the children’s...
Mar 24, 2011 | Challenges in Calling, Preaching
I remember the first time I heard a woman preach. I was a freshman at Georgetown College. To be quite honest, I didn’t really like her. Based on what I’d been taught growing up and the male models I had seen as preachers, I felt that she was trying to be something...
Feb 9, 2011 | Being the Church, Encouraging Words, Preaching
I was called to ministry during my junior year in college at a Baptist Student Union conference, and I said, “Yes!” The only problem was that I had no idea what a woman minister looked like. I had never seen a woman pastor, or even a woman deacon, and I certainly...
Jan 25, 2011 | Being the Church, Community, Preaching
Sometimes, I am not sure we really want to experience ecumenicalism or diversity. We say we do, but maybe we are afraid of being changed. Most of the ecumenical events I see today seem to bring together persons who are like-minded from the start. They may belong to...
