Nov 2, 2016 | Weekly Words
Like many women, when the tapes of the 2005 conversation of Donald Trump bragging in vulgar terms about kissing and groping women came out, I was deeply disturbed. For several days following the release of the tape, I was distressed and angry. At first, I didn’t know...
Oct 26, 2016 | Weekly Words
Perhaps I am being a little too transparent, but I have to believe that I am not the only one who has gone through, or is currently going through, feeling guilt as a woman in ministry. Recently, I wrote a blog on boundaries and knowing when to say “yes,” and “no”....
Oct 19, 2016 | Weekly Words
“I really needed to hear that,” voiced a student following the second lecture of the Cornerstone Series at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. The Cornerstone Series Bible Lectures, endowed by Lee and Lunelle Hemphill in honor of his parents, the late Mr. and...
Oct 12, 2016 | Weekly Words
Embrace the glorious mess that you are. – Elizabeth Gilbert At the start of this year, our church hosted a visioning workshop. I love visioning, it’s the living it out that’s the tough part. Led by a leadership coach, we were invited to name the ways we...
Oct 5, 2016 | Weekly Words
When I first began to hear about the importance of self-care for ministers, I thought, “that sounds nice.” But in the words of YouTube sensation Kimberly “Sweet Brown” Wilkins, “Ain’t nobody got time for that.” I interpreted self-care to be optional or “as needed.” My...
Sep 28, 2016 | Weekly Words
It has been ten years since Ruth Ann Foster died. In some ways, it feels like just yesterday that we were donning our tiaras and feather boas together. In other ways, so much has happened since 2006 that it feels like a lifetime ago. Dr. Foster was a founding faculty...
