Mar 2, 2016 | Weekly Words
On March 15, 2016, I will celebrate thirty years of friendship with eight women—eight African American women. I place emphasis on our race because, historically, black women have been stereotyped as angry with trust issues and as “drama queens!” Because of these...
Feb 24, 2016 | Weekly Words
I did not start in ministry as a married woman. I accepted my call to ministry while in I was in college, and after participating in several overseas mission trips, I went on to seminary, finishing in four years. I was then ordained, did Clinical Pastoral Education,...
Feb 17, 2016 | Weekly Words
The beginning of 2016 has brought a busy season for me and my ministry. A number of special events, trips, normal gatherings, meetings, and demands of life have flooded all the hours of my days. I don’t say this as a complaint but as a reality. In the midst of these...
Feb 10, 2016 | Weekly Words
In just a few days, my husband and I will be traveling to China to adopt our little girl; finally turning the page on a chapter in our life that has been nine years in the making. She is fourteen months old, and as her caretaker describes, “she is tiny, but fierce.”...
Feb 3, 2016 | Weekly Words
1:00 p.m.: My 12-hour shift begins. I meet with a potential kidney donor. A few of our chaplains, including me, are trained as Living Donor Advocates. I discuss the risks of donation and ask if they feel pressure from anyone to donate, then give them a chance to raise...
Jan 21, 2016 | Weekly Words
Why should you invite a woman to preach in your church during Martha Stearns Marshall Month, this February? Well, it depends on where your church is along the pathway of accepting women in ministry. Whether you are at the...
