A Word to My Sisters
When I began the journey into the strange world called being a Baptist female pastor, I knew there would be challenges. I knew there would be folks who would throw the Bible at me wondering if I...
View ArticleBeing at Collegeville Part 3: What’s Your Voice?
When you are a child, it is ordinary to say, “I want to be like ____ when I grow up.” We watch, we imitate, and we learn by being around folks who inspire us the most. It’s the tools of how we figure...
View ArticleGod Calls Us to Live in the New
Guest blogger: Jayme Cloninger On February 19, Washington Plaza Baptist participated in the Baptist Women in Ministry’s Martha Stearns Marshall day of preaching by inviting Jayme Cloninger to preach, a...
View ArticleBook Review Week: Bless Her Heart
I don’t know if it is my new addiction to the Kindle app on my IPad or just the season of spring, but I’ve been on a reading kick lately of some really wonderful titles that I think many of you, blog...
View ArticleBook Review Week: Traveling with Pomegrantes
“I realize what a strange in-between place I am in. The Young Woman inside has turned to go, but the Old Woman has not shown up.” ― Sue Monk Kidd “I’ve tried to shield myself from life and inhabit my...
View ArticleWhen the World Doesn’t Look the Same
When the World Doesn’t Look the Same Easter 2012: Mark 16:1-8 I don’t know if you are like me, but when I make my choices in entertainment, especially in movies, one of my favorite weekend pastimes,...
View ArticleReading, Re-reading and Dreams
In our consumer driven everything culture, we often treat reading as just another thing to conquer, to finish, to master. In seminary, we marked our progress by how many textbook were on our shelves....
View ArticleWhat Makes You Happy?
Recently a friend and I were having the conversation about the fact that women (of course some men too) do a really crappy job of telling people what they need. We’re really good at saying, “What can I...
View ArticleWhy Do I Support Marriage Equality?
It's been a big couple of weeks in the movement of marriage equality in the United States. These are the times we're living in: Supreme Court's ruling to refusal to hear appeals from several states--...
View ArticleHow Will You Live Out Martin Luther King's Legacy?
A Sermon Preached on Martin Luther King weekend at Laurel Presbyterian Church "When Jesus Makes Us Uncomfortable" from John 2:13-25 I can remember the first-time church going to church troubled me. It...
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