Sermon Checklistย Planning a sermon has a lot of moving parts. Especially for beginners,ย when you getย caught up in the sermon itself, it’s easy to forget logisticalย details. Here’s a checklist that may help, so you don’t find yourself tripping into the…
Read MoreOrdinary Time V – Prayers for Ferguson
Prayers for ย #Fergusonย – Tuesdayย Yesterday I posted a sweet message about my childโs back-to-school day. Today Iโm posting a prayer for the children of #Ferguson who were scheduled to begin classes today, August 19, 2014. Schools will remain closed this…
Read MoreOrdinary Time IV – God is (Still) Waiting
God Is (Still) Waiting More Baptist churches are calling women as pastors, but the gender gap remains large. This coming Sunday, Watts Street Baptist Church, Durham, N.C., will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ordination of a woman in…
Read MoreOrdinary Time III – Closing the Mentoring Gap
Closing the Mentoring Gap A major key to closing the gender gap in ministry is mentoring to help women improve skills and knowledge and introduce them to networks that lead to jobs. This week more than 2,000 Baptists, who openly…
Read MoreOrdinary Time II – Celebrating Pam Durso
Celebrating Pam Durso* The world of Baptist Women in Ministry was waiting for you. And you, my dear friend, you have been a gift. You continue to be a gift to Baptists, to historians, to women in ministry, and to…
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Ordinary Time I – Deep Peace
Deep Peaceย This prayer has wound its way in and through my life for at least 15 years now. I saw it in print,ย prayed it in a steady breath prayer, and offered it as a blessing many times before I…
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Eastertide XI ~ Pastoral Imagination
Learning Pastoral Imagination Project My work and vocation take me in a lot of directions: writing, teaching, coaching, and consulting. Topping my list of responsibilities, however, is my researchย as co-directorย of the first ever, national, ecumenical and longitudinal study of ministry.…
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GAs Gone Badย Over the next fewย days a group of women who study Baptists and gender will gather. It will be our second gathering. The actual group is about three times the number of these pictured. Six of us will…
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โBaptist Preacher Girlโ An Evening of Entertainment National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion May 19, 2014 Readers’ Theatre By Kryn Freehling-Burton with Susan Shaw In a denomination that historically has centered on soul competency, what happens when women hear…
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Closing the Gap Despite progress, the gender gap among Baptist pastors remains persistent. In recent weeks two prominent progressive Baptist churches moved to call well-known Baptist pastors. Notably in both calls the pastors are women. Riverside Church in New York…
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Eastertide VII – Practicing Resurrection
Practicing Resurrection F ~ Food and Faith Saturdayย morning I was up early with plans to go to a hot yogaย class. My husband was planning to catch a swarm of bees (a story for another post). He told me that hisย friend…
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May 3, 2014 Tweets about #FoodAndFaith @ecampbellreed โFood and Faith: A Matter of Health and Wholenessโ Conversations with Norman Wirzba, Ellen Davis and Wendell Berry St. Georgeโs Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee Advice for young farmers? Be careful, don’t give up…
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Eastertide V
Practicing Resurrection E is forย Every Body Rule # 3 for practicing resurrection: engage your whole body. We are equipped with a kind of knowing that is not mainly with our minds or cognitive abilities. We also know the world through…
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Eastertide IV
Practicing Resurrection D As the Sister preached tonight at St. Benedict’s Vigilย service, she reflected on the Gospel reading for tomorrow. Sheย reminded me and about about 60 other worshipers that everyone, like Jesus’ย disciple Thomas, hasย periods of doubt aboutย the resurrection. Amen, Sister.…
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Eastertide III
Practicing Resurrection C Let’s start simply. Rule number one for practicing resurrection:ย Look for signs of new life. Resurrection is not merelyย about the cycles of life. However,ย it is about renewing life. Right now the cycles of life areย bursting forth everywhere. But…
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Eastertide II
Practicing Resurrection B Last week I sent offย final proofs on some devotions for Upper Room’s Disciplines 2015. My chosenย theme for the week following Easter next year is practicing resurrection. I won’t be sharing what I wrote for Upper Room here…
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Practicing Resurrection A Eastertide is theย season of the church year that we observeย from Easter Sunday until Pentecost Sunday. In the coming 50 days, I’ll beย unfolding a new series called “Practicing Resurrection.” I wroteย aboutย Wendell Berry’s injunction to “practice resurrection”ย last summer. As…
Read MoreEaster
Easterย ~ย Holy Week Remembered Blessedย Easter to you. This gallery of Lenten Lights is a remembrance of Holy Week. Whenย accounting theologically for the mystery of Easter, neitherย the agony nor theย pain of Holy Week entirely departs, yetย we practice the resurrection of letting it…
Read MoreLent XXXIX
Lenten Lights MM ~ Silent Saturday Early this morning in my car headlines on the radio jumped out to me for theย long and deep silences in eachย stories. . . prolongedย waiting forย grieved families, theย crushingย depths of the ocean, the ignorance of damage…
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Lenten Lights LL ~ Goodย Fridayย Theย morning started with a chase after neighborhood crosses. Here’sย some of what I found. Theย morning was grey and clouds hungย on the verge of tears. …
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Lenten Lights KK ~ Maundy Thursday My congregationย actually has a “Maundy Wednesday” service – for each of the last ten years. Maybe more. We gather for our usual midweek meal, which is not all that usual, since we take turns…
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