It’s clergy appreciation month and we have some ideas for you to express gratitude to the ministers, pastors, chaplains, and ministry professors in your life. Maybe you In this week’s episode, you will find: 5 questions to ask 4 studies…
Read More3MMM | Episode 177: Tending the Fires | 12.28.2022
Endings and Beginnings When I began blogging in 2009, I called the biweekly posts “Keeper of the Fire.” For the next nine years, I continued tending the fires of my life through writing and reflecting. The fires I tended included…
Read More3MMM | Episode 130: 10 Ways to Appreciate Clergy
This week, Eileen Campbell-Reed is enjoying some time away to rest and rejuvenate. Many thanks to Erin Robinson Hall for today’s post. She has 10 fantastic ways to show appreciation and honor clergy who make difference in your life. It’s…
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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Laugh, Cry, Do a Happy Dance Almost exactly six years ago, I decided to make the final push to finish my dissertation – after three years of writing fits and starts and many life pauses, including the birth of my…
Read MoreOrdinary Time XL
Giving Thanks and Living It This week I’ve returned from the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Francisco, California, and come into the annual family traditions of gathering for the Thanksgiving holiday. I’m feeling a kind…
Read MoreOrdinary Time XXXVIII
Gratitude: On this eve of Thanksgiving, what else can one write, but words that offer thanks? So many places to start. But I think I’ll simply name a few small things. Things easy to overlook, but important not to miss. . . like ladybugs
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