A Post-Election Confession, A Psalm
Mother,* I have a confession to make:I have placed my hope in the political rhetoric of my country. I have let my faith be infected by political agendas. I have lost sight of the Gospelwhile focusing on the words of politicians, Allowing myself to hate my spiritual siblings. I have neglected the ministry of the churchin hopes…
A Psalm of Trust
Praise the Lord! Let my whole being praise God!I know the current emperors and nations will not last,Because our God is sovereign over all creation,Not just one country. Praise God!His dominion has no end.The world may feel unstable,and my friends may look like my foes,But God has not abandoned me to hopelessness.God will redeem all…
ABW summer conference 2024
Franklin, In photo dump from a trip to Franklin College for an America Women’s Summer conference for Indiana and Kentucky. conference Josh’s photos
I wrote an article for my local paper.
A few people loved it. However, not everyone liked it. I realized quickly that when talking about controversial topics, not everyone will hear a new opinion. Especially, if that new opinion challenges their ethos. The following week, the newspaper released two “letters to the editor” in response to my article. What fascinated me is that…
Isaiah 1:11-17- late night reading
It’s 11pm and I can’t sleep. My mind has been quite sour all day so I turned to scripture. Just yesterday I encouraged church people to read through Isaiah since we’ll be talking about it over the next three weeks. So here I am, lying in bed reading the opening chapters and this passage stood…
Visual Learner Rant
Friends! Here is a little silly rant for you: I am a visual learner and love to organize history with imagery. As I’m attempting to review church history and the different reformations and heresies, I realized the lacking info-graphics. I found this image depicting the family tree of Christian denominations with some time references. (Unfortunately,…
Justice, Symbols, and Statues
I am a white, cisgender, female. Though I am a Baptist pastor, I have experienced minimal interruptions on my career path. I experience the benefits of white privilege daily. Do not misunderstand me, I have experienced true trauma in life, things that I turn to therapy and medication to handle, but my life is not…
American Baptist Churches- Dakotas Ordination Paper
Preface: This document was written fall of 2017. Much has changed in my life since then (read moving to a different state, starting a new church, divorce, remarriage, etc). While much of this still represents my perspective, things have changed. I look forward to writing another document like this or perhaps a post script to…
Meriah J Tigner 