Mary Coffman

A sharp November chill slips under the crack at the door and numbs my nose while I type this, but when I arrived to my hometown of Durham for a […]

RCWMS is seeking applicants for the Queer Clergywomen Thriving in the South February–August 2022 Cohort The Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South (RCWMS) is seeking applicants for Queer […]

“To be native to a place we must learn to speak its language.”― Robin Wall Kimmerer In honor of Native American Heritage month, RCWMS lifts up the words of indigenous […]

I have a real treat for you. For the last year or so, I’ve been working with the tapes of Meinrad Craighead’s lectures that I recorded long ago. We have […]

Two years ago when we were hiring RCWMS Anita McLeod interns, a reference check for Rachel Sauls said, “I don’t really have time to talk right now. Just hire her. […]

RCWMS is committed to supporting women as they find their voices and make them heard. In addition to our writing classes, workshops, and retreats, we run an essay contest in most […]

July is Disability Pride Month. I’ve been interested for some time in creating ways for those with less economic or physical privilege to access the outdoors. Unpeeling my own layers […]

 “It is human to fear loneliness, but dangerous to confuse loneliness with solitude. In solitude one crosses a threshold. Crossing thresholds always involves risk. There may be something on the […]

Today’s guest blog post is written by Kimberley Pierce Cartwright. A longtime friend of the Resource Center, Kimberley has recently taught Zoom classes for RCWMS in which she teaches participants […]

Today’s guest blog post is written by former RCWMS trustee, Solita Denard. Solita is a certified integrative health coach, and she is currently volunteering in support of the RCWMS program […]

I grew up white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a doctor father and a homemaker mother. As a child, I was mostly unaware of social justice issues and thought life in […]

“Trophic cascade…is the biological term for the cascade of change that happens when you introduce or remove a top predator from the food chain.” – Camille Dungy* In the title […]

RCWMS is committed to learning and teaching about dismantling racism. The events of the past year have reinforced our understanding of how much work we need to do to be […]

In late February last year, as the first news of a novel virus arrived, my husband and I had dinner with friends. We joked about stocking up on chocolate, as […]

In late December 2020, I started saying, “Hang on. The light is coming back, the inauguration will happen, and vaccinations are coming.” I felt hopeful and a little lighter. Then […]

Editor’s note: This review first appeared on the Friends of the Library Southport & Oak Island website on February 18, 2021. The reading is now available on video here! All […]

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Faith and Leadership. Two summers ago, I was on a guided tour with a group of Duke Youth Academy kids at the International […]

“We are tied in a single garment of destiny, we are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”– Dr. Martin Luther King, […]

Editor’s Note: Rev. Sarah Swandell is the winner of the RCWMS 2020 Essay contest.  They said the mothers were lullabying, Hands up please don’t shoot me, hands up please don’t […]

On October 15 and 16, nearly eighty women gathered virtually to “Preach Like Pauli,” during RCWMS’ ninth annual Homegrown: NC Women’s Preaching Festival. Over a day and a half, an […]

“Friendship is being conceited for one another,” my friend suggested as three of us stretched out on her lawn, enjoying a socially distant picnic and the June heat. Her newly […]

It began with young men, beer, and the Honk ‘n’ Holler in Stillwater, Oklahoma. As I tend my grief around the loss of the inestimable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I find […]

In 2009, the hour-long documentary Meinrad Craighead: Praying with Images was produced by the Resource Center, and Minnow Media. This documentary film chronicles the life and work of Meinrad Craighead, a […]