The boy was talking very fast and trying his hardest to impress his six-year-old sister Catherine. He knew it was his job and duty to not only take care of her but to entertain her as they walked back from...
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If I am honest, I have to admit that I am afraid. I graduate from seminary in a month. I will walk across a stage (platform, I should say – graduation is in a church sanctuary), read a litany, and be blessed...
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Editor’s note: This is the final post in a series called, “Remembering the Good.” 1 John 4:9: God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we...
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Aaron’s sons are dead. Filled with an excess of love and excitement, they approached. Burned. Burned and dead. Dragged away by their cousins. Placed outside of the camp. Separate? Holy? Dragged by their...
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And so as we came to the end of the [Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and Covenant today, we get to the big question….well, one of the big questions. What is the church supposed to do with all this? Saturday...
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So if Thursday was about laying the groundwork for the conversation, Friday was about getting into the actual conversation. And let me tell you, that has been long, hard work. It was a full day, and a long...
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“The people can be trusted to interpret scripture aright in the context of a believing community by the guidance of the Spirit.” Bill Leonard, a professor of Baptist Studies and Church History at Wake Forest...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer must have known that he was living on borrowed time as he sat in his cell and wrote letters to his family. Yes, he seemed to be lucky in that he was being held in a military prison to...
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