I’d like to encourage you to sign up for a special event at this year’s General Assembly in Charlotte, North Carolina called “Loving Your Muslim Neighbor.” It’s designed to help us all develop loving relationships with Muslim people who live around us and to whom God calls us. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, June … Continue reading
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The Generations
I recently attended the CBF of North Carolina gathering at First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem. The theme for the gathering was “Generations Connected: One Family, One Faith, Many Journeys,” and I must admit that I came away from the experience with renewed appreciation for the contributions that at least three generations of CBFers bring to this … Continue reading
Bumpy Roads, Manhattan Cafes and the Mission of God
I’m beginning to think it really isn’t much fun to work alongside God’s mission in the world. Many of us Christians and Baptists have never quite grasped this—we think it makes life fun and easy and God works everything out for us. All we have to do is believe certain doctrinal formulations about Jesus, and … Continue reading
From Christchurch, Philadelphia to Kosice, Slovakia: A Global Offering
It was a small thing, really, a simple offering taken up at the end of a service in a Baptist church in Kosice, Slovakia a week or so after the earthquake in Haiti. It was to be directed toward earthquake relief. The minister indicated that a couple of ushers would be standing at the doors … Continue reading
Our Response in Haiti
Sunday is just around the corner and many of you will be leading your congregations to pray for the desperate situation in Haiti. Like you, my heart breaks with every television image and newspaper article that shows just one small corner of the crisis. Thank you for taking some time in the context of worship … Continue reading
Being Baptist in Beijing
I have to confess that my Baptist pride got the best of me. I was in Beijing with a rather motley crew of religious sorts . . . a Buddhist teacher from the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in California, a Methodist bishop from Illinois, a Muslim doctor from Ohio, a Catholic priest from DC … Continue reading
Parading through Pittsburgh
A couple of weeks ago I found myself in the midst of a strange little parade through downtown Pittsburgh. Directly in front of me was a bishop from Tanzania dressed in purple robes. Behind me was a new Sikh friend with the traditional Sikh turban, only this one was bright red (his tribute to … Continue reading
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