We Know Hope Lives
CBF Field Personnel / Field Personnel Columns

We Know Hope Lives

By Mary Young adults from around the world gather weekly for Bible study in our town in Southeast Asia. We were graced with the opportunity to initiate this group about three years ago. By and large, it’s a transient group. Many young adults come to our town for three months to a few years for … Continue reading

How VeggieTales Still Forms Me
Leadership Scholars / women in ministry / young Baptists

How VeggieTales Still Forms Me

By Brittany Darst-Hermsen Edwards Halfway through the semester, halfway through graduate school, I sat idling in miles-long gridlock. I listlessly began to scroll through Spotify. Desperate, my bleary subconscious tossed me up a Hail Mary: a song I hadn’t heard in decades. I searched it with a chuckle and smirk. Before long, my traffic neighbors … Continue reading

The log in my own eye
COVID-19 / peer learning groups / racial justice / Racial Reconciliation

The log in my own eye

By Laura Stephens-Reed I vividly remember (20 years ago now!) walking from the parking deck to my seminary classroom building when I saw an undergrad, talking on her phone, stride boldly into a crosswalk. An oncoming car screeched to a stop to avoid hitting her. The student never turned her head. I began to notice … Continue reading