Apr 5, 2011 | Being a Minister, Being the Church
This past fall I interned with Refuge and Hope (RH), a non-profit directed by Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel, who assist refugees living in East Africa. During my four-and-a-half months of service, I mainly taught English as a Second Language at their...
Mar 30, 2011 | Being the Church
We don’t always know where our efforts will be used. In worship, our pastors blessed three prayer shawls created by loving hands in our church. I expected the shawls to go to people outside our church whom I had never met. Then the pastor wrapped one of the shawls...
Mar 17, 2011 | Advent/Lent, Being the Church, Motherhood and Ministry
Peter and two other disciples traveled with Jesus to the top of a mountain. There on the mountain they experienced an event known to us as the Transfiguration. Jesus was transformed before their eyes, his face shone brightly, and his clothes were sparkling white....
Mar 14, 2011 | Advent/Lent, Being the Church
Near sunset two friends set up easels on the beach. They prepared paints and brushes and waited for the light and color show of the sun setting over the water. The first friend began to paint hurriedly. Grabbing the colors as they appeared and working to get them just...
Feb 23, 2011 | Being the Church
Welcoming children is a mission and a call. Jesus modeled it for us when he threw his arms open wide and gathered up an armload of sweet, giggly, precious children. As a young college student (who felt called to be a summer missionary and lead Vacation Bible School...
Feb 21, 2011 | +Pam Durso, Being the Church
Baptist churches have relied on and enjoyed the good gifts of women for four hundred years now, since the first days of the existence of those churches. And Baptist churches throughout our history have nurtured the gifts of women– some churches have nurtured those...
