Reflections on Stewardship of the Earth Luncheon, New Baptist Covenant

I saw an Inconvenient Truth when it first came out in 2005. I was inspired then – but left feeling like I hadn’t heard anything new from when I was an environmental studies major at Baylor University.
At the Stewardship of the Earth luncheon Thursday with Al Gore at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Today we ‘celebrate’ Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy.  Ethics Daily has a very appropriate column up today by Miguel de la Torre, entitled, “Help Wanted: Black Friend”.  He uses a segment from the Colbert Report to begin a discussion of what it means to have diversity and integration in our churches.
Colbert’s approach to racially and [...]

Thought worth sharing…

And responding to.  Texas in Africa (participant in TBYPN and blogger extraodinaire) posed an excellent question about the death penalty on her blog.  She cites the story of Charles Chatman, freed after 26 years imprisoned in the state of Texas, once DNA testing showed that he had not in fact committed the rape which he [...]

Enjoy Fantastic Preaching? Come hear this…

Associated Baptist Press published this story on the Preach-In occurring at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant in January 2008. Preachers from many different Baptist congregations will be on hand to fill our hearts and minds with the message of Christ. A significant draw will be the preaching of Rev. James Forbes:
James [...]

A way to view discipleship

I really appreciate what Steve has to say today on Jesus and the Gospel.  It is simple and to the point, asking the question- What does it mean to follow Jesus?
Here is an excerpt:
I feel certain ancient Christians were more concerned about following Jesus than subverting the Roman empire or Jewish traditions.  It just happened [...]