Do you remember the old camp song, “Seek Ye First”? The song was popular at the American Baptist Church I attended as a child and teenager, the floating notes of the soprano line topping the chorus, the collective notes a…
Tony Campolo taught me about a faith outside myself
Tony Campolo was the first to wake me up to a faith outside of myself. I started college in the late 1990s, full of passion for Jesus and for telling other people about him too. Eager to live out this…
How a Baptist found common grace in the Episcopal Church
The scene looked the same, just as it does every Sunday: We thanked God for the gifts of the table. Together, we sang “The Sanctus,” and then the celebrant spoke of Scripture — when, at the Passover meal, Jesus takes…