It’s the Christmas season. You settle into your seat and stare at a stage that doesn’t say much about Christmas. There’s no Bethlehem backdrop, no rustic stable, no twinkling stars. The lights dim, and … boom! Your senses are roused…
CitySquare: An emerging case study in how to wind down a nonprofit and keep its work alive
It’s not every day a successful, well-known and respected nonprofit saves itself by winding down operations, but that is exactly what CitySquare is doing in Dallas. Faced with lagging donations and substantial debt, the nonprofit that serves the city’s homeless…
Baylor Religion Department expands, diversifies and thrives
Baylor University’s Religion Department is not your grandparents’ or your parents’ religion department. It’s not even the religion department it was just a decade ago. It has changed dramatically in faculty and academic direction, featuring a wide diversity of educators…
Archives reveal timeless messages from Dallas clergy days after JFK assassination
It’s hard to believe it’s been 60 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on the streets of downtown Dallas. For many who were alive at the time, it has become a distant memory of a national tragedy. And…
Black Gospel Music Preservation Program fine tunes the art of cultural preservation
Note: This is the last in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. While Baylor University’s Black Gospel Music Preservation Program is all about the music,…
Bridging racial divides with Black gospel music
Note: This is the fourth in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. Black gospel music has a cross-cultural appeal that can help bridge racial divides…
Black gospel music has messages hidden in the grooves
Note: This is the third in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. Most puzzles and riddles are simply good fun, but sometimes they provide important…
Around the world and back: The enduring influence of Black gospel music
Note: This is the second in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. The influence of Black gospel music on other genres makes it ripe for…
Black Gospel Music Preservation Program: Securing the legacy of Black Gospel music
Note: This is the first in a five-part series on the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program made possible by generous funding from the Prichard Family Foundation. Already the largest resource of its type in the world, the Black Gospel…