RICHMOND, Va.—When Grayson “Sonny” Miller was just a small child, his mother left him in the care of his grandmother. By the time he was 13, he had run away from home, learned how to live on the streets, and…
LETTER: Concern about speaker
At first I thought the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia had an ad on your back page about a leadership conference [March 5], but it says Virginia Baptist Mission Board. I lived through the “Baptist Wars,” and my jugular is…
Retirement centers’ tournaments to benefit funds
RICHMOND, Va.—Need a good excuse to golf? How about for a great cause? The residents of Virginia Baptists’ four retirement communities hope golfers will swing into spring at the Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation’s annual golf tournaments that will benefit the…
HERITAGE: A famous shootout and the Baptists
It has been exactly 100 years since the infamous shootout on March 14, 1912, involving the Allen family at the Carroll County Courthouse in Hillsville, Va., in which five persons were killed. It happened in the packed courtroom immediately after…
Atheists rally in D.C. in bid to show political force
WASHINGTON (RNS)—Atheists and nonbelievers gathered on the National Mall March 24 in a bid to show politicians, voters and even themselves that they have grown into a force to be recognized and reckoned with. “We are here to deliver a…
OPINION: The joy formidable
On Monday night at the 9:30 Club in Washington, I stood for three hours with roughly 800 other people to listen to three bands play live music. Once again I found God speaking in sacred ways all over the “secular”…
Retreat to focus on meditation, spiritual practices
RICHMOND, Va.—A three-day retreat this month will offer both laypersons and ministers a balanced rhythm of prayer and meditation, cognitive learning and practical physical work. “Unforced Rhythms of Grace” is set for April 23-25 at Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center…
Bluefield graduate key in effort to stop sex abuse
BLUEFIELD, Va.—The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, a coalition committed to ending sexual and domestic violence, recently named Bluefield College alumna Judy Casteele as one of the industry’s “Top 30 Most Influential People.” In celebration of its 30th…
Religious freedom ambassador adapts to role
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Nearly a year into her stint as the State Department’s point person on religious freedom, former Baptist minister Suzan Johnson Cook has traveled to eight countries and seems to have moved beyond questions about her lack of…
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Religious freedom ambassador settles into role
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Nearly a year into her stint as the State Department’s point person on religious freedom, former Baptist minister Suzan Johnson Cook has traveled to eight countries and seems to have moved beyond questions about her lack of…
Peace group opposes war with Iran
By Bob Allen Directors of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America adopted a statement March 28 urging “diplomacy over bombs” in the United States’ relations with Iran. “The people of the United States have been living in a state…