The latest from our readers: • We ungraduated BTSR alums wonder: Won’t you be our neighbor? | Chris Crowley, Richmond, Virginia
Letter to the Editor – We ungraduated BTSR alums wonder: Won’t you be our neighbor?
As an ungraduated BTSR alum, at the moment, I am relating to the man in the ditch from the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Helping immigrants travel the long journey to citizenship
It amazes me to hear people talk about immigration reform when they have never met an immigrant. Until we stop seeing immigration as a problem and start seeing immigrant people, whether documented or undocumented, as persons created in the image of God, we will never do what is right.
Firearm violence: America’s pre-existing condition
Firearm violence is more than a national problem; it a national disgrace that increasingly defines our national identity, our common humanity and our ‘witness’ in the world. If history is any indication, little or nothing will change in the land of the free and the home of the targeted.
Could BTSR’s legacy be a recommitment to the centrality of theological education for Cooperative Baptists?
In these first days of grief following the announcement that BTSR will close, many of us are asking difficult questions. One of them is this: Are we willing to envision a new covenant between our churches, our current ministers, our theological schools and those whom God is calling into ministry now and in the future?
Coming to the table: interracial friendships as a path to justice
My participation with clergy colleagues and others in a racial reconciliation group has led to treasured friendships, deeper understanding and united action.
Letters to the Editor for 11.14.18
The latest from our readers: • Throwing in the Towel on BTSR | Melissa Fallen, Midlothian, Virginia
Letter to the Editor: Throwing in the Towel on BTSR
As an alumna and former employee of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, my grief is deep today.
Climate nihilism is right to recognize the dire situation we’re in, but wrong to lose hope
When informed Christians ponder devastation from climate change that could affect millions – if not billions – of people for generations to come, it’s easy to lose hope for the future. But our actions still matter. We must not give up.
The time is now to discard labels and stop taking sides
The season is here to create welcoming, loving and affirming faith communities and structures that make honest and just space for individuals from different social, political, economic and theological locations.
Why Big Bird and Oscar cannot retire
What could be more therapeutic than being both Big Bird and Oscar? A tender, nurturing, childlike avian is great, but there is a part of us that is a crabby, trash-talking, green monster.
Why being transgender is not a sin
Transgender identity is about who a person is. It’s not about who they love or what actions they take that might be sinful in the sense that we all sin. It is about their fundamental being as humans created by God in God’s image – an image that God has declared to be good.