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Thanks to Virginia Baptists I just wanted to write a brief note from here on the island of Manhattan to thank the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and all Virginia Baptists for their support of collegiate ministry in the Northeast and…

Horizons Column for September 22, 2005 By Bob Dale 2005 will go down in history as a “bookend” year, a year bounded by two massive crises-the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Amid such horrific human needs, our faith is always…

Heritage Column for September 22, 2005 By Fred Anderson Land of our birth, O gem of God's earth, O Island so strong and so fair; Built firm as Barool, Thy throne of Home Rule Makes us free as thy sweet…

Editorial for September 22, 2005 By Jim White Some of you have been kind enough to ask if I've heard recently from my fictional Aunt Ida, WMU director extraordinaire from Bluebell Baptist, and Uncle Orley, a deacon. It so happens…

Another View for September 29, 2005 By Christopher Harbin Her name is Maria, but that was a while in coming. I tried to talk with her, but was unable to communicate at first. She did not expect Spanish to come…

Heritage Column for September 29, 2005 By Fred Anderson For a century or so the word “sabbatical” has meant “absence from duty for the purposes of study and travel.” Even earlier there was the connotation that it referred to an…

Editorial for September 29, 2005 By Jim White In his preface to The Shepherd of the Hills, Harold Bell Wright wrote, “In the hills of life there are two trails. One lies along the higher sunlit fields where those who…

Another View for October 13, 2005 By Maxine J. Bersch 'Pon my word! I usually go to the back of the Herald, read my church news, then turn to the editorial and Fred Anderson's Heritage page. This time [Sept.22], when…

Don't forget to register I want to remind all of our churches that we are nearing the end of the pre-registration period for Connect:2005, the BGAV annual meeting. Mail-in registrations must be postmarked no later than Monday, Oct. 17. Those…

Another View for October 13, 2005 By Tommy McDearis Vacation on the cheap. Virtually every minister will understand those words. No matter how prominent our churches, few of us take more than a short, moderately-priced vacation without juggling our checkbooks….

Editorial for October 13, 2005 By Jim White I have always been a little put off by the apparent arrogance of authors who quote themselves. But as an exercise in crow-eating, I am revisiting some of my previous words. In…

Heritage Column for October 13, 2005 By Fred Anderson ‘The condition of our Baptist churches in Galveston, Houston, and other portions of the storm-swept section of Texas, is indeed deplorable. Houses of worship were utterly destroyed and the membership lost…