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Will we be the right kind of light to the world?

I love metaphors. I love the meaning they create. I love the dissonance they generate. I love how our imagination goes in a multitude of directions that our logical minds might not explore. All because of metaphors. Metaphors are a...

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Conference inspires pastors, deacons

The inspirational preaching of Roger Roller and the musical skills of Drexel Rayford and Mark Andrist blended beautifully to produce a delightful yet thoroughly challenging call to share Christ at the Pastor, Deacon and Church Leader Conference held at Eagle…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida sees a movie

Dear Jimmy, I hope you're asittin' down 'cause you just won't believe what I'm afixin' to tell ya. Wonder of wonders, Uncle Orley actually took me to the movie house in town to see a picture show. If memory serves,…

ANOTHER VIEW: CP or not CP?

The Cooperative Program, started in 1925 as a cooperative fund-raising venture between the Baptist state conventions and the Southern Baptist Convention, appears to be in a state of flux. The report of an ad hoc committee appointed to study and…

A vision to fulfill

There is a grainy old photograph which pictures the very first assembly at Eagle Eyrie, the Virginia Baptist assembly and conference center near Lynchburg. The photograph shows a stark contrast between architecture and people. It was taken inside English Hall,…

Take a deep breath

I have read The Da Vinci Code and thoroughly enjoyed Brown's work of fiction. I am amazed (and a bit disappointed and put off) by all the rhetoric attempting to debunk a work of fiction. I am a Christian, and…

Refreshing action

It was so refreshing to read the article in the May 11, 2006, edition of the Religious Herald! For as long as I have been involved in the Southern Baptist Convention as a youth pastor's — and now senior pastor's…

Intentional interims

I hope your readers will appreciate the series you are developing concerning pastoral changes [see page 3 of this issue]. Please do not overlook the extraordinary benefits of the intentional interim process to churches undergoing transition. As you know, it…

One-sided view

Your interview with a military man was really one-sided [“Virginia Baptist deacon heads Guantanamo detainee boards,” Herald, March 30]. Haven't you read reports from foreign and American journalists and many, many other reports — including the Red Cross? The military…

Stay an auxiliary

As I read my daily newspaper dated Feb. 25, I saw the article, “Southern Baptists weighing control of auxiliary.” Well, this old WMU leader and member of years felt as though I was standing in the presence of Pharisees and…