Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia issued the following statement Sept. 12: “As the advisory and trustee boards of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia gather at CrossRoads Camp and Conference Center, Sept. 9-10, 2005, we issue this prayer of support to…
Keystones of Baptist principles
Heritage Column for September 15, 2005 By Fred Anderson History is full of persons whom you might have known if you had lived during their time. Dear Readers, if you had lived a century ago and had been active in…
Letter for September 15, 2005
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…
Ministry futures
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…
Sunday in Peel
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…
Uncle Orley makes his will
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…
Maria’s story
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…
Reflections on the sabbatical
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…
Beyond the ”I” of the storm
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…