Recently, as I was nearing the end of my weekly walk through the Religious Herald, I came across Drexel Rayford’s opinion piece in which he charged the Baptist General Association of Virginia with having a “Galileo moment.” I confess that…
OPINION: Whispering the sacred songs
A few weeks ago I had the rare opportunity to sing next to my daughter during Sunday morning worship. She loves to sing, and reads well for her age, but she is not capable of reading fast enough to sing…
LETTER: History of discrimination repeats itself
I usually find the opinion column by Lisa Cole Smith to be “cutting edge” and quite insightful. Her “Missing the forest for the trees” is no less so, except for her statement that (as Virginia Baptists) “we missed an…
Poll: More than one-third of Americans see signs of end times in extreme weather
WASHINGTON (RNS) — More than a third of Americans believe the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in the “end times” described in the New Testament — a period of turmoil preceding Jesus’ Second Coming and…
OPINION: Emmanuel, God with us — no matter what
The lectionary epistle reading for last Sunday contained this well-known verse from Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say rejoice!” In light of the school shooting that took place in Newtown, Conn., Friday morning, Paul’s words almost seem…
Volunteers from Tappahannock, Va., church make impact with $100 given for ‘Kingdom Assignment’
TAPPAHANNOCK, Va. — Has your pastor ever given away $5,000 in cash following a Sunday worship service? It happened on Sept. 30 at Beale Memorial Baptist Church in Tappahannock, Va., when 50 volunteers were handed a crisp $100 bill by…
Baptist teams from Mid-Atlantic continue disaster response in N.Y, N.J. seven weeks after hurricane
Just a week before Christmas, Baptist disaster response teams from the Mid-Atlantic remain at work in New York and New Jersey, assisting residents still impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall there on Oct. 29. In the past seven weeks, Virginia Baptist…
Baptist teams from Mid-Atlantic continue disaster response in N.Y, N.J. seven weeks after hurricane
Just a week before Christmas, Baptist disaster response teams from the Mid-Atlantic remain at work in New York and New Jersey, assisting residents still impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall there on Oct. 29. In the past seven weeks, Virginia Baptist…
Baptist teams from Mid-Atlantic continue disaster response in N.Y, N.J. seven weeks after hurricane
Just a week before Christmas, Baptist disaster response teams from the Mid-Atlantic remain at work in New York and New Jersey, assisting residents still impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall there on Oct. 29. In the past seven weeks, Virginia Baptist…
For ministers in early years, CBF’s Fellows program helps them lead ‘from who they are’
It might be having an understanding person to talk to. It might be help putting frustrations into perspective. Or it might be a gentle reminder that nobody, not even the pastor, can do everything — and probably shouldn’t try. But…
Baptist teams from Mid-Atlantic continue disaster response in N.Y, N.J. seven weeks after hurricane
Just a week before Christmas, Baptist disaster response teams from the Mid-Atlantic remain at work in New York and New Jersey, assisting residents still impacted by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall there on Oct. 29. In the past seven weeks, Virginia Baptist…
LETTER: There is a guiding principle regarding Old Testament laws
There’s no doubt about it, Drexel Rayford is correct in that today Galileo is remembered and Cardinal Bellarmine is not remembered [For the BGAV, a Galileo moment]. Cardinal Bellarmine was not very wise in his ignoring of fact and his probable…