2006 Archives
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 12/01/06
Texas Baptist Forum
BGCT follow-up
If our Baptist General Convention of Texas leadership is the best we have, God help us.
How can intelligent people interpret Robert’s Rules of Order by saying the Executive Board is above the convention itself, especially when the body is in session? Where is the Christian example from our leadership when they shut down a messenger who was given his rightful time to speak to his own motion, only to embarrass and denigrate him in front of the audience—especially when everything looked orchestrated?
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“I feel like an older groom who has been married before. I know what I’m in for, but I’m so excited about the honeymoon, I can’t think straight.”
Robert Sloan
At his installation as president of Houston Baptist University, reflecting on his 10-year presidency of Baylor University“If there are some who are concerned about the viability of the (National Association of Evangelicals), it’s based on their ignorance, not reality. … This is like a plane crash. When a plane crashes, you’re sad and it’s big news, but you don’t abandon the airline industry. You recognize that’s the safest way to travel.”
Leith Anderson
Interim president of the National Association of Evangelicals, responding to criticisms the resignation of former President Ted Haggard due to sexual immorality has exposed weaknesses in the organization (Christianity Today/RNS)“The problem is not the Quran or the Torah or the Bible. Indeed, I have often said that the problem is never the faith; it is the faithful and how they behave toward each other.”
Kofi Annan
United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan (The New York Times/RNS)We lost monies in having parliamentarians who ruled with an iron hand and allowed no freedom of expression at all.
12/05/2006 - By John Rutledge
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CYBER COLUMN by Brett Younger: Shoe business
Posted: 12/05/06
CYBER COLUMN:
Shoe businessBy Brett Younger
Every five years or so, whether I need to or not, I go to the cheapest shoe store I can find to buy a new pair of everyday shoes. My old pair was beyond old. I avoided puddles with my left foot because of the hole in the sole. The insoles were missing, so they slipped up and down like flip-flops.
When I told Carol it was time for new shoes, she sent Caleb along to buy tennis shoes. I was confused when he stayed in the aisle where I was until I realized that my 12-year-old now shares my shoe size. Caleb also picks shoes by the same criteria—the first ones we try on with which we can live. He quickly selected midnight navy/metallic silver Overplay Nikes that cost more than all the Keds I ever wore.
Brett Younger 12/05/2006 - By John Rutledge
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UMHB students challenged to see missions up close
Ipdated: 12/01/06
UMHB students challenged to see missions up close
By Jennifer Sicking
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
BELTON—As Holley Greeson stood in the middle of a crowd of University of Mary Hardin-Baylor students seated on the floor eating chicken curry and rice with their right hands, she spoke about the culture of India—and issued an invitation.
“We hope you’ll come to visit us,” she said.
Holly Greeson speaks about her experiences as a missionary in India during the Mission Emphasis Fair at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. 12/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Steppin’ Out involves Baylor volunteers in service
Updated: 12/01/06
Members of the Baylor University chapters of Kappa Chi Alpha, Delta Delta Delta and Phi Kappa Chi participate in Steppin’ Out, working on the home of a Waco resident. Steppin' Out involves Baylor volunteers in service
WACO—A record number of students and community organizations participated in Steppin’ Out, Baylor University’s biannual service day. Three thousand students and 80 student and community organizations worked together to serve in various locations throughout the Waco area.
Steppin’ Out’s mission is to enhance student involvement in community service. Its goal is to create community awareness, interaction and collaboration between Baylor and the surrounding community.
Baylor University students painting a house as part of the Steppin’Out community service day are (top) Corey Fleeman of Hurst, (below) Sally Neeley of Mineola and (left) Jenny Lee of Fort Worth. “Service is a lifestyle, and our hope is that students walk away from Steppin’ Out with a desire to continue to serve the community,” said Andrew Ginakis, a steering committee member for the service day.
12/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Boomers, Busters see sex differently
Updated: 12/01/06
Boomers, Busters see sex differently
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
VENTURA, Calif. (ABP)—If a recent survey is correct, there is a bigger generation gap between Baby Boomers and Baby Busters than most people care to admit, especially when it comes to opinions about sex.
12/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Romanian child-development center fits couple well
Updated: 12/01/06
John and Phyllis Carrier, along with Buckner international program director Randy Daniels, spend time with a foster care group home in Tarneveni, Romania. Romanian child-development
center fits couple wellBy Jenny Pope
Buckner
John and Phyllis Carrier of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas are both over 60. They’re retired, in good health, and part of an army of seniors looking to make a difference by offering their time and years of professional experience to do some good.
The Carriers, both former educators and international travelers, found a perfect fit when they volunteered as educational consultants for Buckner in Romania. For three months, they helped research and develop a detailed plan for construction and operation of a child development center in the gypsy-populated region of Tarneveni.
Phyllis Carrier comforts a mother and child during her long-term missions stay with Buckner in Romania. 12/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Lutherans offer belated apology to Anabaptists
Posted: 12/01/06
Lutherans offer belated apology to Anabaptists
By Daniel Burke
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has expressed “deep and abiding sorrow” for the persecution of Anabaptists nearly five centuries ago in Europe.
The ELCA’s church council, which issued the apology at its recent biennial meeting, hopes it will soothe relations between the Lutherans and present-day Anabaptists, including the Mennonite Church USA.
12/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Angel House workers minister to Chinese children with cerebral palsy
Posted: 12/01/06
Angel House workers minister
to Chinese children with cerebral palsyBy Celeste Pennington
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
GUANGXI PROVINCE, China (ABP)—More than 1.7 million Chinese children under the age of 13 have cerebral palsy.
Because of poverty, limited medical services and China’s laws limiting each family to one child, these children often are abandoned to starvation, isolation and an early death.
Angel House director Kate Wang Fang, right, works with Xiao Yu as her mother participates in training. (Jay Paul Photo) 12/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
