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Hill Country church gains from exchange
Posted: 2/3/06
Pastor Lonny Poe and his family welcome Spanish exchange student Maria Lopez to the Austin airport. Hill Country church gains from exchange
By George Henson
Staff Writer
DRIPPING SPRINGS—Participation in an international student exchange program provided Pastor Lonny Poe of Sunset Canyon Baptist Church with a real-life example of the effectiveness of worldwide Texas Baptist missions.
Texas Baptists built this church in Spain about 40 years ago. When Poe read an e-mail soliciting host homes for international high school students, he told his wife, Deanne, “I’ve got something for you to think about.”
That conversation started a process that brought 15-year-old Maria Lopez of Castellon, Spain, to live with the Poes and their four children in Dripping Springs.
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: Qing vases and teen sexual purity
Posted: 2/3/06
EDITORIAL: Qing vases and teen sexual purity
Sometimes, personal decisions and individual carelessness create catastrophic consequences.
Ask the staff of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. A shoelace cost the museum three priceless vases.
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, a visitor walked around the museum with at least one of his shoelaces untied. Eventually, he tripped on the shoelace, stumbled down a flight of stairs, slammed into a wall and sent the Chinese Qing-dynasty vases crashing to the floor.
The vases are—were—about 300 years old. They sat safely on a window sill beside the staircase for decades. They were among the museum’s best-known artifacts. Nobody knows how many people admired their porcelain beauty through many generations. And a guy who tripped on his untied shoelace reduced them to shards in an instant.
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Republic of Georgia getting heat again; Needs still remain
Posted: 2/03/06
Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili of the Baptist Union of Georgia gathers around a wood stove to stay warm. At one point, an energy crisis left half the country without power. Republic of Georgia getting
heat again; needs still remainBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
TBILISI, Georgia – A supply of natural gas into the Republic of Georgia has been restored and parts of the country’s capital city again have heat and electricity.
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Oprah’s message makes spiritual impact
Posted: 2/3/06
Oprah’s message makes spiritual impact
By Rachel Pomerance
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—For millions of people struggling with their daily woes, there is a lifeline. Her name is Oprah Winfrey.
Despite a recent on-air admission that she “made a mistake” in promoting a discredited book about addiction recovery, Oprah is a spiritual force.
Young praise dancers surprise Oprah Winfrey with a dance in her honor during the talk show host's visit to Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland. (Photo by Rodney Brown/RNS) 02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Buckner Family Pathways provides circle of support
Posted: 2/3/06
Buckner Family Pathways provides circle of support
By Felicia Fuller
Buckner Benevolences
DALLAS—For more than a decade, Cawindy Spead’s downcast eyes revealed things she can talk about only now.
Family Place mothers say their children are blessed by the Buckner experience. (Photo by Amy Seale) “I was the classic abused wife,” said Spead, a 36-year-old mother of two. “My first marriage was to my son’s father. Day One was terrible. He hit me. I was more like a maid service than a wife. I ended up staying in the marriage about five years.
02/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
