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Federal official addresses Hispanic laity
Posted: 11/11/05
Daniel Garza, deputy director of external and intergovernmental affairs for the Bush administration, meets participants at the Hispanic Convocation of the Laity. Federal official addresses Hispanic laity
By Eric Guel
Texas Baptist Communications
SPICEWOOD–Christians have a unique voice that needs to be heard in government, Daniel Garza, deputy director of external and intergovernmental affairs under President George Bush, told the Hispanic Baptist Convocation of the Laity.
11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: ‘Pour out your heart’ & fight hunger
Posted: 11/11/05
EDITORIAL:
'Pour out your heart' & fight hungerTrue confession: Before I recently traveled to China with Buckner Orphan Care International, I fretted about going hungry. I'd heard “you don't want to know” the source of meat in many Chinese dishes. I wondered if meals would be appetizing, much less adequate. So, although I could stand to lose a few pounds, I weighed down my suitcase with protein bars, trail mix and nuts. Turns out, we ate wonderfully. With only one exception, the food looked similar to the fare served in nice Chinese restaurants back home. And although I did lose about four pounds, that had more to do with my dexterity with chopsticks than with the quantity and quality of Chinese food.
How off-base and selfish: Leading up to a trip of a lifetime, I wasted energy thinking about and shopping for transportable food so I could last a little more than a week overseas without feeling a single hunger pang. Maybe I'm willing to tell you this little story because I don't think I'm all that different from most Texas Baptists. We're food-centric. Many of our best get-togethers feature fellowship-hall tables laden with fried chicken, casseroles, home-cooked vegetables, and pies and cakes. We plan trips and visits with friends around where we'll eat.
This time of year, as we look ahead to Thanksgiving and an annual feast with family, Texas Baptists also think about food for others. This is the season when we collect the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger. “Pour Out Your Heart” is the theme for this year's offering, and we will do that as we seek to meet the $800,000 goal.
11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Photo exhibit raises awareness about homeless
Posted: 11/11/05
Holy Condiments, from the photography exhibit at Wilshire Baptist Church. "Both the spices and Bible were found just as they were captured in the photo underneath the I-35 bridge," said photographer Hal Samples. "Even though many homeless people go without the luxuries we take for granted, I found it interesting that this person made room in his makeshift home for the two items in this photograph that add flavor in our lives." (Photo by Hal Samples) Photo exhibit raises awareness about homeless
By Mark Wingfield
Special to the Baptist Standard
DALLAS–Duane is the reason Hal Samples started photographing homelessness in Dallas.
11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge
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‘Painter of light’ offers warm and welcoming images
Posted: 11/11/05
Painter Thomas Kinkade talks with a group of fans at the Whitaker Center for the Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by John C. Whitehead/Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa./RNS) 'Painter of light' offers warm
and welcoming imagesBy David Dunkle
Religion News Service
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (RNS)–Thomas Kinkade laughs at people who think he doesn't paint much anymore or who believe he doesn't do his own work.
11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 11/11/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Interesting omission
I found it interesting looking at the list of exhibitors for the upcoming Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.
What I found even more interesting is who was not listed.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
"Jesus tells us not to fear those who can destroy the body, but those who can destroy body and soul. And part of the sickness of spirit we feel when confronted with terrorism is that we face people whose souls are damaged, almost destroyed."
Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury (RNS)"You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose. … Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny."
Rick Warren
Pastor and best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life, quoted on a Starbucks coffee cup (RNS/ USA Today)"Ooh, it was so much fun. I think I'm alive."
Thomas Rice
Pastor of First Baptist Church in Agawam, Mass., after skydiving to illustrate a sermon on trusting God and overcoming fear (RNS)"We actually went through two cloud layers. He was closer to God than ever before."
David Strickland
Rice's skydiving instructor (RNS)11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge
