ANOTHER VIEW: You don’t need 911 to dial heaven_Wilkinson_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

ANOTHER VIEW:
You don't need 911 to dial heaven

By David Wilkinson

There ain't no busy signal

on the hotline to God.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

DBU students devote fall break to Guatemala trip_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

DBU students devote fall break to Guatemala trip

DALLAS–Fall break brought a respite from study but not from ministry, as 25 students and staff members from Dallas Baptist University traveled to Guatemala with Buckner Orphan Care International.

“We love working with college students, because they have the time and energy to travel, and also because of the special love they have for children,” explained Eraina Larson, mission coordinator for Buckner Orphan Care International. “Specifically, we partnered with DBU because of the quality of the students and their passion to help in countries like Guatemala where the situations are so desperate.”

The team, led by DBU Executive Vice President Blair Blackburn and Ozzie Ingram, assistant vice president for administrative affairs, served 100 children and teenagers at an orphanage in Xela, Guatemala.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

D.C. convention looks ahead despite cuts_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

D.C. convention looks ahead despite cuts

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

SILVER SPRING, Md. (ABP)–Despite having nearly a third of its funding cut off by the Southern Baptist Convention, leaders of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention gave upbeat reports during the organization's 127th annual meeting Oct. 27-28.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

COMPANIONS IN DEATH: No One Dies Alone_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

COMPANIONS IN DEATH:
No One Dies Alone

By Inara Verzemnieks

Religion News Service

EUGENE, Ore. (RNS)–And so it has come to this: Alone in a hospital bed, no family or friends to hear the last ragged breaths, the sounds of a lifetime ending.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

DOWN HOME: Letterman’s in for tiring, happy time_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

DOWN HOME:
Letterman's in for tiring, happy time

Comedian David Letterman announced the birth of his first child last week, just a few days before our oldest daughter, Lindsay, turned 20.

Letterman is 56–nine years older than I. If you're a math whiz, you've already figured out I was 29 years younger than Letterman is now when Lindsay joined our family. Her sister, Molly, followed three years and three days later.

So, I'm celebrating Lindsay's 20th and Molly's 17th birthdays this week by counting my blessings.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

EDITORIAL: What do you have to do to call your church ‘Baptist’?_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

EDITORIAL:
What do you have to do to call your church 'Baptist'?

A lawsuit in Georgia has raised a good question: Who owns the rights to a religious name?

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta has sued Mision Catolica: Capilla de la Fe (Catholic Mission: Chapel of Faith), charging the network of Spanish-speaking churches falsely represents itself as Catholic.

“You cannot simply set up whatever church and call yourself 'Roman Catholic.' That's fraud,” archdiocese attorney David Brown declared.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Nov. 16_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Nov. 16

Christ has given new meaning to 'triumph'

Colossians 2:6-23

By John Duncan

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series Lesson for Nov. 16: Complacency can strangle ministry still today_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

LifeWay Family Bible Series Lesson for Nov. 16

Complacency can strangle ministry still today

Acts 13:1-52

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

FFH stands for wholesome fun for the whole family_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

FFH stands for wholesome fun for the whole family

By Leann Callaway

Special to the Standard

The popularity of the Christian band FFH has gone “out of this world.”

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Prof calls for raising up the sacred in burial acts_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Prof calls for raising up the sacred in burial acts

By Chris Meehan

Religion News Service

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (RNS) –Burial rituals of the Tlingit Indians in Alaska contain all the sacred and ancient elements sorely lacking in many modern funerals, according to theologian Thomas Long.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Georgia Methodist home settles discrimination case_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Georgia Methodist home settles discrimination case

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

ATLANTA (ABP)–Critics of government funding for faith-based initiatives have declared victory in a Georgia case involving a Methodist child-care facility.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Hall completes triple crown with inauguration at Howard Payne_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Hall completes triple crown with inauguration at Howard Payne

BROWNWOOD–Lanny Hall made history Oct. 17 when he was inaugurated as Howard Payne University's 18th president and became the first person to serve as president of three Texas Baptist universities.

Previously, Hall was president of Wayland Baptist University and president and chancellor of Hardin-Simmons University.

“Howard Payne is a special place, and I am here for a purpose,” Hall told the 850 people attending the inauguration ceremony.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge