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  Around the State: DBU honors adviser; Baylor board approves two regents

  Dallas Baptist University names Adviser of the Year. Baylor regents appoint representatives from athletic organizations. 

  06/07/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Analysts look for silver linings in stormy legislative session

  After a legislative session that began with high hopes and ended with a shoving match on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives, some public policy analysts and advocates emphasized bright spots where they could find them.

  06/07/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  North Texas city recognizes HPU alum for heroism

  The Garland Police Department recently recognized a  Howard Payne University graduate for taking heroic, life-saving actions in rescuing a woman from a burning vehicle. The hero credited God’s grace for perfect timing that enabled the rescue.

  06/07/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Religious leaders shocked by attack on Ramadan and Pentecost

  Religious leaders prayed for London after another terrorist attack in Britain left seven dead and scores injured on the eve of the Christian holiday of Pentecost and during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

  06/07/2017 - By Catherine Pepinster / Religion News Service

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  LGBT advocacy group plans protest at SBC meeting

  An advocacy group seeking to have homosexuality and transgenderism “removed from the sin list” announced plans to “politely disrupt” the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 13-14 in Phoenix.

  06/07/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  50 years after the Six-Day War, Israeli Jews reflect on the victory

  Israel marked the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War June 5. The conflict had a profound effect on many Israeli and Diaspora Jews that is felt until this day.

  06/07/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Embrace hope in an age of cynicism, former congressman urges

  Cynicism damages public discourse and threatens the political process, but hope offers greater power, former Congressman Chet Edwards told the Civic Life Summit at Baylor University.

  06/06/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Address ‘wicked problems,’ don’t see ‘wicked people’

  Communities can overcome challenges and bridge divisions when they focus on addressing “wicked problems” instead of seeing individuals with different viewpoints as “wicked people,” a Colorado-based expert in communications studies and deliberative democracy told the Civic Life Summit at Baylor University.

  06/06/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Cross the bridge from consumer to creator of community

  Civic engagement involves “crossing the bridge” from being a consumer of what a community offers to a creator of what it has the potential to become, a Waco-based community activist told the Civic Life Summit at Baylor University.

  06/03/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  BGCT gift benefits addiction recovery center at Baylor University

  A financial contribution from the Baptist General Convention of Texas will support Baylor University’s recently created Beauchamp Addiction Recovery Center.

  05/31/2017 - By Ken Camp

• On the Move: Russell

  Staff change noted for First Baptist Church in Waco.

  05/31/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Around the State: Hispanic Education Fair set; Howell and Stripling to receive Legacy Awards

  Educate Texas Hispanic Education Fair scheduled June 24 in San Antonio. Elmin Howell and Paul Stripling to receive the 2017 Texas Baptist Legacy Awards. 

  05/31/2017 - By Ken Camp