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  Vancouver: Getting to know people

  Student Missions Blog: The Vancouver area keeps becoming more familiar the more we learn and see. As a team, we have done a little exploring but more digging into ministry, which is hard to define here.

  07/08/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Brazil: Washing feet and sharing shoes

  Student Missions Blog: From Day One in Brazil, our team leader urged us to be FAT – fluid, available and teachable.

  07/07/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Richard Ray: Don’t miss the Bivocational /Small-Church Annual Conference

  The Bivocational/Small-Church Annual Conference at the Baptist University of the Americas in San Antonio July 11-12 will encourage, equip and challenge those who serve on the small-church mission field.

  07/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  In Touch: To Bartlett, Harlingen and Convencion

  I spent Sunday, June 22, at First Baptist Church of Bartlett. It was a great service and a blessing to participate.

  07/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Jeff Johnson: Work diligently to maintain marriage and family ‘soil’

  Nine days after I got married in 1982, my new wife, Molly, and I had made our way back to what was then my parents’ home to get the rest of my “stuff” for our new home.

  07/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: Glorieta’s sad ending

  I thank you for shedding some light on the development at Glorieta and bringing to light the sad situation of its ending.

  07/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Right or Wrong? Persistence and patience

  The New Testament advocates persistence and patience. How can we help people develop those virtues when culture touts expediency and pragmatism?

  07/05/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: Failing to see God’s love

  Churches die for many reasons—from bad leadership decisions to bad luck to poor execution of programs and ideas. One reason they die is ingratitude.

  07/04/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Nashville: God at work in refugees’ lives

  Student Missions Blog: For two months this summer, I am interning at World Relief Nashville, helping resettle refugees.

  07/04/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Hobby Lobby decision could boomerang

  Hailed by conservative Christians as a victory for religious liberty, the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision provides points to ponder, as well as occasion for both celebration and concern.

  07/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Down Home: The things we remember from family vacations

  Summer feels different than the other seasons. Both meteorologically and emotionally.

  07/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Spain: A matter of timing

  Student Missions Blog: My original intention in traveling to Spain for the summer was to learn Spanish while I worked with a church.  But God has a funny way of changing my plans.

  07/03/2014 - By John Rutledge