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Pro-lifers blast Warren for inviting Obama
Posted: 12/01/06
Pro-lifers blast Warren for inviting Obama
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
DALLAS (ABP)—Members of Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Southern California hosted a two-day summit on the global AIDS crisis in an effort to “serve the hurting like Jesus did.” But the event was not without critics—including some conservative Christians.
The event, which began Nov. 30 and concluded on World AIDS Day Dec. 1, was slated to feature Bono of U-2, Bill and Melinda Gates, and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), among others.
12/01/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Cybercolumn by Berry Simpson: At home again
Posted: 11/27/06
CYBER COLUMN: At home again
By Berry Simpson
I just finished reading The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, a powerful book that will haunt me (in a good way) for a long time. In fact, the reason it sat on my too-be-read shelf for over a year was because I’d heard enough about it to know it would have a big impact on mek and I didn’t want to read it until I was ready. But my friend Carol kept asking if I’d read it yetk and I couldn’t keep telling her I was waiting to start.
Berry D. Simpson I can’t write about most of what Didion said because I haven’t experienced the losses she had—the loss of her spouse and the loss of control to help her family—and I just don’t feel qualified. I don’t think I’m grown up enough to write about all of that. But I can write about this—something she said about being at home. She wrote: “In California, we heated our houses by building fires. We built fires even on summer evenings, because the fog came in. Fires said we were home, we had drawn the circle, we were safe through the night. I lit the candles.”
11/27/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Missions network participants rally in Arlington
Updated: 11/21/06
Missions network participants rally in Arlington
By Barbara Bedrick
Texas Baptist Communications
ARLINGTON—Seven Texas Baptist churches sponsored a statewide missions rally Nov. 12 to champion a movement toward local-church mission work.
“Missions is messy,” said Dennis Wiles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Arlington. “It’s like a plate of food at a family reunion, but it’s as community-minded as Starbucks.”
Dennis Wiles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Arlington, leads a statewide missions celebration. 11/21/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Fire destroys encampment auditorium
Updated: 11/21/06
Fire destroys encampment auditorium
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
SPICEWOOD—Fire destroyed the auditorium at the Highland Lakes Camp and Conference Center Nov. 18.
The fire devastated the building, twisting steel beams, imploding chairs and burning the stage. Its cause still is under investigation.
All that's left of the auditorium at Highland Lakes conference center. 11/21/2006 - By John Rutledge
