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WorldconneX links layman’s vision with village’s need
Posted: 9/29/06
WorldconneX links layman’s
vision with village’s needBy David Williams
WorldconneX
PASADENA—A Texas Baptist layman wanted to provide a water well for someone in another country. A village in Kenya needed a source for water. And the WorldconneX missions network matched the resource to the need through Buckner Orphan Care International.
It started when Lee Vaughn, a retired oil company worker, approached retired missionary John Mills, who teaches adult Sunday school at South Main Baptist Church in Pasadena.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Cybercolumn by Berry Simpson: Perfect lawn
Posted: 9/29/06
CYBER COLUMN:
Perfect lawn
By Berry Simpson
I have been reading a book I found on the new-book shelf at the Midland County Library, American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn, by Ted Steinberg. One amazing fact I’ve learned: Americans spend an estimated $40 billion a year on lawn care.
Steinberg would be disappointed to know that the Simpson family doesn’t have a lawn in the front yard; at least, not a conventional turf-grass lawn. Some years ago, we replaced our grass with a variety of ground covers that some former neighbors might say is nothing but “a big science fair experiment.” The reason we did it was because we wanted something different and more interesting, and because I decided I was sick of mowing. We were successful. Our yard is interesting, if confusing, and I only mow the front yard once a year when Cyndi makes me cut down the Vinca after the daisies have dropped their flowers.
Berry D. Simpson 09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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McKissic wants SBC to address ‘tongues’ in Baptist Faith & Message
Posted: 9/22/06
McKissic wants SBC to address
'tongues' in Baptist Faith & MessageBy Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (ABP)—A Southern Baptist trustee, whose recent seminary chapel sermon was partially censored over his comments on speaking in tongues, has asked that the denomination address the issue in its official confession of faith.
Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, and a trustee at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in nearby Fort Worth, publicized a letter he sent to members of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, which met Sept. 18-19 in Nashville, Tenn.
Dwight McKissic 09/22/2006 - By John Rutledge
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‘Jesus and Me’ camp benefits Brenham’s children
Updated: 9/21/06
House of Worship Church in Brenham partners with Brenham school district to offer eight weeks of games, crafts, Scripture memorization and science and reading programs during the summer. ‘Jesus and Me’ camp benefits Brenham’s children
By Elizabeth Staples
Communications Intern
BRENHAM—For a dozen years, children from low-income families in the Brenham area have formed lasting relationships, developed important skills and learned spiritual values at JAM—the “Jesus and Me” summer day-camp.
Many children, ages 5 to 12, experience Christ’s love for the first time during the day-camp, said Marcus Lawhon, director of JAM and pastor of House of Worship Church in Brenham.
The Brenham Housing Authority and the school district have partnered with JAM to provide free breakfast and lunch for the children. 09/21/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Islam built on five pillars of worship & five pillars of faith
Posted: 9/15/06
A young Egyptian studies the Quran, Islam’s holy book. Islam is not only Egypt’s dominant religion but an all-embracing way of life. Egyptian Muslims comprise 90 percent of the nation’s more than 76 million people. (BP photo by Warren Johnson) Islam built on five pillars
of worship & five pillars of faithBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—Muslims treat the Quran as their Bible, and they see Muhammad the way Christians view Jesus Christ, right? Wrong, Muslim leaders insist.
Muslims see the Quran as God’s final revelation—roughly comparable to the way mainstream Christians see Jesus Christ as the Living Word and God’s ultimate revelation, said Alif Rahman, who teaches an outreach class about Islam at the Dallas Central Mosque in Richardson.
09/21/2006 - By John Rutledge
