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  Letters: Work for justice at every level of society

  Thank you for your comments regarding the challenge we continue to face in America related to racism and injustice. You were on the mark, and you spoke a difficult truth clearly.

  08/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  In Touch: September events approaching

  Hello, Texas Baptists. I had a great Sunday a couple weeks ago at First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon in the morning and Bisbee Baptist Church that evening. I am thankful to both…

  08/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Jeff Johnson: What kind of advertisement are you for God?

  Just when I thought I had seen my last word from God, I rounded the corner and there it was.

  08/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  2nd Opinion: Entertained by angels?

  When my friend told me his story of getting help from a mysterious stranger in a Honduran airport, I thought of a Bible verse.

  08/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Right or Wrong: Passages in life

  Isn’t life really a matter of transitions during which value formation’s ebbs and flows may be discerned only in retrospect?

  08/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Down Home: Sundays, oxen and a peppercorn cannon

  Sometimes, the most carefully devised plans blow up like a peppercorn cannon. At least that’s what happened the other Sunday afternoon.

  08/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Editorial: Let’s be sure to feed our hungry Texas neighbors

  More than 18 percent of Texans are food-insecure, meaning they do not have reliable access to affordable, nutritious food, according to the Texas Hunger Initiative. That’s what makes supporting your local food banks and church feeding pantries so important.

  08/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Guest Editorial: A few sanity-savers as school gets under way

  If not already, pretty soon, the sunscreen-shined SUV seats will be covered in permission slips, after-school snacks and random articles of clothing shucked en route to after-school activities.

  08/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Dallas: A whole new world

  Student Missions Blog: During the last few weeks of preparation, people have told me working at a junior college is going to be different. “Ministry is going to be like nothing you have done before,” they said. “Expect a challenge.” Well, everyone was right.

  08/22/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Richard Ray: Workforce skills apply to ministry

  I will never forget Labor Day, because I was born on Labor Day in 1965. As I look back over my soon-to-be 49 years of life, I realize I never have been unemployed for more than a week.

  08/22/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Jeff Johnson: Faithful economics & the Baptist Foundation of Texas

  I majored in business in college and minored in economics. Yep, my university experience was sated with market shares, flow charts, interest rates, stocks and bonds.

  08/21/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Denton: Lending a hand and being the hands of Jesus

  Student Missions Blog: The school semester hasn’t even started yet at Texas Woman’s University, but my director and I have been busy preparing for the students to arrive.

  08/21/2014 - By John Rutledge