• Four months invested

  STUDENT MISSIONS BLOG: As I leave the city where I’ve served for four months, I can't help but be excited to return home with my family and friends. But it also saddens me to leave the life I have semi-built here in East Asia and the relationships I have formed.

  12/11/2012 - By Ken Camp

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  2nd Sunday of Advent: Longing for Eternal Life

  "The one who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death" (Revelation 2:11). We want to live forever. We just don’t want to die to do it.

  12/09/2012 - By Administrator

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  First Sunday of Advent: Longing for Paradise

  We’re all longing for paradise. We’re just not sure what "it" is. But we know we’re not there—yet.

  12/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Waiting with childlike anticipation

  EDITORIAL: If we put our hearts into the task, we can recapture childlike gladness, longing and expectation during the Christmas season.

  11/30/2012 - By Administrator

• DOWN HOME: Hearing the hum of a happy heart

  Humming is the soundtrack of my life. And lately, the season has been definitely pushing the buttons on my internal jukebox.

  11/30/2012 - By Administrator

• Right or Wrong? God as ‘Ground of Being’

  I’ve seen God described as “not only the Ground of all Being, but also the Ground of all Doing.” Help me understand how to appreciate that characterization.

  11/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  Reading the Culture: The Future of Faith

  People with no religious commitment are the fastest-growing religious demographic in America. A great spiritual awakening is advancing everywhere but in the West. What is the future of faith in a culture like ours?

  11/29/2012 - By Administrator

• IN TOUCH: Weslaco, Abilene & points in-between

  Your Executive Board staff gathered in your Baptist Building the last week of November for reporting, team meeting and fellowship. We wrapped up this year and planned for the next. Thank you for your prayers.

  11/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  Commentary: Is joy found in life’s many struggles?

  Why don't we ever sing that Vacation Bible School song “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart” in grown-up church?

  11/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  2nd Opinion: “Bieber fever” & the worship wars

  I thought the worship wars were over. The church I grew up in put traditional Southern gospel-style music out to pasture for a more generic contemporary style in the mid-’90s.

  11/29/2012 - By Administrator

• Quotes in the News

  “Condescending comments about the ‘gray-haired’ crowd … should be as offensive and unacceptable as ridiculing persons because of race or gender. While always seeking to include persons of diverse ages, backgrounds and experience, we do not need fewer experienced persons to bring their unique gifts and resources to the mix. We need more.” –John Pierce

  11/28/2012 - By Administrator

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  Cartoon

  “You performed an illegal interpretation. Windows will automatically excommunicate …”

  11/28/2012 - By Administrator