There was a state convention staff guy who liked to tell churches that they could count on a certain percentage offering loss per inch of snow. The only reason churches I pastored ever cancelled services was because of snow and here in the south it only takes a little snow to create considerable chaos. Once […]
Coronavirus and the Art of Judgment (Adam Wyatt)
Like many of us, I have been watching closely the coronavirus. Further, I have seen all the memes and social media posts stating that this is something that China has engineered to take America out or something Democrats have cooked up to undermine Trump’s presidency. We have been told this is simply the flu by […]
This Hardheaded Old Codger Is STILL [NOT] Going to Africa*
*barring further developments! **Further developments happened. In discussing this with the missionary in Senegal, he thought it best if we postpone. Go ahead, call me stupid. That will be one of the nicest things I’ve been called on social media recently! I am scheduled to leave for Senegal next Saturday, March […]
The rise of cremations and the demise of funerals with caskets and bodies.
Presiding at a funeral last week, I followed the usual protocol of leading a short procession from the hearse to the gravesite. The hearse parked close to a tent that had been erected. The body had been cremated and there was no stand for a casket nor a big pile of dirt thoughtfully covered by […]
The Narcissism of Small Difference & the SBC
“I am not being melodramatic when I say that people from Eagleton are snobby and evil and would most likely exterminate everybody who isn’t from Eagleton if they weren’t so busy being obsessed with themselves.” — Leslie Knope Leslie Knope, of Parks and Recreation fame, abhorred folks from Eagleton. That’s what people from Pawnee did. […]
Conservative Baptist Network to the six SBC seminaries: Drop dead!
I’ve been waiting since 1975 to find a good use for this headline in SBC life. Thank you, Conservative Baptist Network for the opportunity. Before they even went public with their mysterious new group, the CBN arranged a partnership with my old and beloved alma mater, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN. MABTS is […]
Bob Allen, top reporter on abuse in Baptist churches leaves Baptist New Global
Before the Houston Chronicle did their series on sex abuse, long before the metoo movement, before Christa Brown, Dee Parsons, or any of the others started writing on the subject, and way back when neither Baptist Press nor any of the state Southern Baptist newspapers and news would report on abuse in SBC churches, reporter […]
An Appeal to the ERLC Study Task Force
There are two things you ought to know about me that have influenced what I will write in this post. By a tutelage difficult to forget, I have come to understand that those who serve on our boards and committees deserve some level of deference. They are always in a position to know a little […]
I’m at the point of dropping out, I’m afraid.
Sometimes you get fed up. Sometimes you get bored. Sometimes you just feel that it’s time to move on. Sometimes you recognize that this just isn’t the place for you. I’m not talking about the SBC, about blogging, about Voices, or about my current church but I’d guess that there are many parallels in the […]
Resolution 9, CRT/I, and an Appeal to Trust (Kris Sinclair)
Much has been said regarding Resolution 9, Critical Race Theory, and Intersectionality (CRT/I) since Birmingham. Some are in agreement and some are in disagreement, but from my interactions with others actually aware of the debate, most are indifferent and confused. This is something I understand because I’m just as confused about all the nuances of […]
Pray for #SBC2020
Over the past few years, I have been challenged in my own life to “pray the Scriptures” more for people and situations, and also just for worshipful prayer. God’s word is a breath of life for our souls as God speaks to us, so why not use it to shape and fashion or prayers back […]
