by social@thebtscenter.org | Dec 5, 2019 | 21stCenturyCulture, Bearings Review 2016, From Our Archives
In July I was invited to speak about the #BaltimoreUprising at the Duke Summer Institute for Reconciliation. My presentation focused on “Why We Cry, How We Cry and Who Can Cry?” in response to state violence. “Why We Cry” dealt with the systemic and structural...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Jun 10, 2016 | 21stCenturyBible, 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturySpirituality, Bearings Review 2016
Jesus could be a real jerk sometimes. I’m not referring here to the times he got angry (John 2:13-17), cynical (Matthew 21:18-22), or sarcastic (Mark 12:18-27) with people. I’m talking about the times Jesus was just plain mean to them. Case in point: the Canaanite...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Jun 3, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, Bearings Review 2016, ChurchChange
“So,” I said, “what I reckon it all comes down to is, how can I preach if I don’t have any answers?” “Yes, Mr. Crow,” he said, “How can you?” … “I don’t believe I can,” I said, and I felt my skin turn cold, for I had not even thought that until then. He said, “No, I...
by social@thebtscenter.org | May 11, 2016 | 21stCenturyBible, 21stCenturySpirituality, Bearings Review 2016, ChurchChange
As my father might say, it was déjà vu all over again: Driving to Andover Newton Theological Seminary (ANTS) for the last class of the course I taught this semester, closing out my year as a visiting professor there. Rather than some “school’s out for summer” kind of...
by social@thebtscenter.org | May 6, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, Bearings Review 2016
Three years ago, one of the saints of our congregation decided it was time to move into a local senior living facility. Her husband had died the previous year. She liked the idea of her son and his family filling the house—which felt too big for one—with the coming...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Mar 18, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, Bearings Review 2016, ChurchChange
On the evening of our first dinner church gathering, my then three-year-old daughter sat on the sidewalk in front of our banner that read, “God is not a boy’s name.” The picture struck a chord and continues to circulate on social media, in part because she is a happy,...
