by social@thebtscenter.org | Dec 5, 2019 | 21stCenturySpirituality, Bearings Review 2015, From Our Archives
This time of year marks the return of the “C&E” crowd to churches—the folks who appear at Christmas and Easter. I imagine that lots of clergy and regular congregants have mixed feelings about these seasonal prodigals. On the one hand, it’s pretty magical to have a...
by Kay Ahmed | Mar 31, 2019 | From Our Archives
I decided to return to my old church for a visit. Readers of Bearings will recall that it’s been a while since I’ve crossed the threshold of the church that nurtured me through graduate school and the various ups and downs of life at that time. I’d been mulling a...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Mar 2, 2017 | 21stCenturyCulture, Bearings Review 2017, ChurchChange
Three weeks ago, Senate Republicans silenced Senator Elizabeth Warren for criticizing attorney general nominee Senator Jeff Sessions. Warren had attempted to read civil rights activist Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter against Sessions’ nomination for a federal...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Sep 16, 2016 | 21stCenturySpirituality, Bearings Review 2017
This summer, my two-year-old and I were driving on the way to some errand or another. His older sister was absent, over at a friend’s house to play. He found that he could chatter uninterrupted about whatever topic he wanted, a rare pleasure. Suddenly, he asked me...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 8, 2016 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMinistry
While driving my seven-year-old to a doctor’s appointment for what was likely an ear infection, I noticed that the car was unusually quiet. Rain pattered on the windshield, and the wipers provided their usual rhythmic swishing sound. But my oldest kid is a talker—her...
