by social@thebtscenter.org | Jan 14, 2016 | From Our Archives
Originally published in Bearings January 2016 | On December 29, 2015, my 14th wedding anniversary, I spent most of the day researching and thinking about the death of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old African-American boy gunned down by the police in Cleveland, Ohio. His...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Sep 9, 2015 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMission, Bearings Review 2016
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I drove to the university for my classes. I flipped the radio on, like I always do, to listen to pop music on my commute. This morning was different. There was no music. Instead, the morning DJs were trying to confirm whether two...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Jun 24, 2015 | 21stCenturyMission
By now we all know the basic details of the story: More than a week ago, Dylann Storm Roof entered Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and joined a small Bible study. He prayed with the assembled group. After an hour, he started shooting, even though he later...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Feb 12, 2015 | 21stCenturySpirituality
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...
