by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 27, 2017 | 21stCenturyMission, 21stCenturyReligion
Skin. To learn to be comfortable in one’s skin. To teach our kids—in our families, our youth groups, our churches—to be comfortable in their skin. To teach ourselves how to be comfortable with each others’ skin. Wouldn’t that be an amazing thing? It took me a while to...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 21, 2017 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission
They would soon be facing a life-threatening winter. Overwhelming violence in Syria had forced residents from their homes with minimal belongings. Several thousand Syrian refugees were now relocated in a U.N.-sanctioned camp at Jordan. Without the warm clothing they...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 7, 2017 | 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality
With the year-in-year-out cycle of holidays—sacred and secular alike—it’s easy to think of Easter, and the resurgence of life that it celebrates, as a foregone conclusion. I remember going out to play one Good Friday afternoon when I was about 10; we kids were...