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Embodying Sanctuary

Embodying Sanctuary

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...
Collaborative Ministry is How We “Love One Another”

Collaborative Ministry is How We “Love One Another”

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...
Iconic Truth

Iconic Truth

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...

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