by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 3, 2019 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, From Our Archives
Growing up, I didn’t realize that my proximity to extended family would, 40 years later, turn out to be an anachronism. With my much older sister and three of my father’s six siblings living within a few hundred yards of our family farm, I came and went as I pleased....
by social@thebtscenter.org | Jan 18, 2017 | 21stCenturyBible, 21stCenturySpirituality, Bearings Review 2017, Events
Editor’s Note: Pamela Shellberg, scholar-in-residence at The BTS Center, will be a key speaker at Convocation 2017: “Course Corrections.” The event also will feature poet Scott Cairns and Michelle Walsh, a spiritual director and licensed clinical social worker....
by social@thebtscenter.org | Jan 13, 2017 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, Bearings Review 2017
“Technically, it’s called presbyopia,” said the ophthalmologist. “Starts about age 40, so you’re pretty much on target. Most people just get readers.” “Presbyopia, eh?” “Yeah. It means –” “I know … old eyes.” As a lifelong Presbyterian, this is the only other word...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Jan 6, 2017 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMission, Bearings Review 2017
What a year it was. For many, including myself, 2016 had its share of joys and sorrows, but the election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America overshadowed all else. In the wake of his unexpected victory, those who did not support...
