by Richard Wilson | Nov 30, 2018 | Opinion
The liturgical year is built upon common readings that span three years of reading, hearing, reflecting upon and, for some, preaching the same passages. Those who embrace the cycles year by year have the chance to visit familiar texts that are old friends, but in a...
by Richard Wilson | May 7, 2018 | Opinion
Today, the life of Rev. Dr. James Hal Cone will be celebrated at Riverside Church in New York City. Immediately after the service, his mortal remains will be interred at Fair Lawn Cemetery in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Over the last week and more, the story of...
by Richard Wilson | May 27, 2014 | Opinion
May 13, 2014, would have been the 101st birthday of William Richard Tolbert Jr. Thirty-four years ago, April 12, 1980, Tolbert, the 20th president of Liberia, was assassinated in a coup d’état that ended the so-called First Republic of Liberia and served as a...
by Richard Wilson | Mar 25, 2014 | Opinion
Liberian Baptists are moving. Literally. Hundreds have gone on foot in the last 10 days. Hundreds more have crowded into cars and hit the roads during March. In Liberia, the roads usually hit back. Fifty miles or so outside of Monrovia, paved roads become a memory to...
by Richard Wilson | Mar 3, 2014 | Opinion
I watched and listened as a visiting missionary stood in front of more than 100 Liberian pastors during a question-and-answer session at the end of a three-day conference for rural pastors at Ricks Institute in Liberia. After a series of questions about the...
