How The BWA’s Global Family Widened My View

George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union address on Jan. 29, 2002, and described regimes that sponsor terror as an axis of evil. Just a little over four months prior, the U.S. had experienced the terrorist attacks of 9/11. During those four months, soldiers and...

‘The Founder’

One phrase was used frequently when I worked at McDonald’s during high school: “If you got time to lean, you got time to clean.” I heard that saying in my teenage dreams. Watching “The Founder” and hearing Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) say it...

How the BWA Opened My Eyes to Global Baptists

I am a South African, born and raised during the difficult dark days of apartheid. The most tragic story about South Africa is that the church was used to propagate and sustain the policies of segregation. Even though South Africa had produced awesome leaders who...

Reflecting on Donald Trump and Climate Change

President Donald Trump’s views on climate change are concerning. Reports on his climate-change stance indicate a man who is either easily swayed by the views of others, who does not have a clear appreciation of the issues, or is a very shrewd political operator...