‘A Little Child Shall Lead Them’

‘A Little Child Shall Lead Them’

An interesting phrase is inserted into Isaiah’s vision of the peaceful world that will emerge from Assyrian hostilities. The prophet declares in Isaiah 11:1-6: “A shoot will come forth from the stump of Jesse … who will judge by what he sees and hears …...
‘They Are Human Beings. They Matter.’

‘They Are Human Beings. They Matter.’

Six out of 10 students at the school where I teach in South Carolina are from the countrysides or inner cities of Mexico, Central America and South America. Many of them are like Paola, a first-grader from El Salvador who lives in a small apartment with her grandma,...

Great Reasons Abound to Feel Baptist Pride

Baptists have been my spiritual tribe as I walked my faith journey. From running through the halls of exciting Eastwood Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and attending Baptist summer camps to being trained by Baptist seminaries and employed by Baptist congregations...