Category: TBC blog (2010-2017)

Christmas has taken on a different feel for our family this year. Every year, we are reminded that Christmas is not a joyous time for those whose despair and despondency are magnified when all around them are celebrating, singing carols, partying, shopping . . . This year, our family has struggled as we almost lost Travis Read more . . .

(NOTE: The author is pastor of Bread Fellowship of Fort Worth, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, and a member of the Texas Baptists Committed Board of Directors.) Pastors for Texas Children (PTC) is a new organization that mobilizes local churches to provide both wrap-around care for local schools and advocacy for adequate funding Read more . . .

Shortly after lunch on November 22, 1963, I was sitting in Common Learnings class at Northgate Junior High School in Kansas City, Missouri, when we were told that President Kennedy had been shot and killed. I was in 7th grade. I don’t remember whether our teacher, Mrs. Elliott, told us, or the principal told us over Read more . . .

In recent months, Texas Baptists Committed (TBC) has lost – through resignation – the active service of three long-serving members of our Board of Directors. TBC’s accomplishments through the years owe much to the contributions of Michael Bell, Joy Fenner, and Steve Wells. Personally, I have come to consider all three to be dear friends Read more . . .

On Tuesday, New Year’s Day, after serving 2 years as associate executive director of Texas Baptists Committed (TBC), I transitioned to executive director. Our Board voted last month to name me to this post, and I want to express my appreciation to them for their trust and affirmation. They are my partners in this work Read more . . .

Dear Mike Huckabee, Ever since last week’s shootings in Newtown, I’ve read your quotes all over the media; here’s just a sampling of them: “We’ve systematically removed God from our schools.” (UPI) “We’ve created an atmosphere in this country where the only time you want to invoke God’s name is after the tragedy. . . Read more . . .

(NOTE: David R. Currie, Ph.D., is a Baptist minister and owner of Cornerstone Builders in San Angelo, Texas, who retired in 2009 after serving Texas Baptists Committed as executive director for over two decades.) I own over 20 rifles, shotguns, and pistols. We gun owners have insisted on our Second Amendment rights, and we have Read more . . .

Be Near to Us, O God of Love (based on Psalm 36:5-9)   Be near to us, O God of love, all goodness in your sight. In you we find the fount of life, Your radiance springs forth light.   Your steadfast love to heaven extends, Your faithfulness the clouds. The mountains sing your righteousness, the Read more . . .

Thirty-three years ago tonight (funny, it was a Thursday that year, too), I received word that Ron Russey had been killed the night before – Halloween night, 1979 – while on his way from Colorado to lead a family life conference in a church in Texas. Earlier this year, I wrote a post entitled Thank Read more . . .

What is at the heart of our faith in Jesus Christ? That’s really the heart of the matter when it comes to divisions among Baptists. Notice I said “divisions,” not “differences.” Differences are inevitable, Baptist or not. To be human is to be different. Each of us is made in God’s image, yet each of Read more . . .