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Now you can see some of the meetings that you've been reading about in A Rancher's Rumblings. Beginning May 20, we have posted videos of the meetings held in Brownwood on April 27, 2009:
The links above will take you to the video indexes for these events. From there, you can select the video that you want to see. Please give the videos time to fully load - you will be rewarded for your patience. |
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A Rancher's Rumblings June 12, 2009 |
A Rancher's Rumblings June 26, 2009 |
Baptist Reflections June 29, 2009 |
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I carry in my Bible a copy of one of my favorite quotes from my favorite writer, Frederick Buechner. It’s a saying of Leo Bebb, the title character of The Book of Bebb, which is a compilation of four novels Buechner wrote, centering on this character. Leo Bebb says, “We all got secrets. I got them same as everybody else – things we feel bad about and wish hadn’t ever happened. Hurtful things. Long ago things. We’re all scared and lonesome, but most of the time we keep it hid. It’s like every one of us has lost his way so bad we don’t even know which way is home any more, only we’re ashamed to ask. You know what would happen if we would own up we’re lost and ask? Why, what would happen is we’d find out that home is each other. We’d find out home is Jesus that loves us lost or found or any whichway.” I thought of this quote Monday night. The little kid goats I wrote about last week were not with their mother when Loretta and I fed them toward the middle of the week. I tried to assure Loretta that they were probably just sleeping, but – in all honesty – I was worried. . . . |
Let me begin by giving you a report from Desperado Ranch. . . . where Loretta and I have built our new home. . . . We have 21 cows; 2 bulls; 65 goats – including 60 nanny goats (females) and 5 billy goats (males); 1 donkey named Shanna (in “honor” of my daughter-in-law – some of you fathers-in-law will probably understand); and, finally, a llama named Ret, after Loretta, because she is so stubborn (!!!!! it’s okay, Loretta understands). . . . Since you need only three boys for every 20 girls, the older billy goats now look at me with great disdain, realizing that they are going to have to share a great deal more. Of course, they do not gripe too much – I think that’s because they know they get sold and eaten if they do not share appropriately. You see, sharing is a way of life on a ranch – sharing makes everyone stronger. For some, sharing is even a way of surviving. That’s the way it is for Texas Baptists, too. I am not sure that very many people realize how committed TBC has been to sharing through the years. . . . |
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared as a post to Charles Foster Johnson's Connectivity blog on June 24, 2009. We are reprinting it with his permission. The decision of the Southern Baptist Convention to find Broadway Baptist Church not in friendly cooperation is a missed opportunity for the denomination to reverse its regressive slide and take a small, safe step in the direction of inclusiveness. For a year now, both Broadway and Southern Baptist leaders have worked diligently to maintain its historic, 127-year relationship. The ties that bind the church and denomination are strong and numerous, particularly given Broadway’s close relationship with Southwestern Seminary. . . . Last summer a motion was made by a North Carolina pastor to remove Broadway from the Southern Baptist Convention on the grounds that the church was in violation of Article III of the SBC Constitution, which prohibits churches from taking any action “to affirm, approve, or endorse homosexual behavior.” How he concluded such a thing is a mystery; he has never had any formal communication with the church. Nevertheless, the motion was referred . . . . |
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A Word About Our Newsletter Archives a note from Bill Jones, TBC Communications Editor |
Board of Directors Officers: Debbie Ferrier, Chair | James Hassell, Vice-Chair | Mike Caraway, Treasurer | Ron Ellison, Secretary/Recorder Members: Jay Abernathy |Michael Bell | Bill Brian | Chad Chaddick | Andrew Daugherty | Michael Evans | Sharon Felton | Joy Fenner | Debbie Ferrier | Clyde Glazener | Ken Hall | James Hassell | Ed Hogan | Bill Jones | Phil Lineberger | Jaclanel McFarland | René Maciel | Dan Malone | Mike Massar | Werth Mayes | John Ogletree | Ellis Orozco | Lorenzo Peña | Debbie Potter | Roberto Rodriguez | Bob Stephenson | Bill Tillman | Steve Vernon | Steve Wells Advisory Board Babs Baugh | Rudy Camacho | Ron Cook | Dean Dickens | Ron Ellison | Charles Higgs | John Petty | Albert Reyes | John Cash Smith |
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Through the years, many outstanding Baptist leaders have written articles for Texas Baptists Committed in our TBC Newsletter. Some of these articles have been timely, dealing with pressing issues of the moment. Many others have dealt with historic Baptist principles. Please take some time to look through our Newsletter archives. I urge you, also, to take a look through our archives of A Rancher's Rumblings, the column begun in 2007 by David R. Currie; and Baptist Reflections, the column begun in 2008, which is written by various Baptist leaders. |
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