Mar 12, 2020 | Blog, Lastest News
March 11, 2020 Like many of us, I have been earnestly striving to understand the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread in the United States and across the globe. At times I have wrestled with...
Jan 28, 2020 | Blog, Lastest News
By Art Wright CBFVA January 28, 2020 During the month of January I have been co-leading a series at Huguenot Road Baptist Church called “Learning to Listen: Christian Ethics in an Age of Polarization.” Our weekly discussions have centered around the need for churches...
Dec 20, 2019 | Archived Blogs, Blog, Lastest News
When we think of the word sacrifice our minds often assume the ultimate physical sacrifice—like giving one’s life through military service. My recent trip to the Texas-Mexico border reminded me sacrifice can be defined in many different ways. Hearing stories from...
Dec 19, 2019 | Blog, Lastest News
Barrett Owen, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Waynesboro I like to define faith as “awe in the face of mystery.” Faith leads us to the precipice of life and has us look out into the Great Unknown with a sense of ‘awe’ and ‘wonder’at what is to come. But...
Dec 19, 2019 | Blog, Lastest News, Uncategorized
By Art Wright, CBFVA Theologian in Residence Advent is supposed to be a season of deliberate quiet, peaceful reflection, and expectant hope. Yet if your experience has been anything like mine this year, Advent has been anything but. I feel like I am trying to...
Dec 18, 2019 | Archived Blogs, Blog, Lastest News
by Terry Maples, CBFVA Coordinator I grew up in North Alabama in the 1960’s. My Dad was a bi-vocational preacher in small Southern Baptist churches for much of his career. The context of my early years shaped me in powerful ways, and I am grateful to the...