Had you seen her surrounded by friends and well-wishers at a ladies’ tea in Dallas, it would have been hard to imagine Dorothy Patterson had just lived through a very difficult few months. The former first lady of Southwestern Seminary’s presence there is telling about her legacy in Southern Baptist life. For those watching over […]
Meredith Flynn
Raising Aliens: Families embrace ‘strangeness’ for the sake of the gospel
Christian parents gathered last August in Nashville, Tenn., for a conference sponsored by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. The theme—Christ-centered parenting in a complex world—was expounded upon by pastors, teachers, authors, and family experts in sessions focused both on modern-day parenting questions and universal family challenges. One speaker, Jen Wilkin, taught a session titled […]
Seminary’s biggest challenge
People in my home church in Florida cautioned me: “Don’t let seminary ruin you.” I knew what they meant. Stories abounded of young men who went to seminary fired up to change the world for Jesus, and returned cold and lifeless, all their zeal dissolved in the acid of theological debates and parsing of verbs. […]
Wise counsel for major decisions; how to help students
“If there is something that you desire to do, put it out there,” Jeff Reep, director of career services at Cedarville University advises. “And then start moving toward it.” Read…
To my Christian college: A thank-you
I was left with a bigger question, one that I now know most people that age, particularly younger Christians, probably face at one time or another: Who am I going to be? Read…