Category Archives: Edgewater

[Jason and Terah]

Share I’ve known Jason Sampler since 2004 when I first moved to New Orleans for seminary. We were both a part of Edgewater Baptist Church in Gentilly (and students at NOBTS). It took the exile after Hurricane Katrina for us to connect, but since then I’ve considered him a great friend. After we moved back...

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So Long, New Orleans…

Share This is the last blog I’m writing from New Orleans. I have a few scheduled for the coming days because I’ll be trying to move things to Mobile then to Fort Worth, and I’m not sure how often I’ll be able to post.  Today is one day shy of fulfilling my second full year...

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Intelligent Travel Voluntourism…

Share Intelligent Travel, National Geographic Traveler’s blog, posted a list of organizations that you can volunteer through to help New Orleans recover and rebuild. I wanted to add to that list my home church, Edgewater Baptist Church, and the North American Mission Board’s Operation NOAH. Also, they used one of my photos in their post,...

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Why We Preach…

Share Tonight I preached for the first time since February 2006, and it’s only one of a few opportunities since I left Mobile to come to seminary in 2004.  For someone who had gotten use to being heard on a regular basis, to preach tonight was an incredible blessing- one I didn’t take for granted. ...

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The Good Side of Baptists…

Share Here’s a story I’ve heard twice this week from the building coordinator at Edgewater Baptist Church in New Orleans. (That’s my church.) We had a team of Baptists from Georgia scheduled to work on our sanctuary for last week. Two weeks ago, we found out that the sanctuary had suffered extreme termite damage over...

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