Share Sunday morning at Edgewater Dr. Riley preached from Mark 15, regarding the mockery and crucifixion of Jesus. During our small group breakout sessions after the sermon, we discussed our thoughts on the passage. One of my group members spent a few minutes reflecting on the mockery of Jesus found in verses 16-20. And the...
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Share Three years ago today I was convinced by Angela Davis to start blogging. A few days later I was to move to New Orleans for seminary, and I decided to journal my seminary experience, which was to end in May 2007, if all went as expected. It’s really hard to believe that it’s been...
Share In August 2004, I moved to New Orleans to attend seminary. In August 2005, I left thinking I’d be back in a few days. It took nine months. June 1, 2006, actually, was the day I moved back. The first day of hurricane season. It’s been a year now. Ray Nagin was re-elected. So...
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...
Share I have to admit I’ve been slack on my posting. Maybe it’s because every time I’m introduced, people tack on “he has a blog.” Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy. Maybe it’s because like most of New Orleans, I’m finding myself hitting that 2 month mark of frustration and my anger is rising. No...
