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We will not be Silent about Sexual Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention

We will not be silent about the culture of Sexual Abuse among Southern Baptists In my sermon last Sunday (May 22), I used the “interpretative lens” of trauma to unpack Jesus’ words of encouragement and love in John 14:15-24. I reflected on the aftermath of recent shootings over the past week: one in a churchContinue reading “We will not be Silent about Sexual Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention”

Remembering Alma Lee Loy

This weekend, we have the opportunity to honor the life and legacy of that someone-special person who helped make Vero Beach a something-special city: Alma Lee Loy. Alma Lee Loy was member of First Baptist Church of Vero Beach and served as the first woman mayor of Vero Beach in the early 1970s. She wasContinue reading “Remembering Alma Lee Loy”