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Continue reading →: Is it the end of the world as we know it?
I hope that you’re reading this. If so, that means that the end of the world didn’t happen after all. Otherwise, this blog–and everything else–would have been toast by now. I know I should be writing about Christmas, but since it is December 21, 2012, I think writing about the…
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Continue reading →: Final leg of New York, superstorm Sandy networking trip
Monday was the final day of our trip, and Darrell and I had to travel–with luggage in tow–from Staten Island to Manhattan where we met some folks at Metro Baptist Church. It required two trains and a ferry, all through a thick soupy fog that did not allow us to…
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Continue reading →: Sandy Mission and Networking Trip Update, Saturday December 8
With four church meetings out of the way, and one more to go on Monday, Darrell and I decided to tour New Dorp and continue to the Great Kills area of Staten Island, another hard-hit area, this afternoon. Unlike the previous days we toured Staten Island, this day saw New…
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Continue reading →: Staten Island Sandy in pictures and a few words
While we continue to find places of ministry and networking in New York until Monday, here are some pictures and random thoughts of things we’ve heard coming out of Staten Island. Today, I got a chance to tell my niece’s fourth grade class at New Dorp Baptist Church Academy what…
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Continue reading →: Update from Staten Island, New York
Darrell Smith and I are on a relief assessment and networking trip in New York on behalf of Trinity Baptist Church and Global Environmental Relief. We arrived Wednesday evening and hit the ground running with meetings with four churches and one service project. Thursday began with a meeting with the Church…
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Continue reading →: Mary’s pregnancy was no cake walk
Last Sunday, Trinity began its annual Christmas liturgy, which includes Christmas music and sermons related to Advent and Christmas. One of the songs we sing was “Away in the Manger.” The second verse of the endearing hymn gets me thinking about the reality of Jesus’ birth and what was actually…
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Continue reading →: Global Environmental Relief, Trinity Baptist Church seeks to network, help rebuild Staten Island
Over the last month, news stories both heartbreaking and heartwarming have come out of Staten Island, New York, as a result of Superstorm Sandy. Within days of the storm, officials declared that of all the victims from the storm, over half lived in the small borough located just south of…
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Continue reading →: Advent, Change, and the Creative Process
Advent is my favorite season of the year. The cold weather rolls in and the leaves on the trees start turning colors. Advent, meaning “coming,” also anticipates Christmas season and the birth of the Christ child. It is a time of change, of expectant wonder. And the changes–especially the…
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Continue reading →: Giving thanks means remembering the people who helped shape your faith
Psalm 118 invites us to “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever.” With this spirit of gratitude upon us and the challenge to give thanks to the Holy One, I’d like to give thanks to the fact that Christ has come to me…
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Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia
Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia is a pastor, writer, and chaplain residing in Florida. He is author of three books and regular contributor to Smyth & Helwys’ Formations Series. His articles have appeared in USA Today, Baptist News Global, Christian Ethics Today, TCPalm, and Rockdale Citizen.
Baptist Spirituality explores the intersection of faith and culture incorporating biblical scholarship, culture and the arts, politics, science, and theology.
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