Traveling through Palestine in an Upside-Down World
From this trip, I will carry with me the deep gratitude I have for those who have welcomed me into their lives and hold them as an example of steadfastness, knowing this will be needed as we protect one another from a barrage of attacks on human dignity in the months ahead. And I will find comfort in maqluba theology, knowing that the work of God, and indeed our work, is to turn the world right-side up.
Book review: Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación (Ciudad de México, MX: Editorial Planeta, 2024), $19.95. ISBN 978-6073909105
Colonial Footprints in the Puerto Rican Chruch.
The arrival of American missionaries to Puerto Rico brought the establishment of Protestant evangelicalism, which took strong root in the country.
Are Baptists An Extinct People?
Being a church pastor, cemented behind a pulpit every Sunday, has advantages. For example, my family enjoys eating, and my salary ensures they continue enjoying that bit of pleasure.
Peacemakers commemorate Global Baptist Peace Conference
On January 22, peacemakers met to celebrate at the Baptist University of Cali, Colombia, to discuss experiences and memories of the Global Peace Conference held there in July 2019. It was a space for participants to recognize and reconnect after 5 years with the aim of listening to peacemakers in their constant commitment to peace rooted in justice.
Tell me what concept of God you have, and I will tell you who you are.
From early on in the Old Testament, the name of God is unpronounceable: YHWH. Adding to this, the commandment “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain” means that no one referred to God by name but as the Most High, Almighty, and more.
