Beloved Community,
Bold Witness and Stories of Resurrection
March 16th, 2024
Yesterday morning, I gathered with over 150 folks for an optional workshop at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina’s Annual Gathering. Called ...
Beloved Community,
Being Baptist
March 11th, 2024
March is a month full for us of opportunities to share fellowship, resources, vision, and encouragement with our wider Baptist communities. I want to be sure yo...
Beloved Community,
A Pastor Installed
January 20th, 2024
Perhaps there are few more meaningful services of worship for a pastor than that of an installation service that makes official the binding of a pastor to their...
Beloved Community,
The Warmth of Zack’s Blessing
November 11th, 2023
I can hardly consider ordinations without feeling the invitation to consider blessing. My own ordination nearly 15 years ago was one of such affirmation, that t...
Beloved Community,
40th Anniversary Celebration of Baptist Women in Ministry
October 7th, 2023
I've returned from a week away, shared with our larger Baptist family and First on Fifth denominational partners, and what a gift it was! I, along with our Amy ...
Beloved Community,
Holy Ambition: CBF’s General Assembly
July 1st, 2023
This week, twenty First on Fifth folks traveled to Atlanta for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's General Assembly, the annual gathering of more than 1000 Coo...