Beloved Community,
Youth Retreat
October 23rd, 2025
“…if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” Philippians 4:8 (NIV) The other day a friend asked me if I had heard about a recent...
Beloved Community,
Curiosity as the Starting Point
September 25th, 2025
This past Tuesday I was the guest speaker at the Baptist Student Union (BSU) on the Wake Forest University campus. I led this diverse group of undergraduate and...
Beloved Community,
On MLK Jr. Day…
January 16th, 2025
Dear Beloved Community, One spiritual practice that I revisit through the years is reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail ...
Beloved Community,
Serve Together
August 22nd, 2024
Kelly Auditorium, the room beneath our sanctuary, has served many purposes this summer. It has hosted deacon meetings and a quarterly church conference. It has ...
Beloved Community,
From Kyle
June 13th, 2024
Beloved Community, It’s Kyle here. As Emily would say, “I serve as one of the pastors here at First Baptist on Fifth.”...