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Sixty

Sixty

When you’re a kid you can’t wait to grow up. Then you do grow up, and you realize it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. You have to do unpleasant things like take responsibility for yourself, and often for others. At some point you begin to gaze toward old age in the same way… Continue Reading

An Open Letter to Chris Leavell

An Open Letter to Chris Leavell

Dear Chris, From your father’s email I have learned of your current condition. As I understand it, the melanoma has spread throughout your body. The best your physicians can hope to do is to slow its growth and to lengthen your earthly life a bit. My family and I have been stunned by the speed… Continue Reading

Retrospective

Retrospective

This has been the final week before the beginning of the fall semester at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Our faculty has spent most of the week on in-service meetings. These meetings are complicated by the fact that Central Seminary is closely related to both Fourth Baptist Church and Fourth Baptist Christian School. While each of… Continue Reading