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Bad data skewed GCR position

March 15 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

In all the dialog about the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s study of processes in Southern Baptist life as it seeks efficiencies to get more money “to the nations,” the single most arresting fact that committee members quoted was that two-thirds of missions money and personnel allocated through the North American Mission Board was deployed in the old south states. I still remembe...

Passion great when amiable

March 10 2010 by Norman Jameson

I’m a passionate guy. When my son was playing organized basketball, I permanently damaged my voice in a passionate – and forever fruitless – effort to educate referees. My eyes moisten during Olympic vignettes in which parents’ work with children who grow into Olympic athletes; just as tears ran down my cheeks Sunday to hear my pastor talk of inheritance – a ring from his earthly father and a ...

Clayman finds Mali access in New York

March 8 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

Chris Clayman wanted to live and work as a missionary in Mali. But he is susceptible to some bugs or virus inherent there so it is physically impossible for him. He and his wife searched their hearts that still beat for West Africa to find a way to minister among West Africans. During a brief stopover in New York City Clayman went to a part of the city where West African immigrants settle to ...

GCR terminology a CP disaster

March 3 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

The irony of life in the Southern Baptist corral is that for most of the past 30 years Southern Baptists have elected to national leadership men who did not demonstrate deep seated, heartfelt, convictional support of the Southern Baptist Convention. Being a convention with a majority of small churches, bivocational pastors, rural roots and minimal theological education, we’ve almost always elected...

Whose idea is laughter?

March 1 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

Laughter reduces muscle tension, exercises the lungs, strengthens the immune system and draws friends according to Jack Hinson, pastor and 14-year chaplain who used the balm of humor to help patients heal at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva. Hinson has published a book of stories about healing humor called “Laughter Was God’s Idea.” “It was His intention from the beginning to provide us wit...

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Spoke'n

Bad data skewed GCR position

Passion great when amiable

Clayman finds Mali access in New York

GCR terminology a CP disaster

Whose idea is laughter?

Spoke'n

Bad data skewed GCR position

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