FBC Youth are in NYC this week working between 2 rivers. We have come to pray and to share about “that good ol’ way” with children and adults alike. Here they are singing on the roof of Metro Baptist Church. [youtube...
So many people. Every single day. On the subway, on the sidewalk, on the street. As I became more accustomed to these new modes of transportation, they became blurs rushing by as we raced from one place to the next. If they’d just get out of the way… How...
by Rick Milligan (Rick is a driver for our Sunday bus service to Friends Home and also helps on special occasions to pick up our community friends from Center City Park and the IRC.) Observations from an FBC bus driver . . . As an FBC Sunday bus driver, I volunteer...
“Hands.” Pastor Darian Blue, Executive Director of the Phillis Wheatley Center, told the stories of children who need the safe space the Center provides. And at the end of each story, he encouraged those assembled to finish the sentence: “This...
After our third long, hot day of work in the Nicholtown Community in Greenville, SC, we were treated to an appreciation meal and concert at FBC Greenville. Making our hearts sing with his music, our friend Kyle Matthews shared some songs that speak of faith and truth,...
My friend Milkweed (another time, please) used to pull out his wallet and say in his high-pitched, gravely voice, “Hey, you wanna see a picture of my pride and joy?” And thinking it was his wife or his kids, well-meaning suckers would cheerfully say,...