by Drick Boyd | May 12, 2020 | Featured
When we are challenged we do not rise to our expectations. We fall to our level of practice. Archilocus God checked out the other day. No one knows exactly where She went or when, but as far as anyone knows God is gone. Nowhere to be found. Some folks said God had...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 13, 2019 | Featured
One Who Professed Faith This past Sunday, a 12-year old boy was baptized by our pastor. For those not familiar with the Baptist and Anabaptist traditions, baptism in these churches does not happen when a child is born, but rather when that child at whatever age makes...
by Drick Boyd | Feb 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Over the last year and a half I have begun to appreciate the power of poetry, the ability of words to create images, capture feelings, speak deep truths that go beyond the rational to the emotional and spiritual. Mostly I have been reading Ranier Marie Rilke, Mary...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am attending the annual conference of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) in Raleigh, NC for the next few days. I came here not knowing what to expect, except for using the time to network with other urban studies programs and like-minded...
