A few years ago, my therapist declared me an “empath.” It was not a term I’d heard before. She explained it as someone who feels deeply, especially when it comes to other people’s experiences and feelings. Yeah, that checks out. I’ve always been very sensitive, even as a kid. In fact, my very first girlfriend […] The post Creep of the Week: Anti-Queer Christians appeared first on Philadelphia Gay News.| Philadelphia Gay News
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Despite its overuse, I cannot help but once again trod out Charles Dicken’s line to describe my time at the 2025 Annual Meeting (SBC Convention). “It was the best of times, it was the worst of time…| Witkowski Blog
Today (Is that called anthropomorphization?), tried to warn me. We are gutting the inside of the right side of our house to make a gathering room out of three small rooms. One was a screened porch, which will now be a sunroom. My husband’s car got a nail and I had to fix it since he was on call. It went into the sidewall, so I needed a new tire. As I went to get it fixed, I proceeded to bump into the back of my contractor’s new pickup. It was minor, but it was still upsetting. Today had...| thewartburgwatch.com
Hurricane Beryl made landfall July 8 near Matagorda, Texas, as a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm, where it claimed the lives of at least 12 people. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief and Send Relief are helping survivors. “Send Relief has been assessing the […]| Baptist Courier
Over the past two years, I’ve said very little in public about the so-called Law Amendment. As recording secretary, I’m an officer of the Southern Baptist Convention who is eligible for perpetual election. If elected, I’ll serve Southern Baptists joyfully, regardless of the outcome of this or any number of other votes. But now that […]| Baptist Courier
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers Six Oregon men are on an official SBC list of accused Baptist sexual abusers. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released a list naming over 700 men accused of sexually abusing or assaulting people in Baptist churches. Over 50 of the accused abusers were in western […] The post Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Sexual abuse inside the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) should come as no surprise, given the history of abuse in other organizations. Still, when the Southern Baptist Convention released a report in May 2022 of the SBC’s horrible response to decades of sexual abuse allegations, it hit like a bombshell. Sexual predators gravitate to where they […] The post Sexual Abuse in the SBC is No Surprise, But Still a Shock appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn