Do you know this woman? I am finishing a biography of Ann Hasseltine Judson. She was an early American Baptist missionary. She went to Burma (Myanmar) with her husband Adoniram. That's the short version of the story, anyway. I would love to know if you know of her and how.

Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez New Icon “The freedom to which we are called presupposes going out of oneself, the breaking down of our selfishness and of all the structures that support our selfishness; the foundation of this freedom is openness to others. The fullness of liberation – a

Kentucky, remember to vote NO on Amendment 1 and Amendment 2.

Just Voted…fairly quick considering the line For me the most important vote in Kentucky this year is this one Vote No on Amendment #2 and protect rural public schools

Kentuckians: I'm honored to deliver The Hinson Lectures at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky on March 13th in Lexington - it's open to the public! If you want to consider #CCM as a serious form of theological and political formation, come join us:

Thanks for the invitation @GtownCollege! Always love working with the incredible people in the Office of Faith & Service.

Contributing writer @LRLevens reflects on the recent denominational meeting of @cbfinfo and how the energy of people in attendance felt different than in previous years.

The glee with which I pressed play on this episode...

Today, we mark one week since the tragic shooting at Old National Bank where 5 Louisvillians were killed. I spoke on the House floor with colleagues from KY and across the country to honor those we lost to gun violence this week and the heroic service of the first responders.

time to reread this tumblr post about the frankly insane herculean effort the carpathia made to get to the titanic in time to save anyone at all

Question for the Pauline scholars out there on "disputed authorship": have you all developed a shorthand to identify author/relationships for the disputed letters?

Gov. Andy Beshear was the one who called his friend Tommy Elliott’s wife to tell her her husband was killed in the Louisville bank shooting. “Calling your friend's wife, who is also your friend, to tell her that her husband is gone is among the hardest things I have ever done.”

@HannahDrake628 with the facts, per usual 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Okay this one’s pretty good

People's lives aren't political. Public safety isn't political. We need policies in place that put people over guns. I've seen us come together before to protect our communities—we can do this now. We have to come together to solve this problem that impacts all of us.

This episode is SO GOOD I have so many thoughts about this rancid-ass book, and it was really nice to hear someone _else_ yell about it for a change.

Just scrolling to see who’s okay Of course no one really is Broken Exhausted Torn apart My heart dies a little more every time A small piece wilts and a light goes out This time I know people who know the dead Every time I say, enough When will the powers that be say, enough?

"I have a very close friend that didn't make it today," Kentucky Gov. Beshear says after 5 people were killed in a shooting at a Louisville bank. "And I have another close friend who didn't either, and one who's at the hospital that I hope is going to make it through."

-organized by personalities, leaders, and conflicts. From expansion to hardship to recovery. It is tidy at the expense of connector tissue between stories. Was this really the primary operating mechanism, or is this just how Southern Baptists like to tell their story?

Currently working through Baptist foreign mission history books, and some observations: -British Baptists and American Baptists organize books by region, station, and have overarching theories of mission in mind as they write. Mostly tidy accounts. -Southern Baptist book, otoh...

This 🧵 is amazing: