The great baseball philosopher Yogi Berra once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” Often in life it is so tempting to try to live in two worlds or simply to take the “fork” and attempt to go down both paths, but the harsh reality is one must chose his [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 26, 2009
Less Talk
Robyn and I just thought we were tired as we made our way through the DFW airport to catch our connecting flight home from Louisville and the Southern Baptist Convention. We had spent three days attending various convention meetings and participating in a number of what seemed at the time to be important decisions. I [...]
June 23, 2009
SBC/Broadway Decision
On June 22, the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention made the decision to recommend that the Southern Baptist Convention cease its relationship with the historic Broadway Baptist Church of Fort Worth. Broadway cooperated with SBC for over 125 years to reach the world with the hope of the gospel and wanted to continue [...]
June 16, 2009
BGCT Presidential Journal 21
Canyon: Last week I traveled the state digitally by mobile phone and wireless internet. As you are so keenly aware we are living in a rapidly changing world. Change seems to be the only constant we can depend upon. It drives our daily reality in ways that stagger the mind when you step back in [...]
June 6, 2009
BGCT Presidential Journal 20
Canyon: This week I had a reprieve from my travels and spent the week at home being a husband, father, pastor, and president. Robyn and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary with an overnight getaway, and reflected on a fast-paced busy life together. Next week, our daughter Lorin will be marrying Phillip Scott of Houston [...]
June 4, 2009
June 4, 1982
Miracles never cease to happen. For me it took just two words to change my life forever—“I Do.” Standing in the presence of God and all my friends and family, with knees shaking and a big lump in my throat, I promised my heart and life to Robyn with two simple words. The greater miracle [...]
June 3, 2009
His Commission Unites: Texas Hope 2010/Great Commission Resurgence
Ken Coffee challenged the Texas Baptist bloggers to write out evangelism this week. I commend him on the challenge, and hope to write more on the subject as the week unfolds.
Last year Randel Everett, Executive Director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, took the reins of our state convention by calling us back to [...]
June 1, 2009
The Faces of the International Mission Board
Canyon: Last night our church commissioned and bid farewell to a young couple and their three little ones as they make their way to East Asia as strategic coordinators for the International Mission Board. Sully and Lisa have accepted the call to establish a Church Planting Movement (CPM) in a large city of 4.5 million [...]
