by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
As people across the country exhaled after the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin on Tuesday (April 20), social media quickly lit up with cries of “justice.” But while holding someone accountable for murdering George Floyd is a step toward justice, we must...
by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
(AP) — Faith leaders in Minnesota and across the United States expressed hope that their advocacy work for racial justice will gain momentum from the guilty verdict rendered against Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd. “It’s very...
by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
(RNS) — The first thing my daughter Claire asked when she came home from school on Tuesday (April 20) was, “Dad, what does a guilty verdict mean?” I thought of the passage in the Book of Joshua: “This shall be a sign among you; when your children ask later, saying,...
by Jeremy Bell | Mar 13, 2021 | General
Published: 1/21/21 at 12:00pm. As the Covid-19 vaccine is becoming available to individuals across the Commonwealth of Virginia, Disaster Response (DR) volunteers from the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) are doing their part to take care of the...
by Jeremy Bell | Mar 13, 2021 | General
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Now that former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are vaccinated against COVID-19, they have returned to one of their favorite things: church. In this Nov. 3, 2019 photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist...
