Archive for the 'Reflections' Category

Aug

24

A Reflection on a Summer in China

August 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Before coming to Truett I served in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, China, for two years with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF). I have been blessed to be able to go back each summer since then. This summer, I had the opportunity to work with CBF’s Student.Go program in Chengdu. My job was [...]

Aug

10

Gentle Whispers

August 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment

As I head into my final year at Truett Seminary, I was blessed to complete my mentoring experience this past summer at Antioch Church in Bend, Oregon. Antioch Church is a non-denominational, unaffiliated church in an absolutely beautiful part of the country. One of the unique aspects of Antioch Church is their focus upon justice. [...]

Aug

6

Reading as Formation

August 6, 2012 | 2 Comments

This spring I received an email from a young woman who had graduated from Truett recently. Dr. Creech, Hello! I hope Easter was wonderful!!! I think about our Truett and Waco community a lot! I am preparing for ordination this summer and thought i would ask a few people in ministry if there were any [...]

Aug

2

There is a place

August 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

I almost missed her. She thought I had left. And she could have left, too, but instead she sought me out so that she could give me a gift. I had just preached my first church service at Covenant Baptist Church, where Kyndall Renfro serves as senior pastor. She was an elderly lady who was [...]

Apr

20

Sometimes

April 20, 2012 | 1 Comment

Mrs. Weeks, my senior English teacher at Waltrip High School used to say, “Sometimes I think ‘Well…’ and then again I don’t know.” I know the feeling. Understanding all that is going on in one’s life is not so easy to do. We try. We really try. We get all the pieces out and lay [...]

Feb

10

The Lord is the Spirit

February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment

This post comes to us by permission from Dr. Michael W. Stroope’s blog: MereHope: Finding that Jesus is Enough A young female student tilts her head toward me, looks me in the eyes, and asks, “Who am I to stand before a congregation and preach, or to stand in a hospital room and pray for [...]

Nov

4

My Truett Preview Experience

November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Earlier this week, I began preparing for our upcoming Fall Preview. Though this is something I do every semester, I cannot help but reflect on my own experiences at Preview each time. I remember all of the decisions I faced at that point in my life when I was trying to decide where to go [...]