by Julie Pennington-Russell | Mar 27, 2020 | Opinion
Mark Twain’s 24-year-old daughter, Susy Clemens, died of meningitis in 1897. Twain was traveling overseas and missed her final days. Her death would become the most devastating loss of his life. The following winter, he wrote a heartbreaking letter from London to his...
by Julie Pennington-Russell | Jul 5, 2018 | Opinion
When the Trump administration announced in April a “zero tolerance” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, leading to the separation of children from parents, the response of the global religious community was immediate and emphatic. Interfaith groups from all points along...
by Julie Pennington-Russell | Mar 18, 2009 | General
This sermon was delivered by Julie Pennington-Russell, pastor of First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga., at McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta, Ga., on March 17, 2009. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads...