by Stan Dotson | Aug 25, 2021 | Opinion
Raúl Suárez received the Orden Félix Varela, one of Cuba’s highest honors, from President Miguél Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Aug. 6. Suárez is pastor emeritus of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center in Marianao. This...
by Scott Stearman | Jul 23, 2021 | Opinion
Many in the U.S. tend to think of foreign places and people in broad stereotypes. The French have their wine, cheese and strange vowels, while the Germans love beer and harsh consonants in words a mile long. It’s not that there’s no truth to these cultural glimpses,...
by Elizabeth-Anne Nordgren Lovell | Aug 16, 2019 | Opinion
I want you to put yourself in my shoes for a moment. You just turned 25 a month ago. You have blonde highlights that you like to say are “natural in the summer.” You are in your third year at Central Seminary in the Women’s Leadership Initiative. You are the youngest...
by Marilee White | Aug 5, 2019 | Opinion
There is a liberating spirit in Cuba. You may think I am talking about a spirit of revolution, but what I am talking about is dance. I traveled to Cuba recently with seven other students enrolled in the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) master of divinity program at...
by Joe LaGuardia | Nov 15, 2017 | Opinion
Christianity is beginning to flourish again in Cuba. This was evident during a mission trip that I took with a small group of clergy and lay leaders to Cuba through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) in early November. In partnership with the Fraternity of...
