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 EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 19, 2018 | News
Julie Pennington-Russell is senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C. Where did you grow up? Mostly California, but also Ohio, Bermuda, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana. (I was an Air Force kid.) What is your favorite verse, book or story...
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 Keith Herron | Feb 14, 2013 | General
A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. Transfiguration Sunday Luke 9:28-36 February 10, 2013 Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:3 Just prior to her fiftieth birthday, Julie Pennington-Russell, the pastor of First...
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...