‘Baptist Among the Jews’ Author Converts

A Southern Baptist woman who wrote a book about her experiences worshipping with Jews has converted from Christianity to Judaism. Mary Blye Howe, author of the 2003 book A Baptist Among the Jews, has written about her love for Judaism and participation in worship...
Baptists of the Year

Baptists of the Year

Time Magazine has selected a man or woman as the person of the year since 1927. President Bush is the 2004 recipient. Past recipients have included Mohandas Gandhi in 1930, Adolf Hitler in 1938, Joseph Stalin in 1939, Lyndon Johnson in 1967 and Pope John Paul II in...

A Mystical Passover

A few years back, I attended what was called a mystical Seder, put together by a Jewish Renewal group–Ruach Torah–of which I’d become a part. Jewish Renewal is a modern branch of Judaism, and Ruach Torah describes itself as a “committed,...

A ‘New’ New Year

I’ve always loved New Year’s: the celebrations, ushering in the year with a kiss, and making resolutions or setting goals. Even at a time in life when most of my friends began preferring to stay home with their kids (or by themselves), I still wanted to go...

A Baptist Among the Jews

Despite its historical root in Judaism, Christianity has a curious history when trying to relate to the very faith into which Jesus was born. At its earliest stages this relationship was challenged by schisms that divided Christians and Jews politically and socially....