by Suzii Paynter | Mar 26, 2019 | Opinion
Each morning going on 10 years, I start the day with juice from a small glass painted with a single white line. Above the line is the Spanish word “optimista.” Below it, the word “pessimista.” Which way to see the day? Half empty or half full. It is a prayer, or at...
by Shauw Chin Capps | Jul 23, 2018 | Opinion
I remember clearly in 2013 when the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship announced the hiring of Suzii Paynter as its next executive coordinator. I didn’t know Suzii at that time, but I was so happy and proud that CBF had hired a woman to lead. For many years, I would watch...
by Doug Dortch | Jul 23, 2018 | Opinion
When Suzii Paynter was named the new executive coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in 2013, I had never heard of her. The distance between Texas and Tallahassee, Florida, where I was serving at the time, never gave opportunity for our paths to cross....
by Mitch Randall | Jul 20, 2018 | Opinion
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” For more than a decade, I have had the privilege of calling Suzii Paynter a friend and colleague. Over the years, Suzii’s keen... by Suzii Paynter | Apr 4, 2018 | Opinion
Having just completed the pilgrimage of Lent to Easter, now I think about what it means to be an Emmaus-Christian, ready to run full speed back in to the waiting city to be witnesses to our own experience of blessing and love and to be the hands and feet of Jesus, the...
