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Born May 18, 1953; got saved at Truett Memorial BC in Hayesville, NC 1959. On rigged ballot which I did not rig got Most Intellectual class of 71, Gaffney High School. Furman Grad, Sociology major but it was little tougher than Auburn football players had Had three dates with beautiful women the summer of 1978. Did not marry any of em. Never married anybody cause what was available was undesirable and what was desirable was unaffordable. Unlucky in love as they say and even still it is sometimes heartbreaking. Had a Pakistani Jr. Davis Cupper on the Ropes the summer of 84, City Courts, Rome Georgia I've a baby sitter, watched peoples homes while they were away on Vacation. Freelance writer, local consultant, screenwriter, and the best damn substitute teacher of Floyd County Georgia in mid 80's according to an anonymous kid passed me on main street a few years later when I went back to get a sandwich at Schroeders. Had some good moments in Collinsville as well. Ask Casey Mattox at www.clsnet.org if he will be honest about it. I try my best to make it to Bridges BBQ in Shelby NC at least four times a year.

Friday, December 28, 2007

Ben Cole, WadeB; Gushee, HBEE and the SBC

Wade Burleson has a blog up today about Reforming the Baptist Tradition
DAvid Gushee has a very good essay, a framework for Progressive Baptists in the January Issue of Baptists Today.

I have tried to conflate at some length what it all means in two thread at Bl.com
I invite you to comment here on this blog if you want to be part of the wide discussion I hope also to intersect with the blogs of www.faithinpubliclife.org ; Johnny Pierce, Melissa Rogers and John Killian.

The discussion so far at bl.com:


Prez Primary History: Attn Ben Cole and Wade Burleson
by OriginalFOX on Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:45 pm
National Focus should drift fromHBee to Richard Land as the show comes to South Carolina, because to my knowledge Land has never spoken to the ethical questions raised by this episode of his conference caller Karl Rove shaping our shared History of the last 8 years.

Re: Huckabee and Gothard, eh?
by OriginalFOX on Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:41 am
Bottom line is Hbee is good for the national conversation, a conversation that would be elevated tremendously if so called "Progressive Baptists" were up to speed on Garry Wills, Marsh, Kimball and Balmer; and most recently DAvid Gushee in the January Baptists Today

posted by foxofbama | 9:40 AM

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Blogger That Baptist Ain't Right said...

Just ran across your blog. Good stuff here. I also noticed some similarites: I lived in Wellford, SC, for a couple of years as a pastor. Grad of Shorter College & my eldest is at Berry now. Love Schroeders. Anyway, good blog.

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