Came across two stories on Baylor student body presidents recently — one past, one present. New student body president Jordan Hannah (pictured) was elected this spring and recognizes that as president, he speaks for the student body — and he will represent them well, if his quotes in this story from his hometown newspaper, the […]
The overlapping worlds of music and the Baptist faith have long been home to Baylor professor Dr. Terry York. After years as a minister of music and later serving as project coordinator for the The Baptist Hymnal, York now teaches in both Baylor’s School of Music and Truett Seminary. In his spare time, he has […]
When athletics chaplain Wes Yeary was hired last year, one of his charges was to help organize mission trips for Baylor’s student-athletes, as the former football letterman described in this Baylor Magazine feature. This month, Yeary is leading a 16-member team to Kenya for two weeks, where the group will work with existing ministries to […]
Earlier this month, Baylor served as the host for Congreso, a gathering of nearly 5,000 Hispanic youth sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). Students heard from speakers on a variety of subjects, with breakout sessions ranging from “What if God had a MySpace?” to “Finding God in Pop Culture,” as well as […]
Being a Christian university with a long Baptist heritage, one would expect Baylor to have particularly excellent professors in religion, both at the undergraduate and graduate (seminary) level. And one would not be disappointed. For example, the following two honors just came to my attention recently. Dr. Doug Weaver, director of undergraduate studies and an […]
While we certainly have fun with some of the cultural phenomena that surround holidays like Easter, we also want to be respectful of all that Easter means. Rather than print a sermon in this space, I’ll just share the below video that I think sums up very well all that Jesus means as Lord and […]
With U2’s long-awaited new album releasing in the U.S. this week and the band playing on the Late Show with David Letterman all week, it seems that the band is everywhere in entertainment news this week. U2 released two albums while I was in college, yet it’s been over four years since their last CD […]
I absolutely love Christmas music, and I’m always on the hunt for new recordings, be they obscure (Fernando Ortega’s “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella“) or downright unusual (“The Star Wars Christmas Album“). So I was excited to read that a couple of Baylor students and a local church are using Christmas music to raise funds […]
The motto on Baylor’s seal has long been “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana” — for the church, for the state. Following those words, the University has always strived to promote excellence in Christian service to the rest of society. That’s why Baylor joined up with The Baptist Standard in 2002 to sponsor the Texas Baptist Ministry […]
Next spring, the Baylor University Men’s Choir is headed to Argentina for a mission trip, where they will sing before all new audiences (in addition to performing service work) while experiencing a new culture themselves. What really caught my eye about the trip, though, was the unique way they are raising funds for the trip. […]
