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IT WILL HELP US A LOT BPFNA Bautistas por la Paz 300 Hawthorne Lane, Suite 205, Charlotte, NC 28204 phone 704/521-6051 * fax 704/521-6053 * www.bpfna.org if you would let us know if this is not your preferred email address. Please send updated contact information to allison@bpfna. org or call 704-521-6051. Keep It Real by Kenneth L. Sehested Sisters and brothers, listen to these words: Wake up each morning with your mind stayed on Jesus. You'll have to work at it, 'cause there's plenty of distractions. Above all, love from the center of who you are, that place that God made and called good at the very beginning. (inspired by Romans 12:9-18) Look after the needs of those on the edge. Go to great lengths to find friends among the friendless. Practice resurrection every day, especially when it's inconvenient. Don't wrestle pigs. It makes them mad, and it gets you muddy. Pull out every stop to live in harmony. Remember this: though you'll never finish your work, that doesn't mean you can abandon it. art by Susan Daily, IBVM Don't give in to pretentious piety or fake affection. Keep it real. Don't compete for status, but challenge each other to stretch compassion's sway. -This admonition is an excerpt from Ken Sehested's new book, In the Land of the Willing: Litanies, Prayers, Poems and Benedictions, published by Resource Publications, a division of Wipf & Stock in Eugene, OR. Ken was the founding director of the BPFNA. Watch for a review of the book in the next issue of Baptist Peacemaker. http://www.bpfna.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Journal of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America January-March 2015

No Longer Strangers: The BPFNA’s New Strategic Plan
A Reflection On Our Convictions & Motivation
Board Welcomes Kadia Edwards as Young Adult Representative
Baptists, Others Respond to Ebola Crisis
Gimme Shelter: My Vocation as a Peacemaker
Kidnapping of Students Leads to Outrage in Mexico
Parting Thoughts
With the Beating of Our Hearts: Bearing Witness to Other’s Pain
Dispatches from Ferguson: A Two-Part Account of a Week in St. Louis
The Gospel Is Not a Neutral Term: Excerpts from an Interview with Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Seko
Selma, 50 Years Later: A Memoir
Imaging, Journeying & Standing before One Creation, Part 1: Who Shaped My Image of Creation?
BPFNA Receives Grant for Justice Work on the US/Mexico Border
Central African Republic Rebel Groups Train for Peace
The Global Influence of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Resources & Opportunities
Keep It Real

The Journal of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America January-March 2015