The First Baptist Church of Arlington

07/02/2026

It’s a hot day! If you’re out and need a drink please help yourself to the cold bottled water in the coolers in front of the church.

03/04/2026

https://baptistnews.com/article/the-iran-bombing-is-a-religion-story-for-all-but-one-person/

When the United States and Israel bombed Iran Feb. 28, the motivations and repercussions were religious as well as political. We cannot think of Iran as a modern state unhinged from its religious moorings. And we cannot think of President Donald Trump’s relationship to Israeli Prime Minister Benja...

02/25/2026

I am…Somebody
— Jesse Jackson, Chicago, Illinois USA

I am Somebody!
I am Somebody!
I may be poor,
But I am Somebody.
I may be young,
But I am Somebody.
I may be on welfare,
But I am Somebody.
I may be small,
But I am Somebody.
I may have made mistakes,
But I am Somebody.
My clothes are different,
My face is different,
My hair is different,
But I am Somebody.
I am black,
Brown,or white.
I speak a different language
But I must be respected,
Protected,
Never rejected.
I am God’s child!

02/19/2026

Another Day

Lord, thank You for another day within this life of mine.
Give me the strength to live it well, whatever I may find.
Bestow from Your abundance whatever I may lack.
To use the hours wisely, for I cannot have them back.
Lord, thank You for another day, in which to make amends for little slights or petty words, inflicted on my friends.
For sometimes losing patience with problems that I find.
For seeing faults in other lives, but not the ones in mine.
Lord, thank You for another chance, in which to try to be a little more deserving of the gifts You've given me.
For yesterday is over, and tomorrow's far away, and I remain committed to the good I do today!

- Grace Easley

02/03/2026

https://jimwallis.substack.com/p/neighbors-truth-and-higher-law?r=3j1nse

The crisis unfolding in Minneapolis is no longer about immigration policy—it is about truth itself.

01/28/2026

https://wordandway.org/2026/01/26/an-american-baptist-church-ministers-in-shadow-of-pretti-killing/

An American Baptist church is just one block from where nurse Alex Pretti was executed Saturday by federal agents in the street. The church held a joint worship service the next morning elsewhere, but opened up its own building to serve those coming or leaving the memorial to Pretti.