GPS

By: Andrea Woolley

Eighty percent of the time I have no idea where I am going. If it weren’t for my little black GPS suction-cupped to my dashboard, I would spend more time lost than found. Less than a year after I moved to Louisville my parents gave me a GPS for Christmas…or maybe it was my birthday (I don’t remember). Nevertheless, I now have a little black box that speaks to me and tells me how to get where I want to go. I have come to rely on my GPS so much that I don’t really have a sense of where I am in the city or how to get places that I have been numerous times. The few instances that I do know how to get somewhere, I only know one way and only from my apartment. If my starting place is different, then I turn on the GPS.

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“God of Rainbow, Fiery Pillar ”

By: Louie Bailey

These lines come from a riveting hymn we have sung recently, “In the Midst of New Dimensions,” first at the Alliance of Baptists Convocation held at Crescent Hill several weeks ago, and again in worship this past Sunday, May 15.

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When it Happens

By: Bill Johnson

Around the church there are many ways to enter into another’s life and observe wonderful things happening.

From time to time I have the occasion to work with families who rent the church facilities for a wedding and often, a reception. When there is a wedding and a reception in the making, you get to know folk real fast and fully!

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The Butterfly Effect

 By: Andrea Woolley

There is a scientific theory, actually it is a concept of the chaos theory called sensitive dependence on initial conditions. It is a theory that states, “complex natural systems obey rules but are so sensitive that small initial changes can cause unexpected final results, thus giving an impression of randomness.” It is popularly known as the “butterfly effect.” In simple terms, the “butterfly effect” looks at small, seemingly insignificant changes at the beginning that eventually have huge effects.

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A Play and a Player

By: Louie L. Bailey

I recently attended a play at Actors Theatre that made a profound impression on me.  The play was “Bob,” part of the Humana Festival, and was about a person who was initially rescued as a baby after being born in the restroom at the White Castle on Market Street (the playwright had visited Louisville and while walking down Market Street was struck by the unique ambiance of that place).  The drama dealt with Bob’s very complicated and circuitous life, but all along the way he was able to have a profound impression on those with whom he came in contact. 

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