By Kelly Akins Lent is a time of waiting, but it is also a time of preparation. We must get ready. Seeds are growing, and plants are peeking out from underground. Are you listening? Can you hear God speaking in the stillness and the quiet? I wonder what God is trying...
Hometown: St. Louis and Little Rock Profession: Real Estate Agent Tell us about your family. My husband of 62 years, Dewey Watson, and I are blessed with three children, terrific in-laws, and six grandchildren who are my heart. They make my life rich. How about your...
Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will preach at Wilshire’s 75th-anniversary worship service on Sunday, June 14. Douglas is canon theologian at Washington National Cathedral and is currently a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School. Her academic work has focused on...
Name: Spencer Haley Long Hometown: Dallas Present City: Dallas Education: I’ve attended five different colleges: Savannah College of Art and Design, Richland College, Brookhaven College, UNT and Kaplan College. One medical coding certificate. Zero degrees, but LOTS of...
By Abbey Adcox Sometimes our arrival in worship is gradual. Our bodies may be present, but our attention lags behind. Slowly, our minds settle into stillness, grounding us where we are. In today’s choral anthem we will hear these words from Psalm 46: “Be still and...
Charlie Fuller will retire as director of Pathways to Ministry effective May 31. He and his wife, Cindy, will remain Wilshire members, and Charlie will continue to serve as Wilshire’s coach-in-residence on a volunteer basis. “My gratitude to Wilshire and Timothy is...
By Timothy Peoples You may remember Vision 20/20, Wilshire’s strategic planning initiative that started in 2013, or even our previous strategic plan that began in 2001. Many aspects of our present Wilshire experience came from Vision 20/20, with 94 initiatives carried...
James Dolph and Bryce Shelton have been chosen as Wilshire’s next class of pastoral residents and will begin their two-year terms in August. James will receive a Master of Divinity degree from Wake Forest University School of Divinity this May. At Wake, James served...
By Ariel Merivil When I started high school, the dress code required uniforms: khakis and a polo every day but Friday. By my junior year, the rules relaxed, and students could wear whatever they wanted, within reason. The first time my brother and I tried to leave...
Hometown: San Antonio Present City: Grand Prairie Education: B.M., Piano Performance (Baylor); M.M., Piano Performance (Univ. of Houston); D.M.A., Church Music/Piano Performance (Southwestern Seminary) Profession: Music professor, Dallas Baptist Univ. Tell us about...