By LeAnn Hampton. In a perfect world, Advent is a time for us to slow down and contemplate the mystery of God’s great love coming to be with us in the presence of Jesus. Do you live in that perfect world? We don’t. Advent at the Hampton house this past week meant...
Hometown: Waco; Present City: Dallas; Education: BBA, Baylor University, 1962; postgraduate work at the University of Houston; Profession: Taught school in Houston, after which I devoted my time to raising our three children. Tell us about your family. I was married...
By Candy McComb. The season of Advent. The season of song. Music and Christmas are inseparable; we hear these songs everywhere we go. As a musician, this is a beautiful and busy time, with both the celebratory songs and thought-provoking carols of this season among...
For most of this year, the Pathways to Ministry Committee, in consultation with Senior Pastor Timothy Peoples and Pathways Director George Mason, has been evaluating Wilshire’s pastoral residency program with a view toward how best to shape its work in forming young...
A Message From the Search Committee Dear Wilshire, your deep love for the worship and music legacy at our church has been such an encouragement. Over the past eight months, our committee’s priorities have been to gather feedback from all, to reflect with you on the...
Hometown: Tyler Present City: Plano Education: BS Electrical Engineering and MSEE from UT-Austin Profession: Engineer Tell us about your family. Laura and I were married for 49 years in June. Our daughter, Amanda, is married to Mike Dorn, and they live in Dallas. They...
By Ralph Manuel. "Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices … and keep us in his grace, and guide us when perplexed …" —“Now Thank We All Our God” What must it be like to live in a world where war and conflict are all around us? At times we feel as if...
Hometown: Kenedy, Texas; Present City: Dallas; Education: BS, Baylor; MRE, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; PhD, Texas A&M; Occupation: Minister and university administration/faculty; Tell us about your family. I married Gene Rice in 1976 while he was...
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For this morning’s prelude, the Wilshire Winds plays an excerpt from “The Promise of Living,” a piece American composer Aaron Copland wrote for his opera, The Tender Land. The opera tells the story of a Midwest farm family in the 1930s during the spring harvest. The...