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Saturday, November 6, about 6:30 am
DRAGONS' TONGUES: Do Students and the Community Have a Right to Demand that the Southwest Baptist University (and Missouri Baptist Convention) Governance Live Up to their Published Commitment Statement? (here)
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Sunday, October 31, 2010, about 12:40 pm
HERE BE DRAGONS: A New Blog Examining Southwest Baptist University's Accreditation Violations (here)
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Saturday, October 30, 2010, about 6:10 am
THE REDEMPTION OF DRAGONS: New Blog Highlights Southwest Baptist University's Multiple Violation of Accreditation Criteria (here)
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Friday, October 29, 2010, about 1:48 pm
There is a "Soul-ution": Procrustean Nightmares, Butterfly Cries, and Journeying Onward;, A Letter to MBC President, John Marshall (here)
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010, about 5:28 am
HUNGER HURTS:
Why the Leadership of the
Missouri Baptist Convention
Has Failed the Students of
Southwest Baptist University (here)
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010, about 9:00 am
HOPEFULLY, WARMER HEARTS
AND COOLER MINDS WILL PREVAIL:
Negotiations Deferred Until the
Missouri Baptist Convention Meeting
(Oct. 25 - 27) (here)
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Monday, October 11, 2010, about 5:00 am
CHOOSING THE PATH:
Southwest Baptist University Trustees
Meet Today and Tomorrow
(October 11 - 12) (here)
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Thursday, September 23, 2010, about 12:30 pm
THE ANTIDOTE TO EVIL:
Individual Responsibility and Accountability
and Corporate Liability
at Southwest Baptist University (here)
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Saturday, November 6, about 6:30 am
DRAGONS' TONGUES: Do Students and the Community Have a Right to Demand that the Southwest Baptist University (and Missouri Baptist Convention) Governance Live Up to their Published Commitment Statement? (here)
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Sunday, October 31, 2010, about 12:40 pm
HERE BE DRAGONS: A New Blog Examining Southwest Baptist University's Accreditation Violations (here)
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Saturday, October 30, 2010, about 6:10 am
THE REDEMPTION OF DRAGONS: New Blog Highlights Southwest Baptist University's Multiple Violation of Accreditation Criteria (here)
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Friday, October 29, 2010, about 1:48 pm
There is a "Soul-ution": Procrustean Nightmares, Butterfly Cries, and Journeying Onward;, A Letter to MBC President, John Marshall (here)
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010, about 5:28 am
HUNGER HURTS:
Why the Leadership of the
Missouri Baptist Convention
Has Failed the Students of
Southwest Baptist University (here)
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010, about 9:00 am
HOPEFULLY, WARMER HEARTS
AND COOLER MINDS WILL PREVAIL:
Negotiations Deferred Until the
Missouri Baptist Convention Meeting
(Oct. 25 - 27) (here)
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Monday, October 11, 2010, about 5:00 am
CHOOSING THE PATH:
Southwest Baptist University Trustees
Meet Today and Tomorrow
(October 11 - 12) (here)
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Thursday, September 23, 2010, about 12:30 pm
THE ANTIDOTE TO EVIL:
Individual Responsibility and Accountability
and Corporate Liability
at Southwest Baptist University (here)
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Monday, September 13, 2010, about 6:00 pm
Resolving the Irreconcilable:
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Is There a "Soul-ution" for
Southwest Baptist University
and the Missouri Baptist Convention?
[corrected at 8:00 pm] (here) Thursday, September 2, 2010, about 11:00 am
and Sunday, September 5, 2010, about 12:00 noon
and Thursday, September 9, 2010 about 7:30 pm:
and Thursday, September 9, 2010 about 7:30 pm:
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RESTORING JUSTICE and a HEART of INTEGRITY to
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Within the next several days,
the Comprehensive Compensation and Care Package
(see here)
will be delivered to the
Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board.
Details to be posted
on Sunday, September 5, 2010 (updated, see below).
on Sunday, September 5, 2010 (updated, see below).
Your prayers are encouraged and appreciated.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010, about 12:00 noon
and Thursday, September 9, 2010, about 7:30 pm:
and Thursday, September 9, 2010, about 7:30 pm:
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Apparently, Dr. Ray Leininger,
the retired pastor of First Baptist Church of Bolivar,
has undergone successful cancer surgery
the retired pastor of First Baptist Church of Bolivar,
has undergone successful cancer surgery
and will begin chemotherapy.
We earnestly request prayers
of healing, support and care for him.
Dr. Leininger was substantially involved
Dr. Leininger was substantially involved
in these events
and was to be substantially involved
in this resolution;
therefore,
we have made several adjustments to the
we have made several adjustments to the
Comprehensive Compensation and Care Package,
details of which will be posted beginning
Friday, September 10,
Friday, September 10,
through Monday, September 13.
Your prayers are appreciated.
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WELCOME, Southwest Baptist University Students!
Monday, August 18 through
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 about 7:30 am:
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 about 7:30 am:
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Over the last week or so, Marie has been taking comments and recommendations from a number of sources, including the returning Southwest Baptist University students.
Although Marie has made some relatively minor adjustments, on the whole, the Comprehensive Compensation and Care Package (see here) will remain intact.
The Package will be presented to the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board this coming week, the first week, the first week of September.
We will be posting some information and notes on this and other subjects will be posted shortly.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010, about noon:
THIS JUST IN: Clinical Markers Confirm Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Validate Environmental Medicine Approach (here) Tuesday, August 17, 2010, about 6:30 am:
A GATHERING OF SINNERS AND SAINTS: The September Emergency Meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board (here)
Monday, August 16, 2010, about 9:30 am:
Dark Dawn: Sacred Place, Sacred People, Sacred Duty - Marie's Letter to MBC Exec. Director Dr. David Tolliver and the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board Requesting Emergency Meeting (here)
Monday, August 16, 2010, about 6:30 am:
EVERY DAY CHRISTMAS! SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS: LIVING EXPENSES (NEW BLOG)
Thursday, August 12, 2010, about 7:00 am:
SACRED PLACE, SACRED PEOPLE, SACRED DUTY: Marie's Letter to the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Dr. David Tolliver Requesting an Emergency Meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board in Mid-September (here)
Monday, August 9, 2010, about 9:00 am:
TOO BIZARRE: Marie's Landlord Threatens -- in Writing -- to Stage a Police (Paramilitary-Style?) Raid ... to Repair an Exterior Storm Window Broken During Renovation (here)
Sunday, August 8, 2010, about 5:30 am:
THE DEAL: PURCHASING PEOPLE, BREAKING BONDS, and ENDING FRIENDSHIPS; Christian Love in Action at the First Baptist Church of Bolivar and the Missouri Baptist Convention Churches (here)
Monday, August 2, 2010, about 5:30 am:
UPDATE! POLITICAL POISON AND WORSHIPING OTHER GODS: Marie's Letter to the Student Government Association of Southwest Baptist University (to be Posted on August 18) (here)
Sunday, August 1, 2010, about 7:00 am:
POLITICAL POISON AND WORSHIPING OTHER GODS: Marie's Letter to the Student Government Association of Southwest Baptist University (here)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010, about 7:10 am:
Marie's recovery from the chemical assaults [see (here) (here) and (here)] has been slowed by yet another week of heat and humidity. However, she is making steady progress and we appreciate your prayers.
Thursday, July 22, 2010, about 6:10 am:
Marie's recovery from the chemical assaults of the last month has been slow and painful -- complicated by almost a week of excessive heat and pollution indexes approaching the "orange" (unhealthy for sensitive groups) level, with little relief expected until after the weekend.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010, about 7:30 am:
Progress Report: Was the Rumor True? Has Marie Survived? (here)
and
Sunday, July 18, 2010, about 9:00am:
RUMOR: Marie's Landlords Plan Enforced Eviction, Perhaps Intentional Execution, on Monday, July 19, 2010? (here)
and
Sunday, July 18, 2010, about 5:00 am:
Justice Delayed: Renovation and Praying for Recovery (here)
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The Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention will be meeting on Monday, July 12, 2010 and Tuesday, July 13, 2010!
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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
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Tuesday, June 22 Update: "Re-cycling" Opportunity as Restorative Justice Wins! (here)
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Thursday, July 17, 2010, about 7:30 am:
HELP, HARM or HINDRANCE?
Yesterday, Marie was presented with a crisis ... and an opportunity.
Once again, this summer, Marie will be subjected to potentially harmful and injurious exposures in her home environment, which could possibly render her home uninhabitable, complicate her injuries, and incapacitate her to the point that she would not be able to relocate this summer.
We appreciate your prayers!
We will be posting further details late Thursday evening. (here)
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Monday, June 14, 2010, about 2:30 am:
We are thankful for the safe return of Pastor Billy Russell from a mission trip to Russia.
Although we understand that not all of the (former) pastors and staff will be available, Marie will be resuming discussions with the First Baptist Church of Bolivar and the Missouri Baptist Convention this week.
Key Decision Dates: Thursday, June 17, and Monday, June 21.
Your prayers are appreciated. We will also be posting this week concerning several new developments.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010, about 10:30 pm: Communication with the pastors of First Baptist Church of Bolivar will resume this weekend.
We have been unable to publish on Blogger for two days; the service has finally been restored, though.
Pastor Rev. Billy Russell and Dr. Ray Leininger are due to return mid-week from a two-week mission trip to Russia.
We will be posting on Thursday through Sunday, June 10 - 12, concerning new developments.
Marie is doing well after a bout of severe illness over the last week. Your continued prayers are appreciated.
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Welcome Back
Southwest Baptist University
Summer Students!
Southwest Baptist University
Summer Students!
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!
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CONGRATULATIONS Southwest Baptist University GRADUATES ... and SAFE JOURNEYS to all!
THE MISSING ELEMENT - ACCOUNTABILITY: Dealing with the Long-Term Accreditation Issues at Southwest Baptist University ... and Providing a Parakletos (here)
Monday, May 17, 2010 - Friday, May 22, 2010
Finals week at SBU!
Communications will continue this week, May 17 - 21, in preparation for Pentecost Sunday weekend.
Back on track after severe illness ... and back on schedule.
Monday morning, May 10, 2010:
For the past four days, Marie has been severely ill from an accidental exposure -- resulting from an unannounced change of ingredients in a previously well-tolerated product.
On Sunday, she was able to eat small meal: She is doing better and should be able to participate in the SBU Trustee meeting this Monday and Tuesday.
SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE MINISTRY: This past week, we have worked to provide a foundation for the meeting of the Southwest Baptist University Boards of Trustees on this Monday and Tuesday, May 10 - 11.
This weekend, we will be contacting the First Baptist Church of Bolivar.
Thursday, May 6, 2010 about 5:00 am:
INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE, Minimizing Further Harm: In order to minimize further harm to those involved, several individuals will be notified by mail concerning the events of the next week. Those individual letters should be arriving on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 6 - 8).
Additionally, the letter to the pastors of First Baptist Church of Bolivar should arrive within that time frame. The pastors will be asked to intervene by taking positive action in this situation. If they are unwilling or unable, the pastors will be asked to deliver the letter to the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees, who will be meeting on Monday and Tuesday, May 10 and 11 at SBU.
If the issue remains unresolved by that Tuesday, the Missouri Baptist Convention will be asked to intervene.
REDIRECTION: Although substantial alterations have been required in order to accommodate the significant changes in the situation, we will be working with First Baptist Church of Bolivar this week to effect a resolution. (see post here).
Thursday - Saturday, May 6 - 8, 2010: Several letters, including the letter to the pastors of First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri.
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PREVIOUS POSTS
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010 about 3:40 pm:
Illuminating the True Pathway and the Day of Reckoning: A Letter to the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board & First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri (here)
DAY OF RECKONING ... AND A WAY FORWARD: Letters to Southwest Baptist University's Accreditation Agency, the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Committee, SBC, Others (here)
COMPUTER GLITCH while updating software. Not only the BLUE SCREEN but, initially, the BLACK DOOM SCREEN.
Now corrected! We will be posting as soon as possible.
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HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!
HAPPY PALM SUNDAY!
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(Welcome Back SBU Students!)
Monday, March 22, 2010 about 11:30 am: This morning, we received the anticipated "new information" (see below); we will be posting within several days.
Sunday, March 21, 2010: Happy Spring!
We are waiting for the arrival of some information and will post as soon as possible once it arrives.
Behind the scenes, there has been much activity within the several week.
In addition to the sudden and difficult illness of one of the principals (which has delayed the proceedings for the last two weeks), changing events required extended revisions and adaptions.
Now that these are resolved, we will begin several postings, as soon as possible.
Monday, February 22, 2010:
DOCTORAL STUDIES AT SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: Letter to Pastor Billy Russell (and Others), First Baptist Church of Bolivar, MO (here)
Thursday, February 18, 2010:
PASTORS' CALL, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE: Marie's Letter to the Pastors of First Baptist Church of Bolivar, MO. (here)
HAPPY ASH WEDNESDAY, the BEGINNING of the LENTEN SEASON!
The First Baptist Church of Bolivar leadership was contacted on the morning of Thursday, February 18, 2010. (here)
Sunday, February 14, 2010 (Happy Valentine's Day):New ARRANGEMENTS for LENTEN JUBILEE?: Ash Wednesday's Choice for the Leadership of First Baptist Church of Bolivar (here)
MASS JUSTICE or LENTEN JUBILEE
The Resolution Plan will still be presented to the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board this week, though through a different venue.
First Baptist Church of Bolivar will also be included in this presentation.
***UPDATE Early, early Tuesday (Feb. 9) morning! Due to the hazardous winter weather conditions and previously-scheduled engagements, Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Dr. David Tolliver is NOT expected to participate in today's meeting of the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees.***
Monday, February 8, about noon:MASS JUSTICE: THE RESIGNATIONS OF SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES, ADMINISTRATION and STAFF for MISCONDUCT, VIOLATION of POLICY and ETHICS (here) ?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 about 1:30 pm:
THE PEACEMAKERS: "Mercy and Truth Are Met Together; Righteousness (Justice) and Peace Have Kissed Each Other" (here)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010:
JUSTICE DELAYED and DENIED?: MBC Exec. Board to Address the Misconduct of Southwest Baptist University and MBC Personnel and SBU Accreditation Complaint During their April 2010 Meeting (here)
UPDATE: Individual parties to these proceedings (here) will be notified NO LATER than Tuesday, February 2, though some mailings may not arrive until later this week, due to the weather.
The February 2010 meeting of the Southwest Baptist University Trustees will be held Monday, February 8, and Tuesday, February 9.
INCOMING HAZARDOUS WEATHER, ICE and SNOW: A scheduling adjustment has been made to accommodate any possible weather delays, if necessary.
Monday, January 25, 2010:
ONE PAINFUL STEP FORWARD: Marie's Letter to the First baptist Church of Bolivar, MO and the Missouri Baptist Convention (here).
Welcome Back, SBU Students!
Welcome Back, SBU Students!
Friday, January 15, 2010:
AN INVITATION TO HIS LOVE AND HIS JUSTICE: Marie's Letter to Dr. David Tolliver, the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director (here).
Monday, January 11, 2010:An extraordinary bout of extreme cold and snow caused innumerable hardships last week.
The forecast for this week, the second week of January, is much milder.
Monday, January 4, 2010:
Welcome back, SBU (Jan-Term) Students!
Although not posted publicly due to safety and privacy concerns, the December CONVOCARE was fruitful.
Details to follow the second week of January.
CHRISTMAS WEEK UPDATE!
This morning (Tuesday, Dec. 15), Marie is examining an unexpected opportunity from an extraordinary source.
Congratulations to SBU graduates! Merry Christmas to SBU students leaving for the holidays!
Always Winter, Never Christmas: The Resignation of SBU Pres. Dr. C. Taylor and the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees (here)
These letters to the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board, who are meeting today and tomorrow (Dec. 14 -15), AND the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, Southwest Baptist University's accreditation agency, will be posted in their entirety.
Throughout the month of December, Marie has requested a CONVOCARE. Beginning this week, an explanation of the process (and a running transcript of the proceedings) will be posted on the new sister site, CONVOCARE .
Concern about the safety and privacy of others in this process prompted a second meeting. Accordingly, the "Transcript" of the first COVOCARE is being revised and will be posted shortly.
NEXT POSTINGS on this site: Delayed [due to illness, which is improving steadily, with increasing stamina and strength]:
MULTIPLE POSTINGS ...
AND The RECONSTRUCTIVE JUSTICE BLOG to open (in conjunction with press release)
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!
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THURSDAY, October 29, 2009 about 11:00 am
"This Is About Whether We Value One Another": New Hate Crimes Law Increases Protections for Disabled Persons, Permits Federal Intervention (here)
SUNDAY, October 18, 2009 about 4:00 pm
SBU's SOUL SAVAGING: Will Legal Complexities Require the Resignation of Southwest Baptist University Officials and Trustees -- En Masse? (see here).
Dr. Rodney Reeves, one of the preachers in the Preachers Choice Decision, is preaching a four-day revival at First Baptist Church of Springfield entitled, "Unleashing the Spirit's Power." (see here)
Feel free to ask Dr. Reeves about his decision.
A DECISION, PREACHERS' CHOICE: Missouri Baptist Convention Investigative Committee or THE JUBILEE COMMISSION (see here).
AND
Barbaric Christianity and the Theology of Destruction: Prelude to the Accreditation Complaint against Southwest Baptist University (see here)
AND, IF NECESSARY,
Letter to MBC Executive Director Dr. David Tolliver, Dr. John Marshall (MBC Vice President and Pastor of Second Baptist Church of Springfield) and Roger Moran
FORMAL COMPLAINT FILED WITH SBU'S ACCREDITING AGENCY AGAINST SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY TO BE MADE PUBLIC ONLINE SHORTLY!
GOD'S LOVE HAS NEVER BEEN IN QUESTION: IT IS THE LOVE OF THOSE WHO CLAIM GOD'S NAME THAT IS IN QUESTION.
MONDAY, October 5, 2009 about 2:30 pm
Baal-Loving Baptists, Canaanite Christianity: Why Restorative Justice is Incompatible with Southwest Baptist University and Missouri Baptist Convention Social, Political, and Cultural Ethics (here).
(For the past week, we have been dealing with a situation, which has delayed posting four times ... and is now -- finally -- resolved.)
SUNDAY, September 27, 2009
A DECISION, PREACHERS' CHOICE: Missouri Baptist Convention Investigative Committee or THE JUBILEE COMMISSION (see here).
Marie will leave the decision to the preachers of First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri.
Rev. Billy Russell, Dr. Rodney Reeves, Dr. Ray Leininger, and Dr. Harlan Spurgeon will be asked to make a choice -- a choice which will require immediate action, personal investment and sacrifice on their parts.
Marie will outline both choices in a letter to be posted shortly, to be followed shortly by the introductory complaint to Southwest Baptist University's accreditation agency.
and ALSO
Letter to MBC Executive Director Dr. David Tolliver, Dr. John Marshall (MBC Vice President and Pastor of Second Baptist Church of Springfield) and Roger Moran
FORMAL COMPLAINT FILED WITH SBU'S ACCREDITING AGENCY AGAINST SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY TO BE MADE PUBLIC ONLINE SHORTLY!
SATURDAY, September 26, 2009
Satanic Miracles: Twenty-One Years of "Christian" Hatred, Apathy and Deceit at Southwest Baptist University (see here).
THURSDAY, September 17, about 4:30 pm
INCITING CHRISTIAN TERRORISM: How Southwest Baptist University and the Missouri Baptist Convention Turned Law-Abiding Church Goers into Criminals (see here).
WEDNESDAY, September 16, about 8:30 am
MURDER AS SACRAMENT: How to Molest and Kill a Southwest Baptist University Student with the Aid of the Missouri Baptist Conventions (see here).
SUNDAY, September 13, about 11:00 am
Crimes of the Heart and Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Dr. Mark Brister, Former Pastor of First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Will Speak at FBC-Bolivar 150 Anniversary Today (see here).
Read related details at RECONSTRUCTIVE JUSTICE: Missouri Baptist Convention and Southwest Baptist University Questions of the Heart (see here).
FRIDAY, September 11, about 11:00 am
NEGOTIATIONS HAVE FAILED.
There will be no Restorative Justice Process.
Spiritual Rape as Worship: Dirty Little Men, Dirty Little Lies, and Phallocentric Religion at Southwest Baptist University (see here).
THURSDAY, September 10, about 8:00 pm evening
PRESS RELEASE shortly: Requests Full Investigation of Southwest Baptist University, Resignation of Pres. Dr. C. Pat Taylor, Staff Members, Trustees, Legal Team
SUNDAY, September 6, 2009 about 8:00am
However, after receiving yet another threat to her life this week, Marie has opted to pursue a more public effort, which will begin with a PRESS RELEASE to the Missouri Baptist Convention requesting: full investigation of the unethical, illegal and immoral conduct of SBU staff, resignation of the SBU President Dr. C. Pat Taylor, disbarment of the SBU legal staff and dismissal of SBU staff and Trustees.
MONDAY, August 31, 2009 about 11:30am
North Central Association Accreditation Complaint against Southwest Baptist University hearings to begin this week (see here).
SUNDAY, August 30, about 10:00pm
Almost two weeks ago, Marie was injured in an accident. In spite of the setback, she will be continuing the full schedule of posting this week.
WEDNESDAY, August 19, 2009
And the Children Shall Lead Them: Southwest Baptist University Students to Assist in Inquiry into Misconduct by Missouri Baptist Executive Board, Southwest Baptist University Officials and Others
(see here).
