“On this 20th anniversary of the great storm, I am going to answer a question I have never been asked. If I were limited to just one word to describe my Katrina experience, what would that word be?”
Good pastors are hard to find. Some churches that are without a pastor have spent two years or longer in a search for their next one.
Here’s why this place in your church matters more than you might think.
If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately, you probably saw that Cracker Barrel stirred up quite the fuss.
First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more.
Gossip is destructive to the church, erodes the fellowship, and undermines God’s activity.
I admit my bias here. I’m a teacher, so this post may seem like I’m writing only to affirm people like me.
Stories abound about the epic legislative battles between Ronald Reagan and his primary political adversary, Tip O’Neill, speaker of the House of Representatives and a staunch Democrat.
I talk with a lot of folks about prayer, and I fear that many of them approach prayer as a ritual rather than as a relationship.
Every church has a unique story of how God birthed and blessed them over the years. The congregation I lead, Englewood Baptist in Jackson, Tennessee, was the fruit of heartfelt prayer and a compelling vision.
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