Congratulations, graduates, on reaching the magnificent milestone of receiving your hard-earned diploma. You are now launching a new chapter. You have before you a blank
I am a helicopter parent (and I am). I didn’t get it from my own mom. Chalk it up to her raising kids in a
Ten years ago, I was visiting Shelter Yetu, an orphanage in Naivasha, Kenya. A young boy stood alone at the chalkboard, wiping away the day’s lessons
Congratulations, graduates, on reaching the magnificent milestone of receiving your hard-earned diploma. You are now launching a new chapter. You have before you a blank
Young American adults are eschewing marriage at alarming rates. A recent report in World included this Census Bureau generated data: only 25% of adults ages 18–34
A few years ago Nigerian Baptist leaders welcomed me at the airport with these words: “Thank you for sending Thomas Jefferson Bowen to bring us
Dear Members of the Tennessee General Assembly: As president of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, head of the public policy arm of the SBC and
Pastoral transitions happen. Life happens. And sometimes pastors need to move on. If not, in time, our mortality will force a transition! Those can be
As I’m writing this, it has been almost one week since an EF3 tornado made its 31-mile trek through central Arkansas and another one in
The dark and evil act which took place at Covenant School in Nashville on March 27 has weighed on many of us with especially deep
