The Baptist association: A valuable tradition hiding in plain sight August 17, 2022 Recently I toured the Bunker at the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia. It was once the secret location where the U.S. Congress would have moved Read More
Rashional Thoughts: Precious young lives building future generation need our support August 15, 2022 My friend Stuart spent the late hours of his birthday praying by name for each person who left a message on his Facebook wall that Read More
Your Voice: ‘We are not alone in cycles of life’ August 15, 2022 Just as we go through seasons in nature, we also go through seasons in our lives. There are seasons when going to school is our Read More
Stressed out? 7 steps to finding peace in a stressful world August 12, 2022 Facing stress is a fact of life. How we manage our stress says a lot about our depth of faith and how much we rely Read More
First Person: Ministering to your community as school starts back August 6, 2022 As the school year is upon us, what are some ways you and your church can engage your community through local schools? Before I was Read More
Rashional Thoughts: Why villainize each other in the fight against the ultimate villain? July 4, 2022 My friend joked on social media about how she had become the person she typically judges on planes — the one who brings the overstuffed Read More
First Person: Live carefully! You never know who’s watching July 1, 2022 A man took the bus to work. Since rain was predicted, he went to get the umbrella, but his wife stopped him. “You have taken Read More
‘Night terror’: First-person account of handling sexual abuse in the church July 1, 2022 Young people were abused by our youth minister on my watch. It was worse than a nightmare. This was going to be a night terror, Read More
John Yeats to Southern Baptists: ‘Thank you for allowing us to serve you’ June 30, 2022 For 25 years, Team Yeats (Sharon and I) sat at the recording secretary’s desk to record the proceedings of the Southern Baptist Annual Meeting. We Read More
First Person: Missionary celebrates ‘the Sovereign Planter’ June 30, 2022 More than a year ago, we invited you to praise God with us for a new church plant in Lisbon, Portugal — the blessing that Read More