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
Opinion
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
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
‘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,
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
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
Guest editorial: What might happen if God’s people truly cried out to Him?
June 20, 2022
EDITOR’S NOTE — Editors, writers, photographers and a variety of other communicators from across the U.S. shared a press room, media tables and access to those
A pastoral response to the SBC abuse investigation
June 1, 2022
Within a short time of the surprising and disappointing accounts released in the SBC’s investigation of handling abuse claims within the denomination, this question came
First Person: Dealing with disappointment
April 26, 2022
Last week, Freddie Freeman hit his first home run as a Los Angeles Dodger in his first at bat against his former teammates. What a
Rashional Thoughts: Do you assume the best or worst in people as a first response?
April 23, 2022
Do you remember a time when we gave each other the benefit of the doubt? When we didn’t jump to conclusions without making sure we
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