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Looking out the window the first week of January, I watched as the snow and swirling wind around the house created an eerie scene. It was so cold that even the young at heart exercised caution. Some of our... Continue Reading »
Americans by the millions tuned in to “Downton Abbey” at the beginning of its fourth season, eager to enjoy the continuation of the saga of the Earl and Countess of Grantham and their household. According to press reports, 10.2... Continue Reading »
(Editor’s note: This year, Southern Baptists will observe Sanctity of Human Life Sunday on Jan. 19.) As we approach the 41st anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, churches in my tradition will observe Sanctity of... Continue Reading »
My work takes me to many cities. Some I like, some I don’t. But almost always I come home to find that I have been affected in some way by the places I have visited. I am not sure... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: We recently invited our readers to share their personal Christmas stories. Here is one of the responses we received. I learned a new name for God in December of 1983. My wife, Lisa, and I were newlyweds,... Continue Reading »
Editor’s note: We recently invited our readers to share their personal Christmas stories. Here is one of the responses we received. When our children were young, we had a Christmas tradition in our home. On Christmas morning, they would... Continue Reading »
The 2013 South Carolina Baptist Pastors’ Conference was a time of encouragement and challenge to our South Carolina pastors to “Pass It On!” Because of our amazing conference sponsors, we were able to conduct the meeting without a love... Continue Reading »
I always look forward to fall like my grandson looks forward to a handful of blueberries. Without much effort at all I can envision it. My mind’s eye shows me an amazingly accurate image of the days surrounding that... Continue Reading »
Is your church planning a family-friendly fall event for your community? It may be a pumpkin parade, Fall Fest, a fabulous hayride, trunk-or-treat, a candy-walk or the town’s largest-ever city-wide, costumed hokey-pokey. You invest great effort and resources to... Continue Reading »
Brent and Ashley Fulmer wanted to go on their church’s mission trip to Kenya, but it looked like the cost was going to make it impossible. The two began praying and planning, and within 18 months the couple had... Continue Reading »
For years I assumed that criticisms of pastors and other church staff members was just part of leadership. Indeed, no leader, to my knowledge, has ever been spared the verbal or written jabs of the critic. So my advice... Continue Reading »
Christians are rightly and necessarily concerned about leadership, but many Christians seem to aim no higher than secular standards and visions of leadership. We can learn a great deal from the secular world and its studies of leadership and... Continue Reading »
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