by Craig Nash | Jan 3, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
I once had a strict “No Christmas music until after Thanksgiving” policy. And by “policy,” I meant that if you listened to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, I pretended to judge you openly. This was a way for me to hide the real truth, which was that I was actually...
by Molly T. Marshall | Jun 9, 2017 | Opinion
I attended church last weekend (Pentecost Sunday) with a dear friend, and she inquired about how widespread the practice of following the Christian calendar is among Baptists. Well, as you know, there are quite a few varieties of Baptist; however, I do think it is...
by Brock Ratcliff | Apr 25, 2014 | Opinion
I am relatively new to the church year and worshipping in a congregation guided by the Revised Common Lectionary. As a Baptist of Southern Baptist heritage, I was largely unaware that there were seasons through which the church progressed each year. I was only aware...
by Larry Coleman | Mar 26, 2014 | Opinion
We live in a world that moves through seasons. We adjust by having different expectations and finding different hopes in each season. The church has always had a seasonal calendar of its own. Baptists, coming out of their Puritan roots, developed their own seasonal...
