by Michael Helms | Jun 12, 2020 | Opinion
The Christian church celebrated the breath of God on Pentecost Sunday (May 31) while our nation began to grieve and pour out its anger over George Floyd’s death, a man who was refused his breath until he died. We must not lose sight of the injustice done to this man...
by Michael Helms | Apr 29, 2020 | Opinion
A 10-year-old boy from Liberia entered Mass General Hospital in Boston just before the COVID-19 pandemic. He was diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia, an uncommon bone disorder in which scar-like (fibrous) tissue develops in place of normal bone. This massive tissue had...
by Michael Helms | Feb 28, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Feb. 25, 2009. At the time of publication, Helms was senior pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Moultrie, Georgia. Signs of spring are here. Pollen actually started falling in January in Moultrie, Georgia. Robins are...
by Michael Helms | Jun 7, 2019 | Opinion
Standing beneath a tent beside a freshly dug grave on a very hot May afternoon, I listened to the granddaughter of the deceased read the 23rd Psalm. After sharing how she would remember her grandfather, she comforted her family with words beyond her years that...
by Michael Helms | May 13, 2019 | Opinion
My grandfather worked 12 hours a day pushing dirt with a bulldozer when I was a boy. When he came home, he was tired to the bone. After he ate his supper, he collapsed in a chair, pulled off his boots and sat down and watched Walter Cronkite share what had happened in...
