by Trevor Barton | Nov 19, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
One thing I’m learning is that I have a lot to learn. When I open my eyes and heart each day to the morning light, I ask myself, “How can I be curious and not judgmental.” (Even though I’m a big reader and love all things literary, I must admit I learned this Walt...
by Justin Cox | Sep 30, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
I am a mutant. I possess uncanny and otherworldly powers on par with Stan Lee’s X-Men. For example, I can position myself in a seat at the right angle at the right time of day to perfectly capture a beam of the sun’s oppressive rays directly into my eyes....
by Delaney Metcalf | Sep 19, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
If there’s one thing about ministry I would shout from the rooftops to anyone and everyone who would listen, it would be to “be you.” Not doing so costs too much. The only person you really need to listen to is yourself. Listening to others matters, but not when it...
by Wanda Kidd | Sep 3, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
In the fall of 1983, I arrived in western North Carolina to serve as an intern at the Baptist Student Union (BSU). Baptists all over the county were in a bruhaha over women in ministry. The local newspaper had carried an article about the Tuckaseigee Baptist...
by Lamar Wadsworth | Sep 3, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
The old gray-haired Bapto-Appalachian-American preacher continues to ponder Brother Paul’s admonition that a church leader should not be a new convert while recognizing that there are some things that enthusiastic and willing new converts can do as they grow in...
