by Amy Butler | Dec 21, 2022 | Opinion
This happened to me on December 24, 1997. I have to tell you that first because I wouldn’t believe this story myself had I not lived it. It was like God was trying to get me to just slow down and pay attention for once. Call it a miracle or call it a thin place, it...
by Ron Rolheiser | Oct 4, 2021 | Opinion
“We need to pray even when that seems the most lifeless thing to do.” That’s a counsel from Michael J. Buckley with which we need to challenge ourselves daily. In the face of real life, prayer can often seem like the most lifeless thing to do. What difference does...
by Trevor Barton | Sep 29, 2021 | Opinion
I’m reading a book. This is no easy task for an elementary school teacher. Since the first day of school, my brain tightly shuts by 8 p.m. and my eyes by 9 p.m. This book, though, is for my heart. What elementary school teacher (or any kind of teacher) doesn’t need a...
by Randy Hyde | Jan 24, 2013 | General
A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on January 20, 2013. Isaiah 62:1-5; John 2:1-11 I’m not sure which football coach said it, but he wasn’t enamored of the passing game. He was the old-fashioned kind who wanted...
by David Hughes | Feb 12, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on January 29, 2012. Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Mark 1:21-28 I try to imagine myself as the priest of the synagogue Jesus visits in our scripture today. And I honestly don’t know what...