by Craig Nash | Aug 23, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
The email I received read, “We are on the way to IHOP. We will be there by 9 a.m. Thank you. Our daughter is in a wheelchair. That’s how you can recognize us.” As a pastor, I had these random meetings several times a year. A couple without a church...
by Andie Pellicer | Dec 22, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Editor’s Note: Since Christmas falls on the day after the final day of Advent, we are sharing this year’s fourth Advent reflection today. ___ I am a parent by way of two roads—biologically and through adoption. My appreciation for Mary grew exponentially...
by Merianna Harrelson | Jun 3, 2019 | Opinion
When I became a mother, I was a mother and I wasn’t a mother. I married my amazing partner five years ago and became a mom all on the same day. In my fundamentalist upbringing, my journey of motherhood wasn’t mentioned and certainly wouldn’t have been considered...
by Danny Chisholm | May 9, 2019 | Opinion
We’re approaching another Mother’s Day, and that means that it will be difficult to get into restaurants for lunch after worship on Sunday – so please be patient and especially kind to your servers. There will also be more phone calls, flowers and greeting cards sent...
by Claire Hein Blanton | May 8, 2019 | Opinion
I began raising money for a race I was running roughly a year ago and asked for support on social media. In particular, I was raising money for The Women’s Place at Texas Children’s Hospital for the support I had received for my postpartum anxiety and depression after...
