by Mitch Randall | Jul 6, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
The travel gods decided this husband-and-wife duo needed to spend more time together. Returning from Atlanta, where Missy and I attended the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, the clouds opened up in Saint Louis and a hailstorm grounded our plane,...
by Jessica McDougald | Apr 7, 2021 | Opinion
My desk at the church office sits right beside a full wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, so I can see a great deal of the back of the church. The mailbox, so I know when to go out for the mail. The fountain with the stone statue of a flame, representing the Holy...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 22, 2020 | Opinion
Nine dollars and 15 cents. I drove away from the gas pump with a brimming tank for nine dollars and 15 cents. How is that even possible? With COVID-19 cutting travel and an oversupply of oil, prices were already down to $1.87 per gallon. I hadn’t bought gas in more...
by Greg Mamula | May 7, 2020 | Opinion
Playing basketball with my son and his friends resulted in a trip to the emergency room. I heard a snap when jumping off my right leg for an easy layup, followed by significant pain. Tests revealed that I had sustained two torn meniscus and a torn ACL, which required...
by Shauw Chin Capps | Mar 16, 2018 | Opinion
My faith journey took seed in the little country of Singapore. I grew up in a culturally Buddhist family from Indonesia, and it was there as a teenager that I walked into an international Baptist church and was welcomed into the youth group led by Baptist...