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 C. 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...
by Bill Wilson | Apr 12, 2016 | Opinion
There is a school of thought running rampant in congregations these days. It is revealed in statements like the following: “This is the worst pastor/ group/recession/president/ situation/era/event that we have ever known! We must get rid of him/her/it/them...
