by Michael Chancellor | Nov 24, 2021 | Opinion
The holiday season following a significant loss is often the hardest. For that reason, compassion, care, kindness and patience need to guide the interactions during this stressful time. Isolating and staying away does not make it easier. In fact, there is great...
by Julie Pennington-Russell | Mar 27, 2020 | Opinion
Mark Twain’s 24-year-old daughter, Susy Clemens, died of meningitis in 1897. Twain was traveling overseas and missed her final days. Her death would become the most devastating loss of his life. The following winter, he wrote a heartbreaking letter from London to his...
by Kim Divelbiss | Aug 13, 2019 | Opinion
“Life is just hard,” I said on a recent morning to a co-worker as we caught up with one another. Having just returned from a weekend away from ministry, I am acutely aware there is no such vacation. The pain, sadness and senseless hatred do not rest. In my four days...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 24, 2014 | Opinion
I’ve always liked wordplay. During the 26 years I served as a pastor, few Christmas seasons passed that did not find me sermonizing on the importance of presence over presents. I still think about it, amidst all of the packages we buy or make and wrap in pretty...
by Kathy Pickett | Nov 23, 2011 | General
A sermon delivered by Kathy Pickett, Pastor of Congregational Life, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., shared at Spring Creek Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Ok., on November 20, 2011. Matthew 18: 20, Matthew 25: 35-40, Matthew 22: 36-40 Today is Christ the...
