A pastoral hero remembered
I enjoyed O.S. Hawkins’ new biography of legendary pastor W.A. Criswell, a role model…
A real nowhere land
It was territory I’d not seen before – the mountains of North Carolina. The…
On messing up
“What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve said from the pulpit?” he asked. It was…
On being in step
Somehow the Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band found me on Facebook, and it’s been a…
He will make a way
U.S. Minister to France, Benjamin Franklin, read the Old Testament book of Ruth to…
Dressing in our Sunday best
It was a church conflict in my early days over something that’s a “back…
A blast from the past
Our pianist played a beautiful offertory arrangement a few weeks ago, as she always…
Blessed are the peacemakers
The Jimmy Carter administration faced a number of challenges, but arguably the high-water mark…
These things have I learned
The way Baptists do it probably isn’t best, but nobody yet has made us…
No turning back
We planned a dream vacation several years ago to Las Vegas where we heard…