“Impossible things are only impossible alone.” Though I was shaving and only halfway paying attention to the radio advertisements that were droning on in the background, that line caught my attention. I stopped and listened carefully to learn the company’s name, then I searched online and discovered an Australian company that was promoting its collaborative […]
CP: Boldly going
At the end of World War I, Southern Baptist veterans returned from Europe and described the devastating physical and spiritual needs they had left there. Southern Baptists responded at their 1919 convention by launching “The Baptist Seventy-five Million Campaign,” challenging members of every church to sign pledge cards and give sacrificially over a five-year period […]
The year before
I met my wife when she was 18, and ever since she turned 19, I have known that she prefers the day before her birthday to the birthday itself. I guess that’s not completely unique. Some people prefer Christmas Eve to Christmas, or New Year’s Eve to New Year’s Day. Still, those are two-day holidays […]
War & the world
As 2023 draws to a close, many political and military leaders are referring to the times in which we now live as “the most perilous since World War II.” The invasion of Israel by Hamas on October 7 and the escalating and expanding responses since then seem to have placed the words “war” and “world” […]
IBSA Annual Meeting: Don’t come alone!
I hope many hundreds of Illinois Baptists are planning to load up the car or church van and drive over to Marion for the IBSA Annual Meeting next month. If that describes you, or you’re at least considering the possibility, let me urge you to do something that could make the trip especially worthwhile: Don’t […]
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