An eight-mile trip into the countryside ended at an old barn which had been converted into a restaurant. “The food’s good here,” one of the travelers said as we set out after the Sunday service on winding rural and sometimes gravel roads. The former feed store set in cornfields was everything Cracker Barrel would hope […]
Eric Reed
Grilled, not toasted
Two things surprised me about my ordination: the interview was not nearly as painful as I anticipated, and it was scheduled 90 minutes prior to the evening service where I was to be set apart for God’s use. What if I fail the test? I thought. My mother drove 10 hours to attend the service. […]
Ultimately, it’s a local church decision
It’s just the Wild West out there right now,” a colleague declared of the Twitterverse, as Baptists registered their opinions on new reports of sexual abuse and the failure of Southern Baptists to stop perpetrators’ movement among churches. Then the Internet mostly applauded the recommendations by SBC President J.D. Greear’s study committee to address sexual […]
Church life in shrinking Illinois
Hard times hit the publishing industry in the early 2000’s. The president of Christianity Today International, for whom I worked at the time, called the confluence of 9/11, falling ad sales, and the rise of the internet “whitewater.” Apparently he enjoyed rafting, but he knew the river crashing against the rocks as placid waters turned […]
Mr. Platt goes to Washington
Why don’t more Southern Baptists have positions of influence in seats of power? I’ll admit I was a little disappointed when David Platt resigned as President of the International Mission Board. He has such passion “for the nations!” and I wanted to see how a young man, having endured a financial crisis and rightsizing of […]
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