Recently I had the privilege of seeing two of my nephews baptized. Similar to our own three sons, brothers Joe and Elijah received Jesus as their Savior at different times, but then were ready to be baptized on the same day. The church their family attends is fairly large, and its current building was once […]
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Campaigning for SBC president
Supporters of candidates for president of the Southern Baptist Convention have been especially active on social media platforms in the last few of days leading up to the June 14-15 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Pastors Bart Barber and Tom Ascol appear to be receiving the most promotion, with retired missionary Robin Hadaway the […]
Be near, O God
A good friend recently told me she and her daughter pray in the car on their way to whatever they’re doing that day. Inspired to follow their example, my children and I have been praying during the last few minutes of our commute to school, asking God for a good day, listening ears, and patient […]
What can we say about Uvalde?
If Greg Zanis hadn’t died in 2020, he would be headed to Uvalde, Texas right now. Or Buffalo, New York. Or Laguna Woods, California. The Aurora, Illinois carpenter built crosses to place at the sites of mass shootings, each with red heart and the name of a victim on it. I first noticed 15 crosses […]
Hope set high
Have you ever set out with high hopes, only to find things not working out as you expected? Should that happen even in church and in ministry? Last summer our son Noah and his family moved from the Chicago suburbs where he was a pastor to the front range of the Colorado mountains and a […]
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