As you prepare to turn the page to our coverage of 2019 Annual Meeting, please consider these observations from our reporting team in Marion. It’s a brief look at our yearly big Baptist family reunion. The Meeting that almost wasn’t Some years, the Annual Meeting theme emerges quickly, and with it the content to populate […]
Reporter’s Notebook
If ever the SBC needed leadership…
We might feel sorry for the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Three of our leading SBC entities are without presidents, and the incoming convention president will find himself leading in the aftermath of a firestorm. At least we hope it’s the aftermath. One resigned because of personal moral failure (Frank Page of the […]
Reporters Notebook: Growing up, letting go
As an adult, especially as a parent, it’s easy to want to lock the doors, pull down the shades, and resolve to just make life work inside our house for the next 15 years. Read…
SBC rematch: We’ve been here before
J.D. Greear and Ken Hemphill will both run for president of the SBC. At issue: Will a rematch this time around be divisive? Comments by Gaines point to doubtful; comments by Richard Land say otherwise. Read…
Why I miss Nellie
I hope in the Hebrews 12:1 cloud of witnesses, a picture of the packed stadium at an Olympics-style event, that there’s room for my mother-in-law and so many others still cheering us on toward the faithful completion of our own race. Read…