God is All Around Us If We Bother to Look

God is All Around Us If We Bother to Look

Have you ever had church where there was no church, where there was no preacher, except the one who preached the message did so by the example she gave, as she served others and gave testimony to God’s goodness and kindness? Have you ever been to church where there...
An Open Letter to My “Brother” Greg

An Open Letter to My “Brother” Greg

Dear Greg, It happened to me again not long ago. Someone mistook me for you. I was at the funeral of a friend’s father and a man came up to me, shook my hand and began to thank me for what I’d done for him as a customer at your bank. He was singing “my” praises and it...
Using a Labyrinth to Help Focus Your Prayers

Using a Labyrinth to Help Focus Your Prayers

A descriptive word that emerges to describe Jesus’ prayer life from a study of Luke’s gospel is “intentional.” Jesus may have done a lot of praying “on the fly” but Luke portrays a Jesus who was intentional about setting aside time to pray. He was as intentional about...
Taking Time to Worship the Maker of All Things

Taking Time to Worship the Maker of All Things

For a week in July, friends of “Baptists Today” journeyed together through Glacier National Park bringing strangers together from across the Southeast who quickly found friendships with one another.   That’s not hard to do when you share a love for God and...
Rooting Flowers and Faith

Rooting Flowers and Faith

People taking a stroll through my parents’ yard would see various kinds of plants, trees, and flowers they have planted over the 41 years they have owned their property. There are many varieties of daylilies, hydrangeas, azaleas, various kinds of roses, marigolds,...