Life After Cable

Life After Cable

Like all Baby Boomers, I grew up with television.  I cut my teeth on “Captain Kangaroo” and “Sesame Street.”  I graduated to sitcoms:  “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Bewitched,” “Gilligan’s Island,”...
A Liberian Roadmap to Heal a Broken Land

A Liberian Roadmap to Heal a Broken Land

Johnnette Jallah, a teenager from Lofa County, said her favorite thing about Passport Camp Liberia was making new friends.  Approximately one-hundred and fifty campers from across Liberia had such an opportunity when they traveled to Ricks Institute, a boarding school...
Pastors Are Itinerant, But What?

Pastors Are Itinerant, But What?

A pastor friend of mine recently died after living to age 85.  He pastored the same church for nearly 30 years.  Well, there was that two-week stint that he pastored another church in Florida.  Yes, two weeks. This large-steeple church lured this pastor to their...
Why I Visit Alzheimer’s Patients

Why I Visit Alzheimer’s Patients

As a pastor, I make calls on members in various kinds of care home facilities because these people are cut off from their church community. It is important for the church community to continue to minister to these people, including those who will not remember our...
Dr. Ches Smith The Johnny Appleseed of Happy Clubs

Dr. Ches Smith The Johnny Appleseed of Happy Clubs

If the Baptist churches had Cardinals, Dr. Ches Smith would have been one.  He might have gotten a few votes for Pope, if Baptists had one of those, but that’s one of the great differences between us and our Catholic friends.  We don’t need a Pope but we...