As always, God’s timing is impeccable. It is never too early or too late.  This morning (Oct. 3), I was glancing through The Link, the e-newsletter produced by Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union, and it included an announcement that Oct. 20 is the Day of Prayer for Baptist Associations.  The announcement noted that the day of prayer for associations “helps to underscore the importance of sister churches working together to reach

Ben Husser knows devastation. The vice president of the famed Cajun Navy relief organization lost his home and almost everything else in 2005 to Hurricane Katrina. When he surveyed the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene’s flooding in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, he declared the disaster “absolutely” comparable to Katrina’s destruction.  “In fact, it might be worse,” he said.  A Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief (TNDR) veteran of the Katrina

We sing these words, “I love to tell the story of unseen things above.” That’s why the Gospels are so powerful. We see people like us encounter the Son of God. Glory happens. The amazing thing about the gospel is that Jesus was constantly pressing believers to work together to do miraculous wonders. Think of the paralytic who would have never gotten healed, if four friends hadn’t grabbed the corners

The second Sunday in October is generally recognized across the nation as Pastor Appreciation Week and October as Pastor Appreciation Month. I have said it several times over the past 26 years I have served as editor of the Baptist and Reflector and I will say it again. Let your pastor and other staff ministers (or the entire staff for that matter) know that you appreciate their ministry to your

When something happens that people don’t understand, the first thing they ask is, “Why?” I am there with them. By definition, “why” means “a question seeking the cause, reason, or purpose for which something has happened.” I’m not one for arbitrary decisions, so when an action is taken, I want to understand the why. I believe that goes for Tennessee Baptists as well. The Board of Directors of your Tennessee

Nearly every generation has at least one event that occurs that those who live through it will never forget.  In my case, I actually have lived through several of those events, with the most recent, of course, being the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But if I can just pick one that had the greatest impact on me, it would have to be Sept. 11, 2001, more commonly known as just