Editor’s Note: The following column is also available in Spanish here. The gospel and mental health are closely related because they both address the human condition and our need for  grace, healing, compassion and restoration. More importantly, it also demonstrates how Christians are to respond to a suffering, broken world. Unfortunately, there is often a stigma surrounding mental health in Christian circles, and many people feel ashamed or embarrassed to

I have heard all my life that the “squeaky wheel gets the grease.” According to Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia) the phrase is “an American proverb or metaphor used to convey the idea that the most notable (or loudest) problems are the ones most likely to get attention.” According to a Pew Research report in June of 2022, only 1.6 percent of the United States population identifies as transgender or binary;

We waited. I was the first to arrive. The bride was the second. We waited for the groom. Others began arriving. Suddenly, we heard a siren. It was a Tennessee state trooper, going in a direction nobody we knew would be coming from. Then an ambulance, followed by a Sherriff’s deputy.  All went in that direction where we thought we had nothing to worry about. I began taking pictures of

I’m so thankful for my mother. She made it to heaven this past year, but she left an indelible mark on my life. Growing up, I thought my mother was the strictest, most penny-pinching woman on the planet. As an adult, this theory has been confirmed. I used to think this was a flaw more than a virtue. I was wrong. Mom was prepared for every crisis. The apocalypse, the

It is never the wrong time to do the right thing.  And the right thing was done Monday, May 1, with the decision by trustees of the Executive Board (EC) of the Southern Baptist Convention to not elect by a vote of 50-31 former EC board chair Jared Wellman as EC president/CEO. Credit to the EC for taking a meaningful step toward restoring a measure of credibility to an entity