By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Ever been to Disney World? Surely you have. Virtually everyone has gone at some point. One of the highlights for me has always been the nightly fireworks show shortly before the park closes.  “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,” boomed the announcer triggering the anticipation for the upcoming spectacle. Well, that’s what he said for decades anyway. Not

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] I love watching the NCAA basketball tournament — even if my beloved Gamecocks aren’t involved. In fact, I enjoy the games even when I don’t have a rooting interest in the tournament of any kind.  Like many Americans, I  normally latch on to that “Cinderella” team, the team that wins against all odds.  This year, that team was Saint Peter’s University.  Quite

By Kathy McBroom As I was driving down the road at 3:22 a.m. recently on the way to see my granddaughter, I had the Christian music blaring. Zack Williams was singing “This is the sound of dry bones rattling” from his song “Rattle.”  After a long season of despair, I am believing that I heard hope rising. By now, most everyone is aware of the toll that COVID-19 has and

Mike Glenn Pastor, Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood I hung up the phone after talking to another colleague who had called to tell me he was leaving his position as the pastor of a nearby church. He was joining the administrative staff of a local university. He could have been retiring or starting his own non-profit. He could have been taking a job in the “real world,” as church professionals call

By Joe Wright Exec. Dir., Bivocational & Small Church Leadership Network Burnout has long been a problem for pastors, especially for pastors of smaller-attendance churches and those who are bivocational. The pandemic has only exacerbated this problem. Many pastors have experienced “decision fatigue” due to the need to make a decision early in the week but then having to change that decision later in the week. The resultant confusion within