By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB [email protected] My daughter just left for college, and I’ve mysteriously developed “ugly cry” syndrome. A friend tells me the correlation is not coincidental. I should have seen it coming. Not too long ago I heard a pastor tell a young couple with a newborn to make the most of every opportunity because “the days are long, but the years are short.” I’ve learned
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] For nearly all of my life, I have heard of the soap opera, “As the World Turns.” I can honestly say that I never recall watching a single episode. My grandmother, with whom I spent most of my daytime hours before going to school, was a “General Hospital” fan. The soap opera, which aired on CBS from 1956 until it was canceled
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Just when it seemed like life was getting back to some sense of normalcy, now there is talk about a new Delta variant of COVID-19 going around. After months of washing up, social-distancing and wearing face coverings, are we getting ready for yet another round of doing it all over again? Sunday after church, I stopped to fill
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Just when it seemed like life was getting back to some sense of normalcy, now there is talk about a new Delta variant of COVID-19 going around. After months of washing up, social-distancing and wearing face coverings, are we getting ready for yet another round of doing it all over again? Sunday after church, I stopped to fill
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Our world is an unsettled place. Just look across our state, our country and around the world. We live in days of constant change, high anxiety and rampant fear. In fact, a recent Lifeway Research study found that the feeling people most wanted to avoid, and are most concerned with, is fear. That’s the first time fear has
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Superstar American gymnast Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Olympic competition in this year’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo caused quite a bit of chatter. Like opinions I am hearing concerning whether to take the COVID-19 vaccine or to not take the COVID-19 vaccine, it seems that opining people are everywhere–from the “Simone-Biles-is-the-greatest-hero-ever-for-mental-health” folks to “Simone-Biles-is-just-a-famous quitter” people. As is always
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector I recently stopped by a fast food restaurant and entered the drive-through line to purchase a sandwich. The sandwich totaled $4.10 so I gave the cashier a $5 bill and two nickels. The teenage girl (or at least early 20s) rang it up and then gave me about 40 cents. I explained to her that I gave her $5.10 so my change should
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director I don’t think he’d ever remember this, but a man changed my life in a very intentional way. His name was Phillip Willis. Every Tuesday, Bro Phil would pick me up after school to take me to visit and evangelize other students. To this day, I still remember those visits. I remember watching Bro. Phil sharing his faith and challenging me
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Let’s get real for a moment. There is a relentless barrage of daily bad news circulated through news outlets and social media. It is saturated with a great deal of misinformation, rumor, innuendo and flat out lies born in the pits of hell. A lot of it lands on my desk, or at least in my inbox. Unfortunately
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB Olympic gymnast Simone Biles set off a social media firestorm when she withdrew from the first week of Olympic competition, and apparently her withdrawal sparked a wildfire that’s torched countless Christian witnesses across America. Biles is arguably the greatest Olympic gymnast in history and her gold medal sweep at the Tokyo Olympics was assumed prior to the opening ceremony. But like the cliché
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB [email protected] My daughter just left for college, and I’ve mysteriously developed “ugly cry” syndrome. A friend tells me
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] For nearly all of my life, I have heard of the soap opera, “As the World Turns.”
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Just when it seemed like life was getting back to some sense of
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Just when it seemed like life was getting back to some sense of
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Our world is an unsettled place. Just look across our state, our country
By Todd E. Brady Vice President For University Ministries, Union University, Jackson Superstar American gymnast Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Olympic competition in this year’s Summer
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist & Reflector I recently stopped by a fast food restaurant and entered the drive-through line to purchase a sandwich. The
By Matt Tullos Special assistant to the executive director I don’t think he’d ever remember this, but a man changed my life in a very
By Randy C. Davis President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board Let’s get real for a moment. There is a relentless barrage of daily
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB Olympic gymnast Simone Biles set off a social media firestorm when she withdrew from the first week of