By Kathy McBroom This year is a not a year we will soon forget. Speaking for educators, our lives have changed drastically. Those close relationships that we built with kids are now so different. We’ve gone from watching students learn our educational concepts while being in a classroom with a teacher each day to struggling with the inconsistency of being in class, or at home and online or a combination
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] In 1941, then United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt described Dec. 7 “as a day which will live in infamy” after the Japanese attacked and bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This past year will probably be remembered by those who have survived it and historians who look back on 2020 as “the year that will live in infamy.” To say 2020 was
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director There are times when the peculiar will cause you to pause and think. For instance, during the first of November, the TBMB received an anonymous donation of two pennies in an envelope addressed to no one in particular, and with no specific gift designation. The envelope had no name or return address, just an Etowah postmark and inside the giver’s two
By Todd E. Brady Vice president for University ministries, Union University, Jackson Decorating for Christmas is a fun and meaningful event. Among the children, there is excitement as ornaments and decorations which were forgotten throughout the year are pulled from the attic and remembered again. Certain ornaments are special to certain people in the family and must only be put up by them. For us, there’s that unique ornament
By Paul Chitwood President, International Mission Board The 2020 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal is $175 million. That number is significant because 2020 marks the 175th anniversary of Southern Baptists sending workers to the nations. The annual offering makes up almost 60 percent of the International Mission Board’s revenue and helps to support 3,535 missionaries and their families. Going back to 1888, the year Woman’s Missionary Union launched the offering,
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R Several years ago, I watched a group of kindergarten children sing “Silent Night” in an assisted living center. With angelic faces and sparkling eyes, these 5-year-old little ones had memorized the first stanza of this beautiful old Christmas hymn. Watching the faces of those in the audience, I saw eyes brimming with tears … perhaps remembering Christmas past when their own children had been
By Bruce Chesser President, Tennessee Baptist Convention One of the great words in the English language is the word “hope.” I Peter 1:3 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Peter is often referred to as the “apostle of hope.” Some
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Eight years ago today (Dec. 17, 2012) will forever be etched in my memory. I received a phone call from my wife, Joyce, that our daughter, Joanna, was on the way to the Emergency Room to deliver our first grandson. We knew it was about six weeks too early so we were very concerned as we began the 300-plus mile drive. When
By David Dawson [email protected] I’m sure most of you are familiar with the song “We Need a Little Christmas.” Well, as much as I like that song, I believe we need to change the lyrics this year. When it comes to 2020, we actually need A LOT of Christmas. After the year we’ve had — a year marked with sadness, confusion, tension, fear and uneasiness — I have sensed that
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Christmas celebrations may look a little different this year for many Tennessee families as they deal with the reality of COVID-19. But take heart. One thing COVID-19 can’t affect is the reason we celebrate Christmas — the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Christmas is always hard on families who have lost loved ones during the year and 2020 will be no
By Kathy McBroom This year is a not a year we will soon forget. Speaking for educators, our lives have changed drastically. Those close relationships
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] In 1941, then United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt described Dec. 7 “as a day which will
By Randy C. Davis TBMB President & Executive Director There are times when the peculiar will cause you to pause and think. For instance, during
By Todd E. Brady Vice president for University ministries, Union University, Jackson Decorating for Christmas is a fun and meaningful event. Among the children, there
By Paul Chitwood President, International Mission Board The 2020 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal is $175 million. That number is significant because 2020 marks the
By Carolyn Tomlin Contributing Writer, B&R Several years ago, I watched a group of kindergarten children sing “Silent Night” in an assisted living center. With
By Bruce Chesser President, Tennessee Baptist Convention One of the great words in the English language is the word “hope.” I Peter 1:3 says, “Blessed
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Eight years ago today (Dec. 17, 2012) will forever be etched in my memory. I received a
By David Dawson [email protected] I’m sure most of you are familiar with the song “We Need a Little Christmas.” Well, as much as I like
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] Christmas celebrations may look a little different this year for many Tennessee families as they deal with