‘WE GOTTA TALK TO EACH OTHER’
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB [email protected] Sam pointed across the road to the spot about 50 yards away where he first heard the distinctive “pop” of tear gas canisters fired at the long line of marchers descending from the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The group of 600 stretched from downtown Selma and over the […]
THE ‘UGLY CRY’ OF COLLEGE GOODBYES
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 […]
TBMB WEBSITE GETS ‘TOTAL OVERHAUL’
By David Dawson [email protected] FRANKLIN — Those who are paying attention might have noticed that the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board’s website has a new look. Actually, even those who aren’t paying close attention probably noticed. It’s kind of hard to miss. With the goal of making the site more user friendly and ascetically pleasing, the […]
CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND CHRISTIAN OBLIGATION
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB Two years ago, few had ever heard of Critical Race Theory and now it is on the verge of becoming an ideological pandemic. Lines are drawn, passions are high, sides are forming, and the divide is widening. For Christians, it gets complicated. Where should we fall on the […]
FACEBOOK USERS ARE THE PROBLEM, NOT FACEBOOK
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB I was recently talking with a friend about social media and primarily about Facebook. His perspective was pretty clear: Facebook was birthed in the pit of hell. “Just look at what’s on there,” he said. “Nothing but discord and dissension. We’d have been better off if there was […]
GOD’S MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY (SUNNY) MORNING?
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB I was afraid to breath for fear that the virtual silence of exhaling would shatter the tranquility of the motionless lake. There wasn’t a ripple, not a single one. It was like the entire scene spread out before my kayak — the lake, the surrounding hills, the pre-dawn […]
HOLSTON’S ANGEL TREE PROVIDES FOR KIDS
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector JOHNSON CITY — Even after serving the residents of Tyler Apartments and the surrounding area in Johnson City for more than 40 years, the Johnson City Baptist Center is still finding new ways to meet needs. For the first time the Baptist Center, sponsored by the churches of […]
CAUGHT IN BRO. RAY’S CROSSHAIRS
Editor’s Note: Ray Newcomb was a leader in the Tennessee Baptist Convention for decades. Over the years we developed a mutual respect for and friendship with each other. The highest compliment I could give Bro. Ray is this. If I lived anywhere near a church where he was serving, I would join in a minute […]
NOT ALL ROCKS ARE EBENEZERS
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB There is an 80-pound rock in my flower bed that looks like a meteorite. I pried it loose from a mountaintop in North Carolina about 13 years ago. I then grunted, pushed, rolled, chucked, yelled at, and tripped over it trying to get it — and me — […]
IS FACEBOOK FROM THE PIT OF HELL?
By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB I was recently talking with a pastor and the conversation migrated to social media. It didn’t take long to understand his perspective. “Facebook is straight from the pit of hell,” he said. “All it does is cause problems.” He’s not the only person who feels that way, and […]