Edgar Guest, the poet laureate of the common folk in the first half of the last century, said it best in his sentimental verse: “It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home, a heap of…
LEADERSHIP LINK: Who is to judge?
As the wicked queen gazed into the magic mirror she repeated the familiar couplet: “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” The mirror, having only the face of the queen as a reference, told her exactly…
Team named to address Calvinism in SBC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president Frank Page has announced the members of an advisory team who will help him craft a strategic plan to bring together various groups within the convention who hold different opinions…
EDITORIAL: Celebrating what never happened
Dear Jimmy, Well, it’s Sunday afternoon and I am bone-tired and the cause of my weariness was the big doin’s at our little Bluebell Baptist on Saturday. Jim White You might remember Boney and Vera Mae Taylor who have been…
HeraldBeat: Tracking Baptists across the Mid-Atlantic
Transitions ON THE MOVE Katie McKown, to Scottsville (Va.) Baptist Church, as pastor. Joe Holland, to Hunton Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va., as interim pastor. Horace Scruggs, to Effort (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim worship pastor. Chris Kurtz, resigning as…
Groups support people with disabilities
By Bob Allen As values voters both left and right weigh in on special interests from immigration reform to same-sex marriage in an election season, a lesser-known religious coalition is speaking up for Americans with disabilities. The Interfaith Disability Advocacy…
Grandparenting: Grand or grind?
By Vicki Brown “I want to be a good grandmother (father) but I want to live my life, too.” The refrain echoes around the country as more grandparents assume responsibility for their grandchildren. One in 10 children lives with a…
Grandparenting: Grand or grind?
By Vicki Brown “I want to be a good grandmother (father) but I want to live my life, too.” The refrain echoes around the country as more grandparents assume responsibility for their grandchildren. One in 10 children lives with a…
Grandparenting: Grand or grind?
By Vicki Brown “I want to be a good grandmother (father) but I want to live my life, too.” The refrain echoes around the country as more grandparents assume responsibility for their grandchildren. One in 10 children lives with a…
Churches can help grandparents
By Vicki Brown “The church building is not a monument. It’s an instrument for God,” Timothy Williams, pastor of Bethsaida Missionary Baptist Church in Mexia, Texas, believes. His wife, Cheryl, director of apartment ministries for Buckner International, is praying her church…
Counselor sees grandparenting challenge
By Bill Martin As a counselor at STARRY, Jessica Kilpatrick often is asked to help grandparents who are rearing their grandchildren navigate through communications, discipline and relationship issues. For her, it’s an issue that hits close to home. After bringing…
Houston Baptists transform lives in Peru
By Jeff Brumley There’s what people can imagine, Houston cardiologist Luis Campos says, and then there’s what God can imagine. The 67-year-old South Main Baptist Church member said he has witnessed that repeatedly in almost a decade of ministry with…