The pastor of one of the most prominent Baptist churches in West Texas resigned April 7, two weeks after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Brandon Hudson, 44, was arrested on U.S. Hwy. 84 near Snyder, Texas,…
First Baptist Abilene dedicates $10 million community ministry center
First Baptist Church of Abilene, Texas, ceremonially opened a new facility Dec. 5 that will enable the downtown congregation to expand its high-demand day care, mental health and homeless ministries. The Hope Center occupies the former property of First Christian…
Doubt is a part of faith — especially in uncertain times like these
Take a few hundred Nazis and Klansmen marching openly in Charlottesville, add three fatalities and a wink from the White House, and many people are apt to wonder if God is really out there.
Don’t blame Millennials for shrinking sermon lengths, Baptists say
By Jeff Brumley Millennials and other young people get a lot of credit — or blame, depending on the observer — for the dramatic changes occurring in the modern church. Experiments with everything from mission to worship styles are attempted in order…
OPINION: Embrace the sand
I’ve got this little problem that I think I hide well most of the time. I’ve crafted my Jungian mask and public persona to come across as fairly laid-back, cool and collected. At least that’s what I tell myself I’ve…
OPINION: The art of doing nothing
The art of being busy is not art at all. It is illusion — movement masked as purpose, distracting one’s audience from realizing that there is not much going on at all. The real art, the difficult, lost, and hard…
OPINION: Church cats and starter kids
It was a cold late afternoon in downtown Winston-Salem, and I was sitting down for a late lunch meeting at a local Irish pub, Finnegan’s Wake. As I was waiting for my lunch companion, I pulled out my computer and…
OPINION: Graceful ears
Even before my hair started to go and betray me, migrating lower on my face and body while my head began to show through up top, my ears have always extended at a quite profound angle. They are, in fact…
OPINION: Shifted lives
Since I’ve been a father, I’ve been a subscriber to cable television for a total of 36 hours. That is how long it took my wife and me to realize that we were unwilling to pay for that quantity of…