Isn’t it eye-opening when people say the quiet parts out loud? When they do, you learn what they really think. That was the case last month when a Republican lawmaker from Alaska attended a House Judiciary Committee meeting where representatives…
These were a few of my favorite things for 2022
Last year, when Mark asked me to write a column about “some of my favorite things” in BNG, I had to do a lot of remembering (something that gets harder with each passing year) and research to choose between the…
2021 BNG reading: These are a few of my favorite things
Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens; Bright copper kettles, and warm woolen mittens; Brown paper packages tied up with string; These are a few of my favorite things. Mark Wingfield used this song from The Sound of Music to…
I’m pro-life, but I can’t support this
Let me start by saying this: I am pro-life. I am pro-life for the unborn. I am pro-life for the migrant children flooding our borders seeking refuge from the atrocities in their own countries. I am pro-life for their parents…
Longtime BNG/ABP staffer moving to New Baptist Covenant
Lindsay Bergstrom — a veteran editor and graphic designer who worked nearly two decades mostly behind the scenes in a myriad of roles for Baptist News Global and its predecessor, Associated Baptist Press — is taking her talents elsewhere.
From the marches: Women’s voices continue in days following historic events
Tens of thousands participated in women’s marches in Washington D.C. and around the nation over the weekend. Social media alone testifies that tens of thousands returned emboldened and inspired the experience. “The women’s marches were a phenomenal success and an…
One woman’s challenge to transition to new life as ‘one’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP)—When a couple is asked to pledge “until death do us part” in a wedding ceremony, chances are no one really imagines then what that will be like. After all, it’s a celebration of the beginning, isn’t it?…