MBF honors nine as outstanding stewards
The Missouri Baptist Foundation has named two couples and five individuals to its Fellowship of Christian Stewards for 2016. The awards recognize those who have been generous
Going down memory lane with Social Security
A visit with a Social Security staffer a few weeks ago turned out to be instructive for me as I gathered information to make informed decisions in anticipation of formal retirement in a few months. The staffer was both very well informed on the ins-and-outs
The Danites’ idolatry (7-31-16 Formations)
Today marks our fifth Sunday in the book of Judges and we are still not having fun! A couple of weeks ago someone in my Sunday School class asked, “When do we get to the positive part?”
Lashing out (8-7-16 Formations)
How did this “Obadiah” make it into the canon of Scripture? Twenty-three verses of anger shouted at the Edomites hardly seem edifying to a person desiring to grow in faith. Perhaps the text pushes us to face the tragedies and hard questions of life.
Jephthah’s rash oath (7-24-16 Formations)
Because the Bible is about life, people and God, it includes tragedy and joy, failure and hope, and the powerful reminder that neither fate nor circumstance is the master of creation. Hence we have a story like Jephthah’s to remind us not to reshape God
Nonpartisan or partisan response to those grieving after violence?
Recent deaths of black men at the hands of authorities — Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile in a St. Paul, Minn., suburb — and the murders of Officers Patrick Zamarripa, Brent Thompson, Lorne Ahrens, Michael Smith and Michael Krol by a
View money properly (7-17-16 BSFL)
In our current economy few people are guaranteed “a sure thing.” The economy can falter and a secure job this year may not be so secure next year. All these reasons can motivate us to earn and build as large a personal nest egg as
Addressing racism important to Baptists
The Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Annual Gathering were held a little more than a week apart in June. SBCers and CBFers
Couple takes risks to help their son
Todd and Carolyn Pridemore of Columbia, Mo., do not consider themselves risk takers. But the struggle to
Word Pictures
The wall in my home office is covered with pictures.
Some of the pictures predate me, like the one of my wife’s grandfather’s family and the picture