All of you old-timers like me who grew up in Baptist, Methodist, or other “evangelical” churches know the name Fanny Crosby, the blind woman who wrote more gospel songs/hymns than anyone else in history. She was born 200 years ago this month.
DRIEBERGEN, Netherlands (RNS) Once a year in the Netherlands, joggers in the park stop running for two minutes. Bicyclists pull over to the side
Remembering is usually a good thing, even though not all memories are pleasant. Usually we have to consciously exercise our remembering mechanism, activating almost without thought the extraordinary search engine in our brains. Many will do so on Memorial Day. Regardless of your holiday plans,
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By Ken Satterfield Word&Way Advertising and Marketing Coordinator I remember getting the call from a former co-worker: "You better turn on a television, this is bad." Later I recall standing around with the Missouri Baptist Convention staff as the World Trade Center towers collapsed into