A Future and a Hope
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreetings BA Readers, This is my last “First Word” of 2023. I thank the Lord for His blessings this year,…
The Struggle is Real
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe church and mental health – playing our part in a very real struggle May is Mental Health Awareness Month…
Hearing Their Heart
Reading Time: 4 minutes“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on…
Thirsting for God . . . in Grief
Reading Time: 4 minutes“We know what’s best for you,” the nurse insisted. She denied my request to see my baby daughter, who…
We’re Not There Yet
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrior to a study trip to Israel in 2014, I understood it was the Promised Land, “a land flowing…
Oh, the Faithfulness of God!
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow can anyone as finite, definable, and limited as we humans are describe something as infinite, unmeasurable, and unlimited…
Serving in Hope
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy childhood memories of many sermons in church were from men who seemed angry about a lot of things….
Leadership in Times of Crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed, plunging many to their death. Investigation…
“I’ve Got This!!!”
Reading Time: 5 minutes“I’ve Got This!!!” (Borrowed with permission from the Southwest District Superintendent’s Blog) Said Someone Who Was…
When Hope is All We Have
Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently while I was reading Psalm 42, verse 4 took on new meaning for me. It reads: These things I…