Posts published in “Guest Opinion”

FIRST PERSON: Remembering God’s faithfulness and goodness as a special needs parent

Mason is all smiles at the 2023 annual NICU reunion at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women in Memphis, Tennessee, where he spent the first 139 days of his life. (Photo credit: Lauren C. Grim/The Baptist Paper)

FIRST PERSON: Remembering God’s faithfulness and goodness as a special needs parent

January 18, 2024

I vividly remember one of the NICU doctors telling me back in 2018 that even though Mason was born a micropreemie, he believed we should…

FIRST PERSON: Too many churches are spiritless; here are some solutions

FIRST PERSON: Too many churches are spiritless; here are some solutions

January 2, 2024

FIRST PERSON: Christmas and spiritual warfare

FIRST PERSON: Christmas and spiritual warfare

December 15, 2023

FIRST PERSON: AI in ministry

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FIRST PERSON: AI in ministry

November 14, 2023

GUEST OPINION: Just the beginning of the end

ABORTING NO LONGER – The focus of the Mississippi case before the U.S. Supreme Court that sent abortion law decisions to each individual state in June of last year, the Jackson Women’s Health Organization on North State Street in Jackson closed up shop after the decision and moved to New Mexico to operate under looser restrictions on the deadly procedure. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

GUEST OPINION: Just the beginning of the end

June 29, 2023

Wisconsin Baptists extend
prayers to those affected
by Madison school shooting
MADISON, Wis. (BP) — A shooting at a Christian school that left three dead, including the shooter, has prompted calls for prayer by local churches. “My heart is breaking right now,” Pastor Bob Ray of East Madison Baptist Church began in an email this afternoon to his congregation. “… Pray for God’s healing power for those who have been wounded, for God’s comfort, for families who have lost loved ones, and for all the students, staff, and families who have been traumatized.” Ray’s wife, Carla, teaches at a nearby public school and has at least two coworkers whose children attend Abundant Life Christian School. “I am also sure many of you know families who have been directly affected,” he wrote. In addition to the three deceased, six more were injured. It is believed the shooter was a student at the school.