GROTON, Mass. — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition. A closer look revealed the 5-foot-long document was a handwritten declaration ...
Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths” (MEV). Before my eldest grandchild, Joseph, was in kindergarten, I would occasionally drive him to preschool. His ...
MATERA, Italy — Matera, in the south of Italy, is known as the “City of Stones” for its architecture. For the next season of “The Chosen,” it’ll be known by another name: Jerusalem. With its ancient caves, breathtaking scenery, dramatic cliffs and houses made of stone, Matera is ...
DALLAS (AP) — Southern Baptist representatives on Wednesday fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right, giving a vote of confidence to its public-policy agency and defeating a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. The ...
With Memorial Day behind us, we now focus our attention on the coming of summer. For those of us who prefer the more tropic-like temperatures, yet choose to live in the northeast (why did we do that?), we look with anticipation to the sunny days of summer. We live with expectation: “the ...
There are some holidays that are celebrated on the same day by the Jewish and the Christian faiths. The term “holiday” originally referred to “holy days.” Last week was Pentecost in the Christian faith; it is also Shavuot or the Festival Of Weeks in the Jewish faith. There are some ...
