by Guy Sayles | Feb 8, 2013 | Opinion
Unless you’re a painter, roofer or firefighter, you’re probably not on a ladder very often. From time to time, you use a stepstool to reach the top shelf of a tall cabinet or a stepladder to change a light bulb. A couple of times of year, you get out the...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 4, 2013 | Opinion
At First Baptist Church of Asheville, N.C., we’ve been taking a close and hopeful look at the challenges and opportunities we face. That crucial work continues, and I’ve suggested that, as we do it, we need to keep in mind some pervasive trends that...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 11, 2013 | Opinion
My father believed the old proverb “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.” He didn’t like to see me sitting still, unless it was at the dinner table or in church. Otherwise, he wanted me to be doing something constructive. If he didn’t...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 19, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: Below is Guy Sayles’ sermon from Sunday, Dec. 16. A young family was decorating their home for Christmas. As they were unpacking their tabletop manger scene, Scott, a 5-year-old, went to his bedroom and brought back his huge model of a...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 10, 2012 | Opinion
Writer Sue Monk Kidd grew up among Baptists in the south and, like most of the rest of us who did, she learned to pay very little attention to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Kidd says she was “virtually unaware of Mary, except at Christmas, when she turned up...
