by Preston Clegg | Nov 5, 2019 | Opinion
Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, placed 237 white crosses on the lawn by its parking lot in late September. We did so to honor the memory of the victims of the Elaine Massacre, which occurred 100 years ago. Along with the crosses, there was a sign which...
by Preston Clegg | May 20, 2019 | Opinion
“Pastor, can I have a word with you?” Some years ago, one of the ladies in my church posed this question to me on a Sunday morning. She entered my study and said, “I have two items on my nightstand: a Bible which I read every night and a picture of my son for whom I...
by Preston Clegg | Nov 25, 2015 | Opinion
Be afraid, be very afraid. This is the motto of our age. Fear is in the air. We breathe it in, and it travels up and down our bloodstream, from our heart to our head and back again. Fear becomes part and parcel to our very being. It cultivates paranoia that has no...
by Preston Clegg | Feb 25, 2015 | Opinion
I typically don’t think much about ashes except for Ash Wednesday. Last week, I participated in a strange, ancient ritual in which I smeared some ashes in the shape of a cross on peoples’ foreheads and said something like, “Turn from your sins and...
by Preston Clegg | Oct 9, 2014 | Opinion
The people of Second Baptist Church in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, entered into a season of discernment three or four years ago for our next missions venture. The congregation prayed for a vision from God and was polled to identify passions, gifts and concerns in...
