by Sara Powell | May 25, 2011 | Opinion
In all the hoopla surrounding May 21 – a predicted day for the rapture – several things stood out. First is the fact that the prediction didn’t come true, although those folks who experienced the tornadoes in Kansas and Missouri, the earthquake in San Francisco,...
by Sara Powell | Aug 12, 2010 | Opinion
I stayed home from church this past Sunday, not feeling well, and listened to a worship service from First Baptist Church in Athens, Ga. The sermon was about Abraham’s response to strangers: He ran to greet them, offering the best that he and his wife (whose...
by Sara Powell | Jun 1, 2010 | Opinion
“Hoping Liberia: Stories of Civil War from Africa’s First Republic” is the title of Michael Helms’ 2009 book on Liberia that came out of a mission trip to that country when he was pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Moultrie, Ga. When Olu...
by Sara Powell | Dec 23, 2008 | Opinion
We went and bought our Christmas tree; we looked and looked and looked Before we found the perfect one, shaped just the way we like. We checked it very carefully. We wanted it just right. We paid a price, we paid too much! But what a special tree! We took it home to...
by Sara Powell | Nov 11, 2008 | Opinion
Many of us who seek to minister to “the least of these” do so by giving our time, talents and funds. Sometimes we work in or donate to soup kitchens, clothes closets or other charitable ministries. Seldom do we realize that our compassionate response may...
