Keeping the Right Focus Amid Dysfunctional Politics

by | Mar 23, 2017 | Opinion

One of my Lenten practices is to reduce the amount of “breaking news” I watch. During last year’s election season, MSNBC was the steady background noise of my mornings and evenings. Most days, there was less than an hour’s worth of actual news,...

Handing Out Cash Won’t Help People Who Beg – Part 1

by | Mar 23, 2017 | Opinion

A man came asking for help while I was visiting with the church’s minister recently. He was not from London, but his wife had just been discharged from a local hospital following an emergency operation. They had nowhere to stay and no money for a hotel, so he...

4 Observations, 4 Questions on Mission Work in Ghana

by | Mar 22, 2017 | Opinion

The Baptist General Association of Virginia has a partnership with the Ghana Baptist Convention to launch churches and distribute mosquito nets in the African nation. The goals are to start with about 500 congregations in the outlying towns and villages of the Yendi...

BMS World Mission Helps Villages Access Water

by | Mar 22, 2017 | Opinion

Everyone should have access to clean water wherever they live in the world. It’s a basic need that we require to survive and thrive. But millions of people don’t have that access and that is a challenge to the church: Should we respond to this huge need...
Escape to the high country this August

Escape to the high country this August

by | Mar 21, 2017 | Opinion

By John D. Pierce What if you could go to one of the most stunningly beautiful places on earth… …and have all the planning, transportation and other details handled for you… …in a fun, personal and relaxed way… …from the time you...