The other day I went into a local Christian bookstore and asked if they carried any children trinkets for Ash Wednesday–things like stickers and pencils and stuff. I was caught off-guard when the store clerk informed me that, no, they don’t carry Ash Wednesday stuff because Baptists don’t celebrate Ash Wednesday. That was aContinue reading “Baptists do Lent too”
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Encouragement for ministers of the Gospel
My mentors and professors at seminary did not promise an easy road when we ministers, wet behind the years, sought positions in local churches across the South. We all knew ministry wasn’t easy. There are the ups and the downs, the good days and the bad days. The sermons that lead to little transformation andContinue reading “Encouragement for ministers of the Gospel”
Baptist Spirituality 