Next week, our adopted treasure (Mary Carol) will turn four years old. Her smile still lights up our world and Turner’s laugh is a sound I love to hear every day. Parenting isn’t just an exercise in helping little ones learn, though. There are so many things we learn about ourselves–some good and some not-so-good–from [...]

One of the highlights of my year is the annual Freed-Hardeman Bible Lectureship. However, there are many other lectureships throughout the brotherhood each year. Several of these are now available on iTunes, and most in their entirety! While listening isn’t the same as attending, being able to hear these lessons is a great way to [...]

[Today's post is the fourth in our "The Church and..." series. Paula Harington. Paula writes regularly for Forthright magazine, and also has a personal blog, "Thinking Jesus," with uplifting articles. She is the author of Sunday Afternoon with the Preachers' Wives, a book designed to give personal reflections for the wives of preachers and from the [...]

I love the way the Lord organized His church. I’m grateful that we have no earthly headquarters and that each congregation is autonomous. It is a joy to work with elders who see specific problems, opportunities, joys, failures, and challenges unique to each particular setting. God truly is all-wise in using this structure for His [...]

We live in the “celebrity sightings” era. Magazines and websites are covered with pictures of celebrities doing everything from performing on stage to eating lunch. Personally, I feel for those who have to go to remote places to truly “get away” (even though the public still knows where they are going!). Then there are those [...]