We are moving quickly toward Easter — it’s April 5 this year. As we prepare our hearts to observe Resurrection Sunday and the days of Holy Week leading up to Easter, would you be open to a bit of Lenten-type fasting this year?
More than 100 people from Alabama and Mississippi gathered at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Panola the evening of Feb. 7 to mark the 20th anniversary of what Pastor Bob Little calls “a blessing in the blaze.”
Resumés and cover letters for those being nominated and/or interested in applying must be received by email on or before March 31. Send to sbomsearch@gmail.com.
Rick Lance began serving with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions in 1998 and has served more than 55 years total in Alabama Baptist churches and ministry positions.
Fun note — I get to share with an assembly of students at my alma mater, Phil Campbell High School, in a few weeks.
Stefana Dan Laing, an associate professor at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, spent the evening of Jan. 27 celebrating the launch of the new CSB Women’s Study Bible.
Calmness, intentionality and awareness may indeed be the key — the key to how we respond to what’s coming up next or whether we see the opportunities the Lord places in our paths.
How could I be so calm and quiet amid all the commotion around me, I wondered. My schedule and pending deadlines could certainly rival any one of theirs.
