A recent Birmingham-area workshop showed how any veteran and first responder who deals with post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury can be helped by others to obtain the health that God has planned for them.
It started with a little girl in second grade who had possibly already been trafficked asking if she could go home with the reading volunteer.
Stories are in Matthew West’s DNA. It’s been ten years since he has toured with Winter Jam and now, more than ever, he recognizes that each person on stage is also a storyteller.
Longtime ministry leader Charlie Martin was initially invested into by two people. One was a summer youth pastor who found out Martin was musical and
Although one person can make a difference, there is truth to the saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Sometimes that “village” is a combination of individuals and organizations, and sometimes that “child” is a group of people.
Great ideas for church activities are found in many places — some through association newsletters and newspapers like The Alabama Baptist, others through word of mouth at meetings and conferences.
With about 100 combined years of performing, TobyMac, MercyMe and Matthew West are well known in the Contemporary Christian music world as having amazing concerts and have “helped define a generation of worship,” according to TPR Live.
Everyone has a story about their lives. Not many share their stories, and even fewer disclose the hard times — those that have a stigma and are embarrassing to talk about.
