First person: The bottom line of Christmas

December 19, 2025

Can you imagine the joy of hearing the story of Jesus’ birth for the first time?

Kornegay ‘grateful’ for full-circle moment in music ministry, chance to start new tradition at West End Baptist

December 18, 2025

Paula Kornegay says it’s a story only God could write. When she stood up to direct the Christmas presentation at West End Baptist Church in Clanton, the children’s choir director who first taught her to count music was in the choir.

First person: Why Baptist missionaries need your support

December 17, 2025

Did you see the news today? If you did, you may have seen reports of data breaches, information hacks, cyber threats and holiday scams targeting the elderly.

Louisville Baptist honors Fenn for 70 years as choir director, applies for world record

December 16, 2025

Michael Whitman said when he went to make a plaque for Mary Annice Fenn, it hit him that this had to be some kind of record, and not just at his church.

First person: Movies and what Christmas is all about

December 15, 2025

If I were to ask you to name the best Christmas movies of all time, I am confident several titles would make the list …

First person: Forgotten gifts of Christmas

December 14, 2025

Most have heard the ancient proverb, “Familiarity breeds contempt.”

Lass Words: Clear vision in a ‘fuzzy’ world

December 13, 2025

I recently ordered a new pair of glasses. The kind where the lenses gradually transition from distance vision to bifocals as you scan down to the bottom of the lens.