From time to time, we all experience periods of deep spiritual anguish. John of the Cross (a 6th-century reformer of the Carmelite way of life) called these times the “Dark Night of the Soul.”
Through the years, many of us have neglected fasting as a spiritual discipline.
“In a town with a decreasing population, God is moving in a special way,” writes Rob Jackson, director of evangelism and church revitalization, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
Sherrill Keown Holloman didn’t expect to fall in love again — not after losing her husband tragically, not after 18 years of carrying on alone, and certainly not with someone she hadn’t seen in 51 years.
Scott Byrne said he thought it was “good for my boys and our boys from the church to see just how Jesus is not just a Southern thing.”
It is healthy for you and me to examine our lives and ministry as well with a spiritual checkup.
The violence began around 11:30 a.m. when the suspect shot a KSP trooper near Blue Grass Airport after a traffic stop and then fled to Richmond Road Baptist Church, where he opened fire, city Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said.
This “next generation” is the most unchurched in American history. Many of us look around our churches, which are admittedly aging, and wonder if we can make a difference.
