Tag: faith

  • Easter Perspectives: Palm Sunday Parade

    What is the point of the Palm Sunday entrance into Jerusalem? Think of the big spectacular parades held in the USA. Name them: Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York, 4th of July Parades all over America. The point of all these parades is…

  • Lent: a Baptist POV

    I grew up in St Louis County, Missouri. As religious affiliation went, I was in the minority. My parents were quite paranoid that I would choose to marry a Catholic boy. In fact, in college I did date someone who was Catholic. I thought my parents would stroke out. In a short time, we broke…

  • 2025 New Year, New Resolutions

    2025. A blank slate or the same old, same old? Many people use the blank slate to make promises to themselves to do better, be better, start something new, rekindle something old. All of these things could have begun on any random date, but the world encourages us to use the start of the new…