By Jon and Tanya Parks  Do you remember getting Valentine’s Day cards? When I was young – and when our girls were still in U.S. schools – you brought a Valentine card for everyone in your class. A little box would come with 10-12 small cards, and they usually had some kind of cartoon character, … Continue reading →

By Jenny Hodge  Last month in an article for Ethics Daily, Pam Durso wrote about her experience with the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements. Her call to action at the end was to push readers to make space for the voices of survivors. As a survivor and member of Baptist Women in Ministry and the Cooperative … Continue reading →

By Andy Hale  I like being right. So do you. Who wants to be wrong, when we can try our best to be certain about what we know and where we are going? It is a wonderful sign of a vibrant culture when people are driven to know, to be strong and independent. This also … Continue reading →

By Angel Pittman In my first months of ministry, I remember a faith leader offering a challenge to not simply create programs and services that serve people who are caught in tough situations in the river of life, but instead to go upstream and see who is pushing people into the river. That analogy stuck … Continue reading →

By Camille Loomis I recently read an article in the Washington Post on how a young lawyer recovered her mental health through sewing. The pressure of law school and her first years in corporate law deadened her self-worth, until she could barely study for the bar, or complete her work assignments. Instead of spending her … Continue reading →

CBF’s Advocacy in Action Conference took place March 11-14, 2019, at the United Nations in New York City, N.Y. Advocacy in Action is a four-day opportunity to put faith to action while impacting the most pressing issues of the day. The conference explores advocacy as a faithful expression of Christian mission, develops a biblical basis … Continue reading →

By Joshua Hearne  On the western and tree-covered slopes of the Appalachian Mountains, rain has a way of bearing down on you with a soft inevitability. If the turning of the poplar leaves toward the skies does not tell you, then the first cool gust of the stormfront clearly promises thunder. The wind whistles faintly as it tugs at the leaves and pine … Continue reading →