Category: Faith & Family

Belinda Albritton ECB Publishing, Inc. This year’s Camp Pickett lake took many months to plan and was definitely a hard one to pull off, but with the help of many donations to…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. Madison native Desmond Roberson and his musical family, The Roberson Bunch, have released their second album of gospel music. This second album, called “Growing Pains,” is already…

According to the 2025 Farmer’s Almanac, we are in the “Dog Days of Summer”  (July 3 to August 11). The term “Dog Days” traditionally refers to a period of particularly hot and…

Divorce is painful, particularly when it separates you from your children. When I was a young mother, I had to pick up and return my children to my former husband every other…

There’s a kind of peace that only comes through fire. This week, a message from my grandmother stopped me in my tracks. I read it slowly, carefully – twice – and then…

When our Founding Fathers spent weeks drafting the Declaration of Independence, they ignited a war to secure America’s freedom from Britain’s control. In an interesting twist, the process of creating this groundbreaking…

God has made us with two ends: one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one we choose to use when. There are times for planning and…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Jeff Cleghorn is a missionary who uses his skills as a pianist to spread the Gospel and point people to Jesus. He describes himself as a “musicianary”…

The foundation of our faith, every sermon and prayer, and every moral obligation are based on the fact God exists. The apostle Paul’s arguments presented in Acts 17 are as needed today…

Christian Peterson ECB Publishing, Inc. When discussing geography, the term “belt” comes up frequently. The term originated to denote areas where certain crops were grown. However, over time, it has evolved to…

One of our church members had her niece at services with her this past Sunday who was a recent college grad with a degree in biology. When I said that she was…

One of Aesop’s fables tells of four oxen who were such great friends that they always kept together when feeding. A lion watched them for many days with longing eyes but, never…

  Story Submitted Casa Bianca Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate its 153rd anniversary on Sunday, June 22, 2025, at 11 a.m. The historic church is built on a rich history that has…

You’ve noticed something different about yourself. Previously, when you faced obstacles, you’d give up. Now, you persevere and see the project or trial through … … even when it feels as if…

There’s a story about a young child who was vigorously coloring a picture. His brother noticed the boy’s concentration and asked what he was drawing. Without losing a moment’s momentum, the boy…

“You have a few months to live.” Well, that would rock anyone’s world, wouldn’t it?  That is what I was told in April 2009 when I learned that my breast cancer had…

How many dads (and moms, for that matter) would want their “parenting” televised? I can’t think of anything more intimidating. If someone made a movie about your family, how many scenes would…

It comes as no surprise that many of our modern idioms have their roots in scripture, since the Bible is an integral part of millions of people’s lives today. Most of the…

As the elderly man lay dying in his bed, death’s agony was suddenly pushed aside as he smelled the aroma of his favorite homemade chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. Gathering…