Pastor's Blog

Beloved First Baptist, I have been reading Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone by James Martin, which is wonderful! The book

For five days in May, I had the privilege of sinking into silence. As part of my sabbatical, I attended a silent

Dear Beloved First Baptist, Summer is upon us, and I know many of you will be headed out of town on vacation.

Not an object or a thing. But like another family member, our family farm in Tennessee has played a huge role in

We have a good problem at First Baptist. So much is happening in the life of our church that it can be

Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian year, has begun. From Palm Sunday through Easter, we journey with Jesus through