
October 2025 Newsletter
As you know, I grew up a conservative Baptist. No longer in vogue, even in Southern Baptist circles, we had what was called the Six-Point Record System.

As you know, I grew up a conservative Baptist. No longer in vogue, even in Southern Baptist circles, we had what was called the Six-Point Record System.

A few years ago I read an opening editorial in Christian Century by John Buchanan. Buchanan, a retired Presbyterian pastor, entitled his piece, “Born again and again.”

Carey Nieuwhof wrote the following a few years ago, but his thoughts are timeless, at least for the age in which we find ourselves.

In a Christian Century column several years ago, John Buchanan, the former editor and retired Presbyterian minister, wrote about the things he misses about the pastorate in general and preaching in particular.

As I mentioned in a previous congregational email, Janet and I hope to get away for a week or two this summer. We just haven’t figured out when or where.