by Wanda Kidd | Feb 23, 2026 | Columns
We raised our children in a haunted house. It wasn’t the plan; we didn’t hear the stories until after we made an offer and the seller accepted it. And if that wasn’t traumatic enough, my husband found out at a church deacons’ meeting from two deaf old-timers that it...
by Holly Berkley Fletcher | Feb 18, 2026 | Columns
Global superstar The Anti-Christ has fired his publicists and is rethinking his entire public persona after most of his target audience failed to acknowledge his latest performance, which he considers his masterpiece. The Anti-Christ’s decision comes in the midst of...
by Paul J. Williams | Feb 12, 2026 | Columns
Alibi Baptist Church in Tennessee has begun a new ministry to serve pastors and church leaders nationwide. Affiliated with the church’s prison ministry, this new initiative aims to provide spiritual support during legal tribulations. Simply titled “Alibi Grace,” the...
by Rustle S'More | Jan 22, 2026 | Columns
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation has named Janet Elaine Parks, a d-list MAGA influencer, as the latest recipient of its annual Profile in Courage Award. According to Heather Cox Richardson, a historian who serves on the award selection committee, Parks was...
by Paul J. Williams | Jan 21, 2026 | Columns
A local Baptist church has issued formal guidelines for covered-dish socials. These regulations are in response to numerous infractions by well-meaning members and to concerns raised by dedicated women in the church. (Please note that these guidelines do not apply to...
by Wanda Kidd | Jan 14, 2026 | Columns
For twenty-five years, I attended a weekly luncheon of Baptist ministers in Western North Carolina. I was the only woman who attended faithfully. Ministers came and went, and we met at various restaurants, but through it all, a remnant remained. People outside the...
