August 2026: The Serious Business of Blessings
The Bible is filled with blessings. You have probably heard one of the most familiar: “The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face to shine upon y...
September 2025: Why We Celebrate Anniversaries
Dear Beloved Community, Fifteen years ago this very night, Josh and I gathered with our nearest and dearest to commit our lives to each other. We made all th...
100 on Fifth: Home in the Heart of the City
100 years ago, the people called First Baptist Church planted their new home at 501 West Fifth Street. After two other locations they called home, the third tim...
July 2024: Extraordinary Time
Dear Beloved Community, After Pentecost Sunday we entered that long season of the church year known as “Ordinary Time”. Since this season does not includ...