by Sharon Mager | May 24, 2026 | Perspective
Seize the Day By Ron Blankenship The following is adapted from a devotional by BCM/D President Ron Blankenship at the spring General Mission Board meeting. If you had your life to live over, what would you do differently? Perhaps you’ve pondered that question from...
by Sharon Mager | Apr 16, 2026 | Perspective
Ebenezer: God’s faithfulness endures By a Southern Maryland BCM/D church member “Ebenezer”—until recently, I had only thought of it as an old-fashioned name. However, with ongoing trials and struggles facing our family, it has come to mean something more in recent...
by Sharon Mager | Mar 12, 2026 | Perspective, Toolbox
by Michael Awbrey You have probably heard some of the troubling statistics about teens and young adults. The data points are piling up like symptoms for a very ill patient. Since 2010, Anxiety is up 139 percent among 18-25-year-olds. Depression is up 145 percent among...
by Sharon Mager | Feb 27, 2026 | Formation & Health, Perspective
.By Dan Hyun It felt like drifting into a dream that took a sharp, scary turn. Memories of riding an inner tube, enjoying the gentle bobbing along the waves, only to suddenly realize the shore was now distant and the voices of the busy beach had grown faint. The tide...
by Sharon Mager | Aug 22, 2025 | Featured, Perspective
Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad TodayBy Tom Stolle I’ve had the pleasure of attending a few milestone church anniversary celebrations this year. Middle River Baptist Church and Colonial Baptist Church, Randallstown, both celebrated 80 years. Elders Baptist Church,...
by Sharon Mager | Jul 15, 2025 | Perspective
Behind the Pulpit: Pastors’ Hidden Struggles By Dan Hyun Most pastors experience genuine joy in serving the Lord and His church. Even so, many pastors also carry some struggles hidden below the surface that they don’t feel can be shared with others. Here are four...
