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Reflections: How Funeral Traditions Are Changing
Religion

Reflections: How Funeral Traditions Are Changing

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • 7 hrs ago

It was some time ago that I accepted an invitation to spend several days in Washington, D.C. with the Southern Baptist Christian Life Commissi…

Reflections: The God Who Meets Us in the Fragile Moments
Religion

Reflections: The God Who Meets Us in the Fragile Moments

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • Jul 27, 2026

I sat with the doctor three years ago and he got straight to the point. He’d examined the scan and he said, “Mike, you have cancer.”

Reflections: What We Wear Matters Less Than Why We Come
Religion

Reflections: What We Wear Matters Less Than Why We Come

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • Jul 20, 2026

Sometimes community residents ask for church recommendations on social media. One person posted, “We’re looking for a church with live preachi…

Reflections: On Singing ‘The National Anthem’ In Worship
Religion

Reflections: On Singing ‘The National Anthem’ In Worship

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • Jul 13, 2026

I don’t remember why Harold, a deacon, was leading music that day many years ago. I suppose he was filling in during the holiday season. It wa…

Reflections: When The Messenger Falls Short Of The Message
Religion

Reflections: When The Messenger Falls Short Of The Message

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • Jun 23, 2026

It’s a beautiful song based on a verse in the Psalms about God’s word. We sang it one Sunday in morning worship. (As the late Rush Limbaugh wo…

Reflections: At The Old Country Church
Religion

Reflections: At The Old Country Church

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • Jun 18, 2026

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 20 percent of America is “rural.” Most rural churches have bi-vocational pastors with other full-time emp…

Reflections: Remember The Ladies
Religion

Reflections: Remember The Ladies

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • Updated Jun 7, 2026

Abigail Adams famously wrote to her husband, John, at the Second Continental Congress in 1776, “Remember the ladies.”

Reflections: Is The Cellphone A Blessing Or A Curse?
Religion

Reflections: Is The Cellphone A Blessing Or A Curse?

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • May 27, 2026

My generation remembers taking trips or experiencing emergencies and looking about for a telephone. Little did we dream one day we’d all have …

Reflections: A Lesson From A Leftie
Religion

Reflections: A Lesson From A Leftie

  • Nathan Prewett
  • May 11, 2026

We think nothing about people being left-handed, other than crime shows teach us to notice these things since the Boston Strangler and Jack th…

Reflections: The Day I Wiggled Out Of A Traffic Ticket
Religion

Reflections: The Day I Wiggled Out Of A Traffic Ticket

  • By Michael J. Brooks
  • May 5, 2026

I’ve wanted to revisit my master’s thesis and share the story of an Alabama confederate chaplain and Presbyterian pastor. The name “Petrie” is…

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