I was born to a single woman that I’ve never met. She could have aborted me. Instead, she gave me up for adoption. I’ve been thinking about that most of…
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Randy L. Hyde is the Interim Executive Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas. You can reach him by email at [email protected] If you read my first article entitled,…
As a young pastor and doctoral student in Nashville, Tennessee, the 1979 Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Houston was my second to attend. Knowing we would be electing a new…
I looked at my kid’s search history recently. It’s not something I do enough. He’s 11 and just amazing. A better kid than I am a parent. He’s working his…
I retired in 2020. March 12th was my last day in the classroom, followed by a few months of flying by the seat of our pants like we had never…
Today I must confess That I’m a Mama’s Boy No reticence about it I declare it with pure joy We started out together I was born in Mama’s bed I…
Fans of the recent hit mini-series, Inventing Anna, will recall a scene where the reporter adopts the mantra, “I’m not special,” when she’s racing to meet a deadline while also…
Most people think they know a lot more than they really do.
I grew up in a small town in Arkansas, tucked away in the Ozarks. Most of the people there are Baptist, but I grew up in a sweet little Methodist…
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