By Michael J. Brooks I met him in an unusual place in 1995. Chuc was president of the Gerald R. Ford Political Items Collectors, a subsidiary of the American Political Items Collectors (apic... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks The Internet has changed the pastor search process. One Alabama church discovered on another church’s website that their pastor was candidating for a new position. He’d... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks A noted Alabama pastor often has opportunity to speak to younger ministers, and he insists they’ll face three certainties: discouragement, fatigue and criticism. This is... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks The old-fashioned letter has almost disappeared. I remember being taught in grammar school how to write business letters and “friendly” letters. And we Baptist children... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks King Solomon made an interesting observation in the book of Ecclesiastes: “God has put eternity in our hearts” (3:11). What this means is that though we... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks One day Barth, Bonhoeffer, Brunner, Bultmann and Tillich, great theologians all, met the Lord. The Lord asked, “Who did men say that I am?” “Some say you’re Elijah, or J... Read more
Michael J. Brooks My friend Wayne was a pastor in Montgomery. We visited one day, and he was excited to tell me about something he’d recently discovered. “Air Supply is the greatest music I’... Read more
It was my privilege to know and work with the late John Atherton at First Baptist Church, Selma, Ala. John delighted in classic hymns and stately choral music. One day a zealous member accos... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I was in what we used to call junior high when we visited my dad’s brothers in Indiana. One day my cousins asked me if I wanted some soda pop. I told them I’d always hea... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks, commentary The wind in my face was bitterly cold in downtown Dallas a few years ago since the winter weather was yet lingering. My continuing education classes had ende... Read more