A Baptist Standard reader responds to an op-ed by Patrick Adair, in which he expressed his view of a new immigration rule.

Teacher, we have entrusted our children to you. Too often, you feel the weight of that, especially when we are critical of you. Today, may you feel the blessing in that.

Shannon Rutherford, director of the Baptist Student Ministry at the University of Houston, shares her background and thoughts on student ministry.

Editor Eric Black responds to the mass shooting in El Paso, calling all of us to some introspection and then to go beyond the normal talk.

Churches seek to love their neighbors, many times providing specific ministries for specific kinds of people. Love Thy Nerd calls churches to see and love people churches may not be seeing.

Pastors are counseled to avoid such whiplash by being smart enough to avoid politics altogether, but to bracket politics out of the discussion is to pretend the truth of Christianity has no bearing on “what happens between people when they try to get something done together.”

Editor Eric Black wades into the current controversy over President Trump’s recent tweets about “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen.” Where do Christians see themselves in this discussion?

Pastor, when you need to get away from it all, when you go in search of a cave, when you try to run from God, don’t you run right into him?

Erika Perez, lecturer at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, licensed professional counselor, and member of Iglesia Bautista Jerusalen in Pharr, shares her background and thoughts on being a Christian in the marketplace.

A Baptist Standard reader responds to President Trump’s comments about congresswomen and immigrants.

Do you find yourself working very hard to craft the perfect sermon but never quite being able to preach the perfect sermon? Would you like to be free from perfectionism?

Editor Eric Black shares part of his family history. What things in your family history connect you like roots grounding you to your past?