by Stephen Suffron | Sep 28, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry, Theology
Our country is growing increasingly frustrated with the state of racial relations in America. The latest controversy over the national anthem protests in the NFL illustrate how civil discourse in this political climate is next to impossible. Neither side wants to...
by Stephen Suffron | Aug 31, 2017 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
When I was fourteen years old, there was really nothing that mattered more to me than a chance to play baseball. It was my first year that I was actually playing well. I batted fourth on my team and, on this particular afternoon, I was thinking about how I was going...
by Stephen Suffron | Aug 18, 2017 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
It’s been a rough week. The events in Charlottesville have saddened, angered, and embarrassed us as a nation. Many Christian leaders have been quick to issue statements condemning the white nationalist ideals of the alt-right as antithetical to the gospel vision...
by Stephen Suffron | Aug 3, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry, Scripture, Theology
Everyone’s least favorite picketers, Westboro Baptist Church, chose an unexpected target last weekend. It wasn’t a military funeral or any place that had to do with homosexuals. It was my brother’s church, a mid-size-to-large suburban church in...
by Stephen Suffron | Jun 8, 2017 | Ministry, Missions, Uncategorized
Dominican pitcher Joaquin Andujar is credited with saying that there is one word to describe baseball (and life in America in general), and that one word is “youneverknow.” That “one word” is a good word to describe mission trips as well. We...
