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Catalina Bellizzi
The musician known as Cataphant makes a way for female artists.


Andrew Peterson
For the beloved singer-songwriter, the best storytelling emerges from community.


Ajith Fernando: How Church Leaders Can Serve God’s Family Without Neglecting Their Own
'It's a huge balancing act, and I don't think anyone in the world is perfectly balanced!'

FIRST-PERSON: The invited become the inviters | Baptist Press
Southern Baptists' decline in baptisms prompts evangelism professor Ernest Easley to suggest: "It's time we get back to inviting people to come to Jesus." Describing invitations to faith as biblical, Easley notes, "The God who initiates a relationship with us and then invites us into that relationship has commissioned us to become the inviters, as we invite the lost to Christ."

NAMB trustees: Md./Del. investigation 'concluded' | Baptist Press
A North American Mission Board trustee recommendation and a messenger motion at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting were among the actions Southern Baptists took in St. Louis last week related to NAMB's dealings with the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware.

FIRST-PERSON: Headline prayers | Baptist Press
Daily headlines are stirring Nate Adams to deeper prayer over "a declining morality in our culture that seems more and more widely accepted." But it's not just a matter of "God, help them," the Illinois Baptist leader writes. It's also "Help us. Help me."