I bring you greetings in the name of our Lord. I hope you are enjoying the summer and finding time to be with God in nature!   Happy Summer!     Rev. James E. McJunkin Jr.

Charleston, SC We were nine years of age as we watched the civil rights struggle in the USA.  We are the children who witnessed church burnings as our parents and grandparents struggled for our freedoms and opportunity. We met in college carrying the hopes of...

Our 308th - Ask Somebody For 308 years the congregations of the PBA have met for their annual session.  I have attended at least twenty of the meetings.  The 308th was surely among the top. We were hosted by one of our newest congregations. the St. Paul’s Baptist...

Resurrection Power Do you need resurrection power?  Have you ever felt that a part of you is trapped under a weight that will not budge?  Have you ever felt that the good thing that you desire is encased in circumstance well beyond your ability to extricate it?  Have...

A Lenten Season Reflection Jesus answers the call upon his life as he turns toward Jerusalem for the third and final time.  In Luke 9:51ff we note his resolve to face all that would transpire as his time of departure drew near. How will we respond to a faith that...

The New Year   At this moment in the New Year I simply want to push the pause button.  I’d like to rest in silence, somewhere between what was and that which will be Life’s processes will continue.  Joy, sorrow, victory, loss, pain, pleasure, fear and hope, will...

Righteousness What does it mean to find one's sense of higher purpose in war?  We live in an age when extremists corrupt religious teaching to enrage the sensibilities of others in support of acts of violence.  It is a matter of deep concern when an ideology is shared...