January 16, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, January 16.

As the story goes, the writer Ernest Hemingway was having dinner with some friends, when he offered a challenge. Who could write the best story - using only six words?

Everyone put in $10 and the winner would get the pot. Hemingway won his own contest when he wrote... For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

You could think about that story for a long time.

January 12, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Friday, January 12.

On this date in 1969, the singer B.J. Thomas released the song "Hooked on a Feeling". It became a million seller and was the first big hit for Thomas, who would go on to have a successful career that spanned seven decades until his death in 2021. But today's devotion isn't about B.J. Thomas. It's centered on this thought - you never know what you'll find when you go to church!

January 10, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, January 10.

Willie Amos Criswell went home to glory on this day in 2002 at the age of 92. W A (as he was known) was the pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas for five decades. He came to lead that congregation in 1944, replacing George Washington Truett, who had been pastor for almost a half century. So, in the span of 100 years, First Baptist Dallas had just two pastors. In the last 30 years, they've had four!

January 8, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday, January 8.  

There's a particular part of our worship service at First Baptist Center that we try to keep simple - our invitation. We use just a few songs that are frequently repeated. I want our congregation to be listening to the moving of the Spirit in that moment, not worrying about the lyrics and melody of some new song. Our focus this morning is on the hymn we sang at our altar call yesterday.

January 4, 2024 - Good Morning!  It's Thursday, January 4.

There's so much negative news as we start a new year - thought you might like something funny and sweet for today's devotion.  A third-grade teacher, as a class project, asked her students to write letters . . . to God.  The results were hilarious and heartwarming.  Here's a few of them.

Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that, or was it an accident? - Norma

Dear God, Do you draw the lines around the countries? - Jake