by Brent McDougal | Oct 3, 2023 | FirstLife Blog
My friend Wanda developed a friendship over several years with a professional massage therapist. Wanda said that she is a delightful person, but a bit fragile. They have told one another their life stories, including the journey of faith for each of them. Wanda’s...
by Brent McDougal | Sep 26, 2023 | FirstLife Blog
We’ve had some excitement with many baptisms over the last few months. We’ve been down to the Tennessee River and up to the baptistry behind our choir loft. We’ve baptized young adults, men and women, children and youth. This Sunday two more of our youth will enter...
by Brent McDougal | Sep 18, 2023 | FirstLife Blog
One of the first concerts I attended as a youth was Jimmy Buffett. I will never forget the crowd singing fins to the left, fins to the right while holding their arms like a shark fin and swaying left and right. The concert was like a little vacation with Buffett...
by Brent McDougal | Sep 12, 2023 | FirstLife Blog
One of my favorite running routes is to start underneath the bridge between our FBC buildings, cross the river on the Gay Street bridge, follow the river along the One Riverwalk apartments, and then come back on the Henley bridge. Recently I was running along the...
by Brent McDougal | Sep 6, 2023 | FirstLife Blog
In 1978, when I was nine years old, I was baptized at the First Baptist Church of Columbia, South Carolina. Then I “reaffirmed” my baptism in 2017 by being baptized in the Jordan River in Israel. I can remember both experiences vividly — the feel of the water, the...
