Baptist Press

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/bee9ab05-2c25-45cc-aff7-7e8b20cee076-Bethle... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <i>EDITOR'S NOTE: Modern hymn writer Keith Getty has written a series of essays, each focusing on a Christmas hymn or carol.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/281ba2f5-5e3a-4615-8d9e-85a3b5c1dbc8-French... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <i>EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention was Dec.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/14d9cf48-f8e2-4608-aa11-37a29c99c630-Katie-... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> BRUNSWICK, Maine (BP) -- Sometimes accepting God's call to missions means being willing to pack up your family and head back home.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/2f614705-cf36-449b-a358-9dd8f5332f3d-jim-el... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Was your church meeting disappointing this week? Do you find that there seems to be little life in the church? Are there troubles stirring? Are there way too many parking lot conversations?

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/a288dfb1-cb12-43d6-a3a3-9e1de9039588-Kyfeta... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> WASHINGTON (BP) -- Pro-life supporters in Kentucky were pleased with a decision by the U.S.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/469b2eb2-f222-475e-894d-35f5faf45d34-Connie... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> AUSTIN, Texas (BP) -- Residents at Austin's new 5-acre homeless encampment near Austin's international airport may have been uprooted from familiar surroundings under the city's

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/e95a132b-cf0c-4198-a77b-49be7f74fbd3-bethle... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <i>EDITOR'S NOTE: Modern hymn writer Keith Getty has written a series of essays, each focusing on a Christmas hymn or carol.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/c5295c64-f423-479c-a4a3-af8e6b5a8a2f-Japane... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <i>EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention was Dec.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/3f7f750a-0fb5-4a5e-a737-afc0e5839a03-1946-B... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> WORCESTER, Mass.

<div class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="http://www.bpnews.net/images/c1b3875f-61fa-4b14-b5a9-e2592836d3df-oscar-... width="560" style="display:block;margin:10px auto;max-width:560px;max-width:100%;"></div> <i>NOTA DEL EDITOR: La columna First-Person (De primera mano) es parte de la edición de hoy de BP en Español.