A Pastor’s Perspective…  When I was a kid, downtown Birmingham was a busy place at Christmas. The malls had yet to be built, and the best shopping in Alabama was in the department stores of downtow...  Read More

Positive feedback is always appreciated, and the encouragement around our current series, Peace -n- Pressure, has been most appreciated. Thank you for each kind and affirming word. My prayer, as alway...  Read More

It is good to be back home in Fayetteville after spending a week in Kenya. A good trip is something I am always up for, and this trip to Kenya was my fifth in Africa and the sixteenth country I have b...  Read More

   A Pastor’s Perspective…   It was not that long ago that MarkO was here and talked about teenagers. He discussed the importance of singing and praying on brain development and challenged the church ...  Read More

   Serving our Lord and the members of His church as a minister at Snyder has been a blessing and joy over the last 10 ½ years.   Snyder Memorial Baptist Church allowed me the opportunity to use my gi...  Read More

   A Pastor’s Perspective…  I had a wonderful sabbatical that started after our group trip to Kenya.  I went to the coast to visit where a new school is being started to see if the school should becom...  Read More

   Albert Einstein said, "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."   The future does come quickly. It seems like it was just yesterday we were having listening sessions about the future of ...  Read More

A Pastor’s Perspective...Communication makes a difference. That things are communicated in the right way and at the right time both creates health in the organization and indicates the health of an or...  Read More

If you’ve been around Snyder for any amount of time, it’s quite likely you’ve sung, “There’s a Sweet…Spirit in this place…it’s the presence of the Lord,” a hymn whose strains are baked into our DNA an...  Read More

   Our new sermon series, “Conversations” began with the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus that is recorded in the third chapter of John.  What happened after that conversation?  We do not know...  Read More

Recently, deeply concerned Jesus followers have created an advertising campaign that points directly to the Light of the World, the Hope of Heaven. They have done so most creatively and thoughtfully. ...  Read More

“Do you see teenagers as a problem to be fixed or a wonder to behold?” At Snyder we prefer to embrace the wonder. This is a good question to ponder and work through. The question is asked by teenage t...  Read More