Johanna Willett

Aug 5, 2024 | thisistucson.com | Johanna Willett

Editor's note: This story was originally published in August 2020. We're resharing it in August 2024. We are approaching peak prickly pear season. Called "tunas" in Spanish, the deep, purple-red fruits are usually ripe in late August and early September, says Sonya Norman, public programs coordinator for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Removed of spines and strained into juice, prickly pear fruit is often used to make syrups, jellies, candies and more. You can also eat them fresh, Norman adds.

Jul 31, 2023 | baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Johanna Willett |Natalie Sarrett |Scott Barkley

Metadata:Topic(s): International Missions, International News, World & PoliticsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (BP) — A woman from New Hampshire who works for a Christian nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns.

Jul 31, 2023 | baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Johanna Willett |Natalie Sarrett |Scott Barkley

WASHINGTON (BP) — Belief in God, Satan, angels, heaven and hell is at a 23-year low in America, Gallup Poll said in its latest update. But most Americans still believe in the spiritual entities.

Jul 31, 2023 | baptistpress.com | Tobin Perry |Diana Chandler |Johanna Willett |Scott Barkley

SMYRNA, Georgia—David Bunch, who helped Southern Baptists launch Mission Service Corps (MSC) in the 1970s and played an integral role in three Southern Baptist state conventions, died Monday, July 24. “He was one of those quiet individuals, always in the right place at the right time, did all the things he was supposed to do, created things behind the scenes, got it done,” said Jim Haskell, pastor of Bridgepoint Church at Toco Hills in Decatur, Georgia.

Jul 31, 2023 | baptistpress.com | Johanna Willett |Natalie Sarrett |Myriah Snyder |Scott Barkley

The privilege of knowing Leonard Ravenhill when I was a teenager was nothing less than a sovereign surprise. Ravenhill was a British evangelist and writer whose statements on prayer and revival frequently pop up in sermons and on social media. God crossed our paths during the most impressionable years of my life. Here are six lessons I learned from this wonderful man of God:1. Invest in young people. I was 16 years old in 1981 when I met Leonard, who was 74.