by design | Aug 25, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
The Tragic Truth on Passive Parenting By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor There is a haunting tragedy that echoes through history: it is possible to win in the world and lose at home. A pastor friend recently shared with me the story of a...
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Wisdom from a Wounded Tongue By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor “Once you burn your tongue on hot miso soup, you blow even on the cold sushi.” These words are from Hiroo Onoda, Japan’s most famous World War II holdout. These words are more...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
When Mercy Writes Your Story By Justin Pratt Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I was only a 4th or 5th grader when a group of boys and I thought it would be funny to throw paint we had found onto the side of Alice Bell Elementary School in the early 1990s. I...
by design | Aug 4, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Inherited War: Burdened by Battles They Didn’t Start By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor It began with a barely noticeable hairline crack in the dam that was easy to overlook. The man who owned the land saw it, but convinced himself it wasn’t...
by design | Jul 28, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
The Dirt Don’t Define You By Justin Pratt Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor If there are two things we should all desire in our walk with God it’s these: spiritual maturity and godly humility. In 2 Samuel 16, as King David was walking through one of the...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
LOYALTY The Power of Staying in a World that Often Walks Away By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I was recently introduced to a story that had somehow evaded me all these years: the story of Hachikō, the Akita dog who was adopted and...
