Best of Walker Moore

Beloved Baptist Messenger columnist and missionary Walker Moore passed away on June 26. Having written for the Baptist Messenger for more than 25 years, his columns continue to bring joy and encouragement to readers. Click here to read more about Walker’s life.

Featured articles from the Walker Moore Archives include:
Rite of Passage: 5 THINGS I DON’T MISS ABOUT SUMMER
Rite of Passage: SIGNIFICANCE—AND CREAMED CORN
Rite of passage: Box house

Rite of passage: Box house

After 20 years of use, our washing machine bit the dust last week. The one before it also lasted 20 years, so I don't have much experience in buying washing machines. When I began to look for the next one, I wanted to take my two sons into consideration. I won’t live...

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Rite of passage: Kingdom ninjas

Rite of passage: Kingdom ninjas

I recently got a call asking if I would join Daniel Gil (pictured with Walker above) at an event in San Antonio, Texas. I am a huge fan of Gil. If you’re not familiar with him, he is the reigning champion of the televised contest called “American Ninja Warrior.” He...

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Rite of passage: Collapsed lung

Rite of passage: Collapsed lung

In 1966 I was 15 years old and bought my first car. It was a 1954 Plymouth Belvedere 4-door sedan. In those days there were two kinds of cars, one class was called “Babe Magnets.” Guys drove those cars to attract pretty girls. They just wheeled into the local Dog ’n‘...

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Rite of passage: Love letter

Rite of passage: Love letter

I grew up in the generation that wrote letters. We didn’t have email, texting, Facebook or Twitter. We did have a telephone. My parents were a little more modern than my grandparents, who still had a hand-cranked phone on the wall. But phone calls were expensive,...

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Rite of passage: He was thirsty

Rite of passage: He was thirsty

He was thirsty. River the Peacemaker, 2 years old for only a month and lacking several inches of height to reach the 3-foot mark, stood looking up at the water fountain. He was thirsty. He could feel the dryness in his throat, but looking around and seeing no adults,...

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