Teaching our children how to pray gives them a ‘connection to God’
I have a picture in my mind. The picture is of my daughter as an adult. I see her as emotionally secure and involved in…
Archive: Aug 2006
Churches teach, reach and baptize youths with special needs
AUSTIN, TEXAS — After a few months in the special-needs ministry at the Brentwood Oaks church, Alex Busch-Petersen started picking where he wanted to sit…
Chronicle staff will continue to soar on eagles’ wings in my retirement
. I have loved all the work that I have been blessed to have a part in. I never thought I would start giving up…
At 100-year anniversary of split, ministers exchange Bibles at convention
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jeff Walling blinked back tears as he held out his worn personal Bible — the one his 89-year-old mother, Mildred, gave him…
Dialogue: A conversation with Alan Highers
JUDGE, EDITOR AND MINISTER, Highers, 68, is critical of unity discussions with instrumental churches. By Lynn McMillon and Erik Tryggestad The Christian Chronicle Alan Highers…
‘We learn as much from these little ones as they learn from us’
Additional thoughts and resources for serving children with special needs Kathy Cameron, children’s minister for the Sugar Grove Church of Christ in Meadows Place, TexasWe…
‘I think we promote coming back to God more than coming back to church’
SPEARFISH, S.D. — The Black Hills may be the only place on earth that routinely gets 6 feet of snow yet bears the nickname “banana…
Missouri couple escape armed gunmen after hijacking on Honduras mission trip
“They were going to shoot us.” Kathleen Reiboldt was certain of it. The mother of three and grandmother of seven faced a group of armed…
Nigerian minister: Pencils saved my church – and my life
The pen — or the pencil, actually — is mightier than the sword. Just ask Simon Dabish. The minister for a church in a Muslim-dominated…
Bringing new hope to the Black Hills
SPEARFISH, S.D. — Camouflaged National Guardsmen and bandanna-wearing bikers line the booths at the Cheyenne Crossing restaurant.The owners of the cozy, kitschy diner, nestled among…
