Kenyan minister, single father shares a day in his life
“There are lots of challenges as a single father,” Moses Gitau acknowledged in a recent account of a day in his life. Gitau, evangelist for…
Archive: Aug 2010
Pitcher Brad Ziegler signs autographs with a favorite Scripture
ANAHEIM, Calif. — More than three hours before the start of a Friday night game against the Los Angeles Angels, Oakland A’s relief pitcher Brad…
Boys of summer: Josh Willingham’s faith, character praised
WASHINGTON — In an indoor batting cage at Nationals Park, Washington catcher Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez smashed line drive after line drive. The sweet crack of…
Did ‘jailhouse religion’ save Jeffrey Dahmer?
Few mourned the gruesome end for Jeffrey Dahmer, who strangled and dismembered 17 boys and men and cannibalized some of them. “Most people wanted Jeffrey…
Arkansas church mourns flood victims
On a recent Wednesday night, Adam and Leslie Jez and their 3-year-old son, Kaden, attended Vacation Bible School at the Foreman Church of Christ, in…
Christian higher ed faces challenges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In an era of rising secularism and declining church membership, can Christian higher education survive and thrive? Leaders of colleges and universities…
A Buccaneer’s big season
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — A mathematics major with an overall 3.93 grade-point average, Hoilman has been named Atlantic Sun Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.…
An unlikely prison minister remembers the call
My first visit to a jail came when I was 20 — and I really had no business being there. After all, what could a…
Church member crowned Miss Oklahoma
EDMOND, Okla. — Emoly West remembers being 7 years old and watching the Miss America Pageant on television with her grandmother, the Tulsa World reported.…
Across the nation, August 2010
CALIFORNIA ANDERSON — The Anderson Church of Christ delivered buckets of seedlings to senior citizens recently, allowing them to grow tomatoes and peppers. The church’s…
