It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a scary thing
Some glad morning when this life is o’er, I’ll fly away. To that home on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away. I love the words…
Archive: Mar 2012
FABULOUS FIVE: Perspectives on porn, poverty and other key issues facing society and the church
Trying to kick a habit?Concerned about marital strife?Deep in credit-card debt?Here are perspectives on five key issues facing society and the church: • 1. Addiction:…
Supreme Court ruling recognizes freedom of churches to hire, fire own ministers
In a recent case, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered one of the most important decisions on religious freedom in a generation. The high court’s ruling…
Thai Christian fights child prostitution
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — This Southeast Asian nation is a source of, transit point for and destination for human trafficking. From here, women and girls…
Illegal immigration pits law vs. mercy
CHICAGO — On a dark street, a mother weeps. At 4:45 a.m., she stands outside a two-story brick building surrounded by razor wire, her sobs…
Letters, March 2012
Praise for hardworking believers in Nairobi I have traveled to this area (in Kenya) and met many of these wonderful Christians. (“Fear and faith: As…
Newsmakers, March 2012
NAMED: Alex Denning, head coach for women’s soccer at Lubbock Christian University in Texas. Nathan Samuel, president of IARCCA, an association of 112 Indiana agencies…
All the more Pleasant
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — Sign this. And quick. It was 3 a.m., and Klint Pleasant’s wife, Rachel, was drifting in and out of consciousness —…
Christian Chronicle editor recovering from surgery
Lynn McMillon, editor, president and CEO of The Christian Chronicle, is recovering from emergency brain surgery in December.Surgeons operated to remove bilateral hematomas on each…
College scholarship honors memory of trailblazing ‘woman of integrity’
Gladys Hawkins was a trailblazer.In the 1960s, long before e-mail and Skype, she arranged meetings, kept detailed notes and did the work of the church…
