Why Texas minister talked to me — and only me — about deadly church shooting
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — A few minutes after noon Sunday, my iPhone started pinging with messages from friends — alerting me to a shooting at…
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Church shooting victim remembered: Hero sacrificed his life to save many
FORT WORTH, Texas — At first, Glenda White didn’t realize that her husband, Richard, had been shot. When gunfire broke out during Sunday worship at the…
Texas minister reflects on shooting that shattered his congregation’s peace
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Britt Farmer had his head down, focusing on the sermon he was about to preach. That’s when the 60-year-old minister heard…
Texas church grieves, prays, sings after deadly shooting
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — The West Freeway Church of Christ, a close-knit congregation of about 280, didn’t get to finish its Sunday morning worship assembly.…
Three people dead, including gunman, in shooting at Church of Christ in Texas
A gunman opened fire during the Lord's Supper at a Church of Christ in Texas this morning, killing two worshipers. At least one armed member…
Loving a ‘lost cause’
STARŠE, Slovenia — Nina Lovse was giving up. “Me and Jesus ... boy, it was real, but it was just me and him,” she said. “There…
Reliving the coffee can incident — and the woman who put me to shame
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — So I got interviewed on a podcast recently — by my little sister. “Sunday Lunch” is a podcast hosted by Katie Culberson, Kerry…
Decade in review: Christian Chronicle’s 10 biggest stories of the 2010s
What a decade! The 2010s saw the invention of the iPad, three more "Star Wars" movies (although I still haven't seen the 1977 original) and…
Don’t condone, don’t combat
As college students, we’ve directly experienced the cultural shift toward tolerance and acceptance of those who are different from us. For years, we’ve seen the…
Christians combat sexual abuse with solid advice, real-world examples
It is easy to find those who will stand against abuse. It is far more challenging to convince others of how the abuse may occur…
