Former Church of Christ minister pleads guilty to child sexual abuse charges
Joshua Henley, former youth minister for the Holladay Church of Christ in Tennessee, pleaded guilty this week to an eight-count federal indictment. By pleading guilty,…
Deana Nall
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Deana Hamby Nall is a Gulf Coast girl from Beaumont, Texas.
A lifelong writer, Nall has been working as a freelance magazine and newspaper writer for 28 years. She holds a B.A. in journalism-mass communication from Abilene Christian University and an M.A. in professional writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is on the faculty of University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, where she teaches college writing.
Nall lives in the Little Rock, Ark., area with her husband, two daughters and two cats.
Deana's recent articles:
White, Black churches merge in Michigan
A beautiful day. That’s how leaders of the “Bristol Road Church of Christ — A Family of Faith” in Flint, Mich., describe a recent Lord’s…
‘As is typical of sex abuse victims, I thought what happened was my fault’
I was only 13. I was in eighth grade at a Christian school started by my church's elders. I stayed busy with my church youth…
Church of Christ minister charged with state, federal sex crimes against minors
One Sunday in April 2020, Josh Henley, then the full-time minister for the Holladay Church of Christ in northwest Tennessee, preached on “Consistent Christianity.” Henley,…
Open hearts for racial healing
Sarah Baugh couldn’t sleep. It was late spring 2020. The nation had erupted into protests and unrest after George Floyd’s killing on May 25. Baugh,…
‘A beautiful example’
Sixteen-year-old Fern Kerbo didn’t know she was being watched. But as she walked across the Centralvue High School gym in Oklahoma one afternoon in 1945,…
COVID-19 hits churches hard
Vanessa Hawkins was worried. It was early March, and her sister, Crystaline Kuykendall, had been ill with a variety of symptoms. When Hawkins called to…
Review: Unclean
The concept of purity in relation to sexual integrity is under scrutiny. While most of us, especially people of faith, understand purity as a positive…
