On Juneteenth, Christians rally in Baltimore, emphasize ‘freedom in Christ’
BALTIMORE — Members of Churches of Church used Juneteenth — an annual celebration of the liberation from slavery in the United States — to march through the…
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Wells trained generations of singers
For more than five joy-filled decades, Dorothy Wells was the soft side of a spiritual dream team that combined faith, family and music to train…
Social distancing does not mean spiritual distancing
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — To me, Terrance Burke was more than the head basketball coach at Northwestern High School in this urban suburb of Washington, D.C. He…
We have already won this battle
I love the song “God’s Family.” The chorus goes: And sometimes we laugh together Sometimes we cry Sometimes we share together Heartaches and sighs Sometimes…
The voice of Keeble
Oh, what it would have been like to hear the voice of Marshall Keeble. The famous traveling evangelist died in 1968, so most Christians alive…
A spiritual prize fighter for the Lord
TERRELL, Texas — Matthew 5:16 says, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which…
‘The world starts next door’
Walk up to a house in your neighborhood, knock on the door, and ask whoever answers to study the Bible with you or to visit…
A health scare, prayer and a battle of the bulge
I thought it was heat exhaustion. One day last summer, I had been at a football practice with a group of high school players. It was…
Serving amid the storms
BALTIMORE — "Our city has problems, big ones,” the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun wrote recently, “and we don’t shy away from them, nor…
‘More than a song’
BALTIMORE — “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound ...” The chorus stood, transfixed on the hands of its leader, Dorothy Carpenter Wells. As she raised…
