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Today’s teenagers were born immersed in technology. Thanks to social media, Google, YouTube and virtual reality games, they are constantly bombarded with gender issues, casual…
As features editor, Laura Akins writes a variety of profile and trend stories for The Christian Chronicle.
She also produces a monthly reviews column, a testament to her love for music, audiobooks and podcasts — anything she can listen to while juggling her many side gigs and life with four kids.
Akins rejoined the Chronicle staff in March 2020 after previously serving as the editor’s assistant from September 2014 to June 2016, when she took a break to focus primarily on fostering children.
She and her family attend Heritage Church of Christ in Edmond, Okla., where Laura serves as a youth ministry director and her husband, Travis, is the preacher. Over the last decade, the Akinses have opened their home to 11 foster children, but recently, they made the difficult decision to concentrate solely on their four biological kids: Reese, Lucy, Wiley and Scout.
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Today’s teenagers were born immersed in technology. Thanks to social media, Google, YouTube and virtual reality games, they are constantly bombarded with gender issues, casual…
Texans were powerless against a winter storm that blasted all 254 of its counties beginning on Valentine’s Day. Millions of residents lost power and water…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and I’m excited. I love any chance to celebrate my relationship with my husband, Travis. I remember our…
In 2021, do you want to grow closer to God, get healthy, read your Bible daily, consistently go to bed earlier or wake up early…
Lauren Akins does not want to be called Laura. If you search for her on Instagram and mistakenly type Laura Akins, you’ll find me. And…
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Every time I open Facebook or Instagram, my stomach immediately flips, and I feel sick. Why? Because it’s an election year, and many of my…
As Hurricane Laura tore through Lake Charles, La., in the early hours of Aug. 27, Dr. Lauren Jacoby kept watch over her patients at the…