
‘There’s so much to carry forward’
SILVER POINT, Tenn. — At first glance, it looked like little more than a traditional homecoming in a plain red-brick church building atop one of…
A contributor to The Christian Chronicle since the 1990s, Ted has also written for Religion News Service, Sojourners magazine and other publications. He attends All Saints Church of Christ in Nashville.
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SILVER POINT, Tenn. — At first glance, it looked like little more than a traditional homecoming in a plain red-brick church building atop one of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The journey to the moment the dean draped the velvet-rimmed master’s hoods over the women’s shoulders took a long time: 15 years,…
In his latest book, “The Grace of Troublesome Questions: Vocation, Restoration, and Race,” historian Richard Hughes invites readers in Churches of Christ to honestly consider…
SMYRNA, Tenn. — Feet splashed in puddles on a rainy Sunday afternoon as almost 1,000 people came together in this Middle Tennessee town. They were…
Featured image (above): Boxes of supplies line the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort warehouse in Nashville, Tenn., where volunteers help sort and ship items…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The two men were boys when they met. One, a preacher, would minister to churches for seven decades. The other, a preacher…
PRICEVILLE, Ala. — The motionless reflection of the trees in Project Rescue’s two ponds mirrors the quiet of the Alabama countryside. “Everything you look at just…
Chris Dowdy of Paul Quinn College in Dallas addresses participants at the Racial Unity Leadership Summit in Abilene, Texas. (PHOTO BY TED PARKS) ABILENE, Texas…
WASHINGTON — Women couldn’t vote. The United States hadn’t fought in either World War. The struggle for civil rights was a half-century away. That’s when…
ALL-NIGHT SINGING draws a crowd to a small Tennessee community, where old favorites are intoned with hymnals in hand. DIANA, TENN. — It’s a few…