Teen whose faith outshone his cancer dies
Mitchell Boles, a 17-year-old church member whose faith outshone his cancer, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. He was 17. Boles, who attended the Beech Bethany…
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The church — a model of new creation
At Crowley’s Ridge College in Paragould, Ark., where I teach history, we begin each class with a verse of the day to encourage students and…
A faith-based approach to real-world leadership
Effective leadership requires a wide range of skills. We must understand how to deliver hard feedback, lead meetings and develop our teams. At the same…
America at 250: 1976 bicentennial mixed faith and fireworks
PHILADELPHIA — My 7-year-old grandson, Bennett, donned a red, white and blue top hat like Uncle Sam. He grinned as he posed for a picture…
A teen’s faith outshines cancer
CELINA, TENN. — “We love Mitchell.” That phrase has echoed through the pews of Beech Bethany Church of Christ, across group texts and hospital rooms,…
Getting out of the spiritual rut
We all know about the rut — the one that we who have been Christians for quite some time can get into. The one where…
A voice tested by faith
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Mark Adams stood in his office at the Tusculum Church of Christ, quietly rehearsing vocal exercises as worship hymns echoed from the…
Church helps homeless son of late Yankees TV cameraman
HOUSTON — When Maurice Costabile first showed up at a Houston church a few years ago, members had no clue his late father, Duilio, was a…
‘Cancer can be a ministry’
DICKSON, TENN. — The sound of victory echoed throughout the halls of Nashville’s Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center on May 7 as Chris McCurley pulled the rope…
Exploring the 1963 murder of a Harding teacher
SEARCY, ARK. — Deana Hamby Nall and Mike S. Allen tell the comprehensive story of a Harding University professor’s disappearance in October 1963 in “The…
