The queen and the King of Kings
‘The Queen is dead. Long live the King.” That’s how Patrick Boyns began his weekly video address after the death of his country’s longest-serving monarch,…
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Why ‘The Waltons,’ the classic TV show that just turned 50, wasn’t afraid of religion
During the pandemic lockdown, I rediscovered “The Waltons” and watched all 221 episodes. Somewhere along the way, I learned that the classic TV show about…
Timber Hill Church of Christ: A dot on the timeline of many Christians today
Rudy Taylor, who attended Oklahoma Christian College — now Oklahoma Christian University — in 1964-65, recently wrote a small book about a congregation that was…
Better as one: Churches merge
CINCINNATI — In some ways, in many ways, they couldn’t be more different. Greg Jasper, 51, was born and raised in Cincinnati. He looks every…
Music and memories: Life lessons on a family road trip
BRANSON, Mo. — I blink, and I’m a child again. It’s the late 1970s, and I’m bickering with my younger brother and sister over my birthright:…
Where to next?
KOŠICE, Slovakia — This central European city, it seems, was made to serve its Ukrainian neighbors. Flags of blue and yellow — Košice’s colors, just…
A camp of a different culture
Swimming. Hiking. Hot dogs. These words often are associated with summer camp. Kids & Culture Camp is different. For four weeks each summer, children ages…
Christians react to U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
Celebration. Worry. Protest. Such are Christians’ varied responses to today’s historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. That landmark 1973 decision legalized…
Third Culture Kids find a place to belong
OKLAHOMA CITY — Alex Cash didn’t fit in anywhere. Cash, 22, primarily grew up in Uganda, where his parents were missionaries. He traveled back…
‘The mass shooting that would end mass shootings’ didn’t
When a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007, Seth Terrell was a 21-year-old campus minister for the nearby Blacksburg Church of Christ.…
