Life of ‘The Rookie’ Jim Morris takes more extraordinary turns
ABILENE, Texas — Go play catch with Jim Morris. The Jim Morris, that is. The one whose real-life story Dennis Quaid portrayed in the 2002…
Features
A conversation with Steve Patton
Steve Patton ministers for a growing, multiethnic church — the University Church of Christ in Tampa, Fla. Since 1999, the congregation has nearly doubled in…
Christian softball coach loses her battle with cancer
Editor's note: This is the version of the story that appeared in the December print edition of The Christian Chronicle. Newberry lost her battle with…
REVIEW: Youth ministry history is refreshingly atypical
As a youth minister for more than a decade — and as superintendent of a Christian K-12 school — I have read my fair share…
New and Noteworthy, December 2010
FOR WIVES Patsy Loden. Loving Your Husband: How to Transform Your Marriage and Honor Your Covenant. Huntsville, Ala.: Publishing Designs, 2010. 256 pages. $16.95. This…
A conversation with Billie Silvey
Billie Silvey owes her love of words, in part, to the Happy Herald. Her father owned the small newspaper — based, appropriately enough, in the…
Missouri minister to retire after half a century behind same pulpit
PARK HILLS, Mo. — Evangelist Bernie Crum is retiring after 58 years of preaching — 50 of them behind the same pulpit. Crum, 77, a…
Newsmakers, November 2010
NAMED: Larry Lyons, vice president for enrollment at Ohio Valley University, Vienna, W.Va. AWARDED: Vince Swimney, the 2010 Andrew Factor by Herald of Truth for…
New and Noteworthy, November 2010
SPIRITUALITY Mike O’Neal. An Angel’s View: Encountering God through the Stories of the Heavenly Hosts. Nashville, Tenn.: 21st Century Christian, 2010. 239 pages. $12.99.O’Neal, a…
REVIEW: Bible commentary is scholarly yet easy to use
The publication of a commentary series on the entire Bible is a significant event. Considering the biblical focus of the Stone-Campbell movement, it almost seems…
