‘A beautiful example’
Sixteen-year-old Fern Kerbo didn’t know she was being watched. But as she walked across the Centralvue High School gym in Oklahoma one afternoon in 1945,…
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Feeling the pandemic stress
The pandemic has led both men and women to feel more anxious, according to recent Barna Group research. However, that same research shows the stressors…
COVID-19 claims lives of numerous members of Churches of Christ
The Christian Chronicle asked readers to share memories of friends and loved ones lost to COVID-19. All of the names here were submitted through a…
Church elder Don Williams was country’s ‘Gentle Giant’
The first time I saw legendary country musician Don Williams in person was a Sunday morning in 1977 when my wife and I visited the…
Minister recalls his pedophile father’s profound deception
Jimmy Hinton doesn’t mince words, not in life and not in his book “The Devil Inside: How My Minister Father Molested Kids in Our Home…
Visiting vs. virtual
James and Candice Wiser’s church family in Southern California shed tears this past summer as the couple and their two young daughters prepared to move…
Amid pandemic, a much-needed reminder that church is worth it
Joseph P. Conway’s “Broken but Beautiful — Why Church Is Still Worth It” begins with sobering statistics about the decline of church attendance and church…
Tips from children’s ministers
What suggestions do you have for other congregations trying to stay connected to children during this time, especially smaller congregations? Jennifer Schroeder | children’s minister,…
In a ‘Love is Love’ world, parents must teach kids right and wrong
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…
Our deeply held sin can become a social disease
I have known Zach Sewell since he was a student at Abilene Christian University. In Visceral Sin: A Grace-Centered Approach to Addressing Deeply Embedded Sin, his…
