VBS returns with a few changes
Vacation Bible School is back. Many congregations had to cancel VBS in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that vaccines are being distributed and…
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At Tulsa massacre’s centennial, two Oklahoma churches focus on racial unity
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — At the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, two preachers — one Black, one White — stand on stage at…
Christian faith drives two leading advocates of Tulsa Race Massacre justice
TULSA, Okla. — Two weeks after her 107th birthday, Viola Fletcher traveled to Washington, D.C., this month to tell a congressional subcommittee what happened to her…
Be rivers, not reservoirs
Bible class teachers have it tough. Every week they’re expected to lead thought-provoking, deep dives into Scripture. Most are volunteers who agree, sometimes grudgingly, to…
Busy families can find time for meaningful devotionals
We all have heard the disturbing statistics, and we know the people affected. Young adults are walking away from the faith in droves as parents…
‘I prayed that God’s justice … would prevail’
As former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts in George Floyd’s killing, millions of Americans watched on live television. Jerry Taylor,…
Shank calls church to its ‘central mission’ — children
‘Down the street from where you live are houses filled with broken people. People bent, bruised and broken by life walk the streets of every…
A voice for global religious freedom
James W. Carr, a longtime top administrator at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., was appointed last year to the nine-member U.S. Commission on International Religious…
‘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,…
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…
