‘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…
Moving during a pandemic complicates hunt for church home
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…
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,…
Saints and singers
'Mr. & Mrs. Carl Dean.” The black-and-white picture of the newlywed couple appeared in a 1966 directory of the Radnor Church of Christ in Nashville,…
I was upstaged by Hal Holbrook. And I’m OK with it.
Several years ago, I was asked if I had anything I could present on Mark Twain for the Christian Scholars Conference at Pepperdine University in…
Q&A with U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson
WASHINGTON — The Christian Chronicle talked to new U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, who became the fourth member of Churches of Christ now serving in the…
2020 in quotes: Pain and joy
A global pandemic. Prayers for racial justice. A Christian astronaut launching into outer space. These were among the top stories in The Christian Chronicle during…
Feeding the 350
Seven children were not enough. And for Terry and Marty Groves, 350 isn’t too many. When the pandemic forced a public school transition to online…
