Breaking the sound barrier
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — "It’s a story I want to shout from the mountaintops,” says Poppy O’Guin Steele, an advocate for a multitude of Middle Tennessee children…
People
A squeaky-voiced, mighty oak falls
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — When I first met Chamnan Rorn on April 20, 2012, I thought my friend Sokhom Hun had lost his mind. Sokhom, a…
In Haiti, a calling — and a baby
TITANYEN, Haiti — Ten days after Jason and Jennifer Carroll began Christian missionary work in this Caribbean island nation in 2014, they got an unexpected…
Newsmakers, May 2018
HONORED Lori Hadley, lower school principal at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Florida, as Educator of the Year by the National Christian School Association. This…
Remembering two missionaries to Japan — and praying for new ones to follow
Joe Betts baptized me in the Pacific Ocean in 1982. The waves were pretty high because of a typhoon, and Mr. Betts almost lost me…
In ‘Still Wrestling,’ minister whose wife, son were slain explores faith, doubt
A double murder. A destroyed family. A shattered faith. After the tragic deaths of his wife and 21-year-old son in 2011, minister Les Ferguson Jr.…
Clothing designer brings hope to Rwanda
An Oklahoma Christian University graduate made international headlines recently for her work helping women in Rwanda. The New York Times featured clothing designer Priscilla Ruzibuka and…
Marshall Keeble’s ‘boy preachers’ still baptizing and saving souls
LOS ANGELES — In 1963, an 11-year-old named Dewayne Winrow preached at Southwestern Christian College’s annual Bible lectureship in Terrell, Texas. The boy’s message resonated…
‘Sister Keeble’ stayed strong in mind, faith
I never got to meet Marshall Keeble or hear him preach. I was a baby when Keeble, the famous traveling evangelist who started hundreds of Churches…
Marshall Keeble fought racism by melting hearts
While Marshall Keeble didn’t preach about racial reconciliation, his very life was racial reconciliation. In the early 1900s, African-Americans were losing their lives at the hands…
