Sewing for the Master clothes needy around the world
Through its Sewing for the Master ministry, a Christian summer camp in Kansas has sent dresses, shorts, shirts, baby clothes, blankets, hats and more to…
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Teaching the Gospel, via Zoom
FAIRFAX, Va. — It’s just before 1 p.m. on the East Coast as Jerri Harrington hits the play button on a video about Jesus. Roughly…
Music and memories: Life lessons on a family road trip
BRANSON, Mo. — I blink, and I’m a child again. It’s the late 1970s, and I’m bickering with my younger brother and sister over my birthright:…
A week without cell service, immersed in God’s word
SHEFFIELD, Texas — “Why would anyone want to come here?” It’s a question organizers of the Pecos River Encampment have heard more than once. Since…
For Latino youths, a long-awaited reunión
ELGIN, Ill. — Some flew thousands of miles to attend. Others made 16-hour drives in church vans. All came — from Churches of Christ in more…
Churches of Christ helping in flood-stricken Appalachia
A tractor-trailer rig full of groceries and emergency supplies was more than the 40-member Lothair Church of Christ in Hazard, Ky., could fit in its…
For this Abilene Christian University alum, the stars are singing
Gleaming stars. Swirling galaxies. Streaking lights. The first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released July 12 revealed segments of God’s beautiful universe never…
New Jersey street named in honor of longtime minister Eugene Lawton
The Newark Church of Christ hasn’t changed locations since the 1960s. But on July 11, the New Jersey church’s stately brick building had a new…
Court expands religious freedom
While much of media attention on the 2021-22 Supreme Court term has focused on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which in June overturned Roe…
When the editor gets COVID-19
ELGIN, Ill. — COVID-19 stinks. That’s not exactly breaking news, right? For 2½ years, I somehow avoided the coronavirus. But during a recent reporting…
