Church member helped in shuttle’s safe return to space
“Welcome home, friends,” Mission Control said after the space shuttle Discovery’s safe return to earth Aug. 9. No one was more pleased to hear those…
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Churches adapt high-tech means to old-time religion
In the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Jesse Lee’s computer automatically downloads his minister’s Sunday sermon to his Apple iPod each week. The 30-year-old systems engineer then…
A vision for Central America
LAS TRES MARIAS, Guatemala — A tree stump with a flat piece of wood on top serves as the pulpit at the Church of Christ…
Same-sex attraction: ‘It isn’t really a choice’
Brady Cottle never wanted to be gay. He remembers coming home from school and leafing through Strong's Concordance of the Bible to search for scriptures…
After 35 years, and one hurricane, lectureship reaches Cuba
HAVANA — Preparing for the first Caribbean Lectureship on the island of Cuba, Ken Dye did a lot of praying. He prayed for permission from…
Award-winning Mississippi reporter shines light on state’s dark past
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, whose brutal slayings inspired the 1989 movie "Mississippi Burning," stare out at…
Marine’s letter, received a week after his death, comforts Louisiana church
The letter arrived about a week after U.S. Marine Cpl. Chad Powell was killed in a suicide bomber attack in Iraq. “Well, I'm just writing…
Top Air Force chaplain cleared to take pulpit job
“Bogus accusations” of evangelical Christian bias at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., represent an attack on Christianity and freedom of religion, the…
Lipscomb board chooses Lowry for presidency
NASHVILLE, TN — A news release from Lipscomb University NASHVILLE, TENN. - Dr. L. Randolph Lowry III, founder of the nationally-recognized Straus Institute for Dispute…
Church member witness to history in Sudan
KHARTOUM, SUDAN — Ken Grimm stood inches from world leaders, including United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, as he attended the swearing-in ceremony of Sudan's…
