EDITORIAL: The church’s role in suicide prevention
In South Carolina, a distraught campus ministry student texted classmates and informed them of his plans to kill himself. A minister rushed to the student’s…
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EDITORIAL: Age of uncertainty calls us to the cross
Turning on the TV news nowadays is something of an act of courage. A barrage of negative stories assaults our senses. Some we understand, some…
EDITORIAL: Lighting a fire under pew warmers
Many Christians never seem to contribute much at all — in time, sweat or money — to the work of the body. Pew warmers, we…
EDITORIAL: Doing more than throwing rice
The Christian Chronicle staff likes to celebrate. So when Lauren Stafford, daughter of administrative assistant Tonda Stafford and her husband, Barry, wed high school and…
EDITORIAL: LTC, L2L and lots of blessings
It was an amazing sight, really.On a recent Friday, as tornado sirens sounded in Rogers, Ark., 1,000-plus Leadership Training for Christ participants and sponsors crowded…
EDITORIAL: Showing love in a land of thorns
Compassion fatigue is understandable as images of unbelievable devastation flash across the screen from Japan.The 9.0-magnitude earthquake that leveled villages and cracked open nuclear reactors…
EDITORIAL: Finding new faith in Egypt
Hope and trepidation fill our hearts as we witness historic developments in Egypt. As Americans, we identify with the huddled masses yearning for freedom and…
EDITORIAL: Sunday night — A spiritual discipline
Just who came up with the idea that, after spending Sunday morning worshiping and studying, we should return Sunday night? Some say the tradition of…
EDITORIAL: Taking steps to protect children
In Georgia, a former youth minister faces statutory rape charges. He’s accused of a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old church member. In Indiana, a minister…
EDITORIAL: Church vans demand safety first
Neither case involved a Church of Christ, but two recent tragedies in which aging church vans blew tires raise important questions about church vehicle safety…
