When the roll is called up yonder, Alexa answers
In 17 years with The Christian Chronicle I’ve been blessed to report amazing stories of faith from 70 countries and territories around the globe. (I…
Inside Story
And now you know … the rest of the Hollygrove church story
NEW ORLEANS — Journalists don’t always get to do “Whatever happened to?” stories. I’ve been blessed, though, to return time after time to New Orleans to…
Furlough and prayers for the unspoken
GLENARDEN, Md. — Every week, a good brother in Christ reminds me to pray for those who have “unspoken prayer requests.” I know we’ve all…
God changes the ‘other’ into ‘brother’
FRANKFURT, Germany — They burned books here. On May 10, 1933, a group of National Socialist students marched into Römerberg Square, right in front of Frankfurt…
A busy airport, a refugee toddler and a Happy Meal toy
CHICAGO — This is a story I've told many times. I apologize if you've heard it before. In 17 years of reporting for The Christian…
A storm bridges churches divided by race, doctrine
‘We give people steaks to get into the church, but then we serve them hot dogs.” That was one takeaway from a conversation I had…
Has God given us more than we can handle?
Sometimes it really is more than we can handle. Life. Somewhere, over the years, it’s become common for Christians to say to our brother and…
Advice for churches in the path of Hurricane Florence — from those who’ve been there
'We need God’s help.” As Hurricane Florence barrels toward the southeastern U.S. coast, that sign was spotted not far from where a Bible lay abandoned…
This is what short-term mission trips are really all about
In 1977, my father, mother, brother, sister and I lived in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., near the Virginia state line. I was 9 years old. Dad…
Our poverty challenges us to cling to God
Thomazeau, Haiti— I thought I knew exactly what poverty looked like. I expected to see multitudes of hungry children running around with bald heads and large stomachs,…
