‘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…
Inside Story
After Kentucky school shooting, teen’s faith amazes
'Are you OK?” “Tell me you’re safe.” “Pamela, please text me back.” At 7:57 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, a gunman opened fire at Marshall…
The faith and hard work of immigrants from Norway, Africa
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Mud clung to the cuffs of my suit pants. I feared that I might slip and drop the casket, so I sent…
One Sunday in Botswana
GABORONE, Botswana — Six hours. It took us six hours to cross the border from South Africa and make it to this capital city on…
What about Christmas?
What do you teach your kids about Christmas? It’s a question I have pondered through pretty much all of my adult life, and one I…
Amid tragedy, a mission to share God’s love
For two consecutive editions of The Christian Chronicle, we’ve had the terrible task of reporting front-page news about mass shootings during Sunday worship — first…
Sifting through my family’s flood of blessings
PEARLAND, Texas — I know what it’s like to wake up to a rearranged landscape. Growing up in the Houston area, I have lived through many tropical…
Disfellowshipped decades ago, Pat Boone insists he ‘never left’ Church of Christ
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pat who? As Pat Boone stepped to the microphone at the recent Religion News Association national conference, not everybody recognized him. “I…
After Harvey, hope for heroes and victims
HOUSTON — This one was personal. When I traveled to New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast to cover Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the churches…
Fake news vs. journalism that matters
“You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.…
