Sun and blessings: God is working
Ah, summertime. For most, the rising temperatures signal a more relaxed time of year, characterized by lazy days playing in the water, road trips to…
Inside Story
Meet the suddenly most quotable minister in Minnesota
RICHFIELD, MINN. — Nebraska. Tennessee. Minnesota. I keep running into Ethan Bilbrey … and I keep quoting him in The Christian Chronicle. The funny thing…
Slain missionaries mourned: Praying ‘God will make a way’ in Haiti
I can still see the joy on the faces of the Haitian people. I traveled to the poor Caribbean nation in 2018 to report on…
Nancy French’s ‘Ghosted’ offers a haunting, helpful read — but not for everyone
The biggest villain — and rightly so — in Nancy French’s memoir “Ghosted: An American Story” is a preacher who gives the seventh-grader a ride home from…
What’s really going on at the Texas Rangers game
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Fishing is about more than fishing. That was the gist of a Top 10 country song released in 2011. Trace Adkins’ “Just…
Be honest: What do you think of my new face?
Editor's note: This is my Inside Story column from The Christian Chronicle's May print issue. It may make more sense to the 131,159 subscribers receiving…
The bright present — and future — of the church
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Twenty-two years ago, my young family loaded a U-Haul truck and trekked east on Interstate 40 so I could chase a big…
‘It’s not the amount … it’s the heart’
CANADIAN, TEXAS — Nearly 600 miles separate this small town in the Texas Panhandle from the vast metropolis of Houston in the Lone Star State's southeast.…
Trip conjures nostalgia for time spent at Abilene Christian University
ABILENE, TEXAS — I don’t bleed purple, but I do have fond memories of Abilene Christian University. As best I can remember, I first visited the West…
A lover of Jesus and paperbacks: Remembering a faithful Christian
OKLAHOMA CITY — Glynna Hartman loved to read. The Bible. Religious books. Paperback romance novels. It’s that last one that drew so many chuckles at…
