For newly arrived refugees, an unexpected blessing
It’s a Christmas miracle. In an incredible set of circumstances, God made a wonderful thing happen for a Ukrainian refugee family this busy holiday week.…
Inside Story
‘We who are many are one body’
PORT VILA, VANUATU — I forgot what day it was. I was tired — exhausted, actually — when I landed thousands of miles from home after…
Keeping the faith: Texas Rangers win the World Series
ARLINGTON, Texas — I lived to see it. The Texas Rangers just won the World Series. Forty-one years after I first walked into the old…
A baseball blessing in Cuba
MATANZAS, Cuba — I crouched in anticipation as I stared at the TV. In a hot, dark room with no air conditioning, I ignored the…
A blessed visit to a Ghanaian immigrant church
NEW YORK — I didn’t understand the words as the North Bronx Church of Christ sang in Twi, the native dialect of the Ghanaian immigrant…
They were the foreigners
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the late 1980s, as four buddies neared graduation from Oklahoma Christian University, they talked about moving around the globe. Their hearts told…
Two people fell in love and share a legacy of faith
Just three days after she turned 17, the bride wore a simple white gown that her mother made. She was so nervous that she gashed…
What it means to live in pain
You can’t see the pain. You can’t understand why the pretty woman in the burgundy SUV parks in the handicapped space. You can’t figure out…
The story that started with a ride to church
FAIRFAX, Va. — Readers often ask where The Christian Chronicle gets its story ideas. The totally honest answer: All over the place. Ideas arrive via text…
Have we had enough?
ALLEN, Texas — I was home in Oklahoma City watching a Texas Rangers game Saturday night when I saw an update on the death toll…
