Crashing a funeral in Vietnam
CAN THO, VIETNAM — Suppose you were expecting a visitor you’ve never met from a faraway country. And suppose that, just before this person showed…
Insight
A good choice and a bittersweet baptism
MADILL, OKLA. — Lucy, you never got to meet your grandmother, my mom. Mimi. We found out you were on the way just a few…
A Big Easy Sunday
NEW ORLEANS — It wasn’t one of those side hugs, a “Hi, nice to meet you” hug. When I walked into the Hollygrove Church of…
Evangelical press goes a cappella
FRANKLIN, TENN. — I went to a journalism conference, and a church service broke out. Given that this particular conference was for the Evangelical Press…
Studying Joshua, judging Ruth
DALLAS — Bible Bowl was tough this year! My wife, Jeanie, coaches the kids from our congregation, the Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma…
What my Iranian Uber driver told me about Jesus
EDMOND, OKLA. — I arranged to meet my new friend Tony at a falafel place for lunch on Saturday. That morning, my home country attacked…
She led us closer to God, amen?
OKLAHOMA CITY — Weddings and funerals hosted by my home congregation tend to underwhelm. The Memorial Road Church of Christ’s huge auditorium seats up to…
Sunflower seed faith
OSIJEK, CROATIA — The sunflowers here hide a deadly secret. I didn’t realize it at the time. As part of my visit to the Balkans…
Three churches, two iguanas, one Sunday
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FLA. — I hit the church-hopping trifecta, visiting three South Florida congregations in one Sunday morning. The trip was a last-minute, skymiles-burning endeavor…
Should we keep printing this paper?
If you didn’t see the October 2025 print issue of The Christian Chronicle, you didn’t miss it. We did. We made the painful decision not…
