Hope in an unlikely place: Israel’s ‘Hotel Corona’
Protests. Pandemic. Injustice. Enraged. Outraged. Just ... rage. And masks. In 2020, the last place I expected to find any kind of model for “how…
Insight
After the pandemic, refuse to be unchanged
Eventually this pandemic will end. We’ll mourn our losses and adapt to a new normal. And at some point, maybe a year from now, we’ll…
Needs are big, hearts are bigger
Don't get me wrong. I would love for you to honor The Christian Chronicle with a gift on this special Giving Tuesday. But what I…
As we wait to rise from the ashes, we remember a God who sings over us
ALTUS, Okla. — Zephaniah isn’t the first book that comes to mind when we think of quotable Scriptures. I only ran across the Old Testament prophet…
When our children fall away, do we wear our sackcloth on the inside?
OKLAHOMA CITY — “If my children don’t live up to their raising, I can identify with God, the one person who’s had more ‘failure’ at…
Iranians find a Pearl of Great Price
ATHENS, Greece — Some of the strongest Christians I know are Iranian. I’ve been thinking about them a lot in the midst of growing tensions between…
Snake bites and shalom
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Uh-oh! I’m at a Church of Christ conference, and we’re talking about snake handling! Actually, it was a lecture on handling snake…
Reliving the coffee can incident — and the woman who put me to shame
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — So I got interviewed on a podcast recently — by my little sister. “Sunday Lunch” is a podcast hosted by Katie Culberson, Kerry…
Searching for home? Try Iraan
IRAAN, Texas — ‘Where ya headed next?” I get asked that a lot. Sometimes I say Nashville. Other times, Nigeria. But this time I got to…
Why attend a Christian university? Here’s an answer you weren’t expecting.
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Far too many of us think that “Christian education” means you have to sacrifice some of your education to get the Christian element.…
