The Green Book and the Good Book
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — As soon as Sunday night service ended at the University Park Church of Christ, I rushed to find a kind soul with…
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Modern-day ‘sticks and stones’
‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” I remember as a child running around the playground and using that…
Does it bring you joy?
I’m the type of person who enjoys being busy. What I’ve learned, however, is that when I overfill my schedule with places to be and…
Remembering Bush: A charge for 2019
WASHINGTON — The military brass snapped to attention as the honor guard carrying the flag-draped casket of President George Herbert Walker Bush passed by. As…
Grilling for souls
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Normally the Northwestern High School Wildcats would be out under the Friday night lights somewhere in the outskirts of our nation’s capital, playing…
‘It is critical that all of us get along, especially in the church.’
SEARCY, Ark. — ‘If I can help somebody, as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody, with a word or song. If I can show…
A bedside prayer with brother Keeble
He was 83, and I was 20. Meeting him was the opportunity of a lifetime — one that I would not fully understand for many…
Farewell to Insight
Thirty-eight years after my first column appeared in these pages, this will be my final monthly “Insight” for The Christian Chronicle. I have enjoyed the…
Great preachers I have known
‘I need preaching that helps me to know God better. I don’t need preaching about culture and politics. I need to know God and his holiness.…
A challenge for 2018
I relish the coming of a new year, even if I cannot anticipate what the time will bring. This past year was amazing, with many unexpected…
