The view from Vienna
VIENNA, Austria— The increased terrorist activity in all parts of the world is very frightening. It is the advance of an uncivilized mindset against all civilizations…
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A journey to baptism through Fallujah
Recently, the Iraqi army launched an offensive to retake Fallujah, Iraq, from the Islamic State. In 2004, another massive offensive by U.S. troops liberated the…
From Greek mythology to modern churches, mentoring provides a link between generations
When I was a teenager, my family moved to Tulsa, Okla., where my mother and I attended church. My father later became a Christian —…
Refugees aren’t in Europe by chance. It’s destiny.
“For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and…
Remembering Glover Shipp — a man who ‘broadened and sweetened our world’
Journalist, editor, songwriter, artist, teacher, preacher, personal evangelist, linguist. Visionary. All of these describe our friend Glover Shipp, who served The Christian Chronicle from 1989…
Know who you are — and whose you are — before you commit ’til death do us part’
Recently a man that fairly often shares morning coffee with me casually reported that, after he had been married 22 years with a grown daughter,…
Groans we choose not to hear
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set…
In Bangkok, a shrine of the times
BANGKOK, Thailand — Of all my memories of this Southeast Asian capital, the one I can’t forget is the sight of a young woman, kneeling…
Team strives to reach a diverse, urban population in Polynesia’s biggest city
Auckland, New Zealand, is amazing, diverse, urban. It is home to more than 1.3 million souls from nearly 200 people groups. It’s the largest city…
What a food truck teaches about talents
“The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also,…
