National
‘Rip and sip’ communion cups may be new normal
ABILENE, Texas — The practice of passing the Lord’s Supper in gold, silver or wooden trays became common among Churches of Christ and other Christian groups…
July 2021
View as PDF• Water and life • ‘Rip and sip’ cups for communion could stick around • A letter to my wonderful new granddaughter • VBS returns with a few changes • Oregon church launches discipleship school • Canada mourns stolen children • A prayer for racial unity • Raising awareness of 1921 • She blessed the lives of thousands • Editorial: It’s OK to not be OK, but don’t suffer alone • Chronicle welcomes summer interns • Online editor bids farewell • Theologian’s changing views on women’s roles delivers insight — if not satisfaction • Angels get the burned rice
In this issue:
Inside Story
A letter to my newborn granddaughter
Dear Norah Esther Ross, Welcome to the world, my precious granddaughter. What an amazing, beautiful gift from God you are. Your Papa — that’s my…
National
VBS returns with a few changes
Vacation Bible School is back. Many congregations had to cancel VBS in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that vaccines are being distributed and…
International
In Canada, a reckoning after remains of 215 Indigenous children are found
At age 6, Brenda Cyr was taken from her family and forced to live at a church-run residential school — part of a 120-year Canadian government…
National
At Tulsa massacre’s centennial, two Oklahoma churches focus on racial unity
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — At the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, two preachers — one Black, one White — stand on stage at…
Top Stories
Christian faith drives two leading advocates of Tulsa Race Massacre justice
TULSA, Okla. — Two weeks after her 107th birthday, Viola Fletcher traveled to Washington, D.C., this month to tell a congressional subcommittee what happened to her…
Obituaries
‘To be loved by her was one of the great gifts from above’
Fern Hill, who co-founded Timothy Hill Ranch with her husband, Jerry, died May 17. She was 86. The Riverhead, N.Y.-based ministry, supported by Churches of…
Opinion
Ready to tell stories that matter
TIGARD, Ore. — The Christian Chronicle has been part of my life and my reading material for as long as I can remember. As a child,…
Opinion
So long, and thanks for all the clicks. Online editor bids farewell
It’s hard to believe how much things change in just five years. When I came to The Christian Chronicle in 2016, I was excited about…
Editorial
Editorial: It’s OK to not be OK, but don’t suffer alone
Editor's note: Watch a panel discussion about this editorial. When 23-year-old tennis superstar Naomi Osaka decided to forgo a postgame press conference mandated by the…
Insight
Angels get the burned rice
NEYBA, Dominican Republic — Burned rice is a delicacy here. Or not. I’m still a little foggy on the stuff they call concon. It’s the rice…
International
Water and life
NEYBA, Dominican Republic — Manuel Aquino Castro has a hard time giving up — on people, on churches, on his country. Or on his motorbike. That’s…
Partners
Partners, July 2021
Featured image (above): Silvia and Chris Crooks, left, of the Belgrade Church of Christ in Montana and Mike and Annette Christensen of the Cody Church of…
National
Across the Nation, July 2021
Featured image (above): A drone captured this image as it did a parking lot passover of the Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma City. About…