What Christians can do in response to the opioid crisis
The evening song service began. A deacon approached me and whispered that he had put “a drunk man” (let’s call him Tom) in my office.…
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How a Sunday Bible hour became a masterclass in suffering and grit
OKLAHOMA CITY — “Hi, my name is Tyler, and I’m an alcoholic.” That’s not what I expected to hear in Sunday morning Bible class. …
A place of quiet Rescue
PRICEVILLE, Ala. — The motionless reflection of the trees in Project Rescue’s two ponds mirrors the quiet of the Alabama countryside. “Everything you look at just…
Not comfortable, but comforted
Today I’m struggling. Sometimes it seems like tragedy has overtaken us. Hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, mass shootings. People dying. People losing their homes. People enduring unthinkable…
Churches aren’t safe from opioids
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — “It’s something that if we, the church, don’t address, there’s going to be a lot more people that don’t have a…
The addiction battle in our pews
Speaking out of his own tragedy, Brandon Holt Sr. is gaining national recognition as he educates churches and leaders on the realities of substance use…
South Carolina church battles opioid ‘emergency’
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — Opioids, meet Jesus. The drugs behind a crisis that President Donald Trump characterizes as a “national emergency” are no match for…
‘When Celebrate Recovery started, I think it was God’s way of bringing out the best in some people’
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — As The Christian Chronicle reports, the Grand Strand Church of Christ has become a haven for prodigal sons — and daughters.…
