Why children’s homes matter to this editor
ORLANDO, Fla. — Children’s homes hold a special place in my heart. Credit my late grandparents Lloyd and Margaret Ross and my parents, Bob and…
Arkansas
‘I thank the God of our weary years’
SEARCY, Ark. — Elijah Anthony and Howard Wright gathered with family and friends on Harding University’s front lawn, facing the iconic Administration Building central to…
Mike Williams named president of Harding University
After a nine-month search, Harding University has found its next president. Mike Williams, the current president of Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala., will move back…
#BeLikeBo: Harding University unveils memorial honoring slain graduate
SEARCY, Ark. — Future generations of Harding University students will learn to “Be Like Bo.” The university, which is associated with Churches of Christ, made…
Stadium allows room for distancing
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Four Churches of Christ that had not yet resumed in-person worship found a way to gather with plenty of room for…
Hope from the ashes
When his church was firebombed, Jameel Robinson took it personally. “I felt like I had failed God. I felt like I had failed the church,”…
COVID-19 challenges Christian relief ministries’ response to spring tornadoes
After an EF3 tornado slammed into Jonesboro, Ark., on March 28, the Nettleton Church of Christ could have used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse…
Forgiving Carla’s killers
Easter Sunday 1995 was a beautiful day for Roy and Jeanie Willmon. Blue sky. Temperatures in the 70s. Their daughter, Carla, home for the weekend.…
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…
Tears and fears: Church teen killed by Arkansas police
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A thin sheet of snow and ice covered the ground outside the Levy Church of Christ this week as hundreds of…
