‘Healing from my brother’s murder’
Are memorials the best we can do in the face of injustice? When do laws need to change? These questions and more are what Allisa…
Botham Jean
‘You feel like you’re in heaven’ — Caribbean Lectureship honors Botham Jean
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada — The staccato, bass tones drifted across the busy public square in this Caribbean capital. “Heaven … is on … the other…
#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…
Botham Jean Act would clarify the Texas ‘Castle Doctrine’
Ministers from Churches of Christ on Monday joined Texas lawmakers and the family of Botham Jean at the Texas State Capitol in Austin to promote…
Partners, February 2021
EVENTS NATIONAL LECTURESHIP ORLANDO, Fla. — The 76th annual National Lectureship of Churches of Christ, originally planned for May 22-27 in Orlando, has been canceled…
Christians respond to police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.
The case of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wis., was the focus of a Christian…
After George Floyd’s death, petition to rename Harding auditorium gains support
After the videoed killing of George Floyd, Jackson House couldn’t stay silent any longer. The 2014 graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Ark., first learned…
‘We are not screaming when God is screaming’
'We lose connection with the heart of God, and we stop screaming at the stuff God screams at, and that’s a problem,” said Rigel J.…
Botham Jean’s parents to be featured in PSA during Super Bowl
'What has happened to Botham should not happen to another family," Allison Jean said in a newly released video from the NFL. The Jean family…
After viral act of forgiveness, a black minister reflects on justice, mercy and an imperfect system
Many well-intended people shared their opinions of the viral hug of forgiveness between Brandt Jean and Amber Guyger. Guyger is the fired police officer convicted…
