#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 Shem Jean
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…
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…
Christian Chronicle’s No. 1 news story of 2019: Brandt Jean’s viral hug of forgiveness
As we reflect back on 2019, certain news stories stand out. At the top of our list: the viral hug of forgiveness offered by Brandt…
Guilty and forgiven
SEARCY, Ark. — A stunned silence fell over the daily chapel service at Harding University, where police shooting victim Botham Shem Jean, 26, earned his…
Roundup: Botham Jean anniversary, Hurricane Dorian relief, FHU enrollment record and more
Our end-of-the-week review of important and/or simply interesting headlines from the world of religion. Got a tip for this column? Email Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ross Jr.…
To Botham Jean’s parents, fatal shooting still feels ‘as if it just happened’
DALLAS — The nightmare never goes away. Almost nine months have passed since Amber Guyger, an off-duty Dallas police officer still in uniform, entered Botham…
In Dallas, Houston and elsewhere, Christians ask God to bring #Justice4Botham
DALLAS — “Praise as protest,” declared the bold letters on the T-shirt that Ashley Hawthorne sported at the Dallas County courts building this weekend. On…
‘Let It Rise’: Christians across the nation post singing videos on Botham Jean’s birthday
Below, watch some of the videos of Christians across the nation singing "Let It Rise," the final song led by Botham Jean. The videos were…
Editorial: As the world watches, may we point to the Light
'Let the spirit of the Lord, just let it rise among us. Let the praises of our king ...” That snippet of the contemporary hymn…
