Story behind the story: How a busy weekend turned into front-page news
TERRELL, Texas — Over the weekend, and on deadline for our December print edition, I made a 42-hour trip to this town 30 miles east…
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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…
Amber Guyger found guilty of murder in slaying of church member Botham Jean
As the jury deliberated in the trial of fired police officer Amber Guyger, the Dallas West Church of Christ posted a single Bible verse to…
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.…
Editor’s weekly roundup: June 14, 2019
Got a tip for this column? Email Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ross Jr. at [email protected]. From the editor It turns out those experts in Israel were on…
New mayor of Dallas puts faith in ‘good Lord above’ and voters
On the morning after his election as the next mayor of Dallas, Eric Johnson returned to his roots — the Dallas West Church of Christ.…
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…
‘This world has lost a light in the dark’
DALLAS — Botham Shem Jean’s shooting death has brought a huge outpouring of condolences. Jean, 26, grew up on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia…
After Botham Jean’s shooting death, his Dallas church intent on seeking justice
DALLAS — The preacher stood wearily on stage, wiping tears from his eyes. The mayor, working to bring healing to a city of 1.3 million,…
‘Botham is singing with the angels’: Shooting victim remembered at prayer vigil
DALLAS — Tears flowed Saturday at the Dallas West Church of Christ as hundreds came together for a prayer vigil in memory of Botham Shem…
