Roe v. Wade overturned: What’s next?
'It’s like someone turned a faucet on.” That’s how Sherri Statler, president and CEO of Christian Homes and Family Services in Abilene, Texas, describes the…
health care
After yet another mass shooting, Tulsa church prays, reflects: Is there a solution?
TULSA, Okla. — Shock. Tears. Prayers. Talk about guns. All ripple through The Park Church of Christ, a 2,000-member congregation that is a microcosm of…
A mission of primary care
LA CAMPANA, Honduras — A military helicopter landed in a soccer field about an hour from this Central American village 18 years ago. As the…
Compassion at capacity
JUTICALPA, Honduras — Carlos Rivera didn’t seem to understand the question: “How does it feel to walk into a room full of COVID-19 patients?” “I…
Covering COVID: Inside an ICU
JUTICALPA, Honduras — “It seems like an unnecessary risk,” one of the doctors told me the night before Erik Tryggestad and I headed to the…
Foreign operations: health care in Honduras
CATACAMAS, Honduras — Metallic clanging echoed through the surgical ward as Dr. Chad Eustis hammered the arm of the operating table against the floor to loosen…
An open letter to fellow Christians: Please get the COVID-19 vaccine
ROLLA, Mo. — By way of background, I am an elder in our local church. While I am not a physician, I have served in…
Most Christians welcome the COVID-19 vaccines, but some are skeptical
Many of the 700 members of the Grace Chapel Church of Christ in Cumming, Ga., north of Atlanta, are excited about the rapid development of…
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…
