Editorial: Mental illness is real, and Christians must help
One in five adults lives with a mental illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That figure does not change based on…
health care
Editorial: Don’t reduce Scripture to partisan arguments
Members of Churches of Christ pride ourselves on our commitment to Scripture. Our strong dedication to the Bible is summed up — rather ironically —…
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…
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…
