Bon voyage: Lessons learned on a cruise
COZUMEL, Mexico — God’s creation is amazing and even breathtaking. That’s true all the time. But sometimes I need reminding. My wife, Tamie, and I recently…
Mexico
Around the World: a Bible workshop, refugee baptisms and a children’s gathering
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
Around the World: Post-pandemic visitors and hugs, seaside refugees, burning idols and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
Around the World, December 2019
Featured photo (above): With the majestic Mayon Volcano as their backdrop, three young men give their lives to Christ. The baptisms are part of a church-planting…
After El Paso massacre, one Mexican-American grandmother turns to God for answers and comfort
For Monica Moreno, the first news of the El Paso, Texas, massacre came via social media. A glance at Snapchat drew her attention to a…
Around the World, July 2019
New life for a growing church on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula (featured photo above) On the beach of the Gulf of Mexico, six youths prepare to…
Around the World: New life in Nepal
FEATURED IMAGE (above): Church members from Nepal and India share a prayer of thanksgiving as they dedicate a new church building in the eastern Nepalese…
God changes the ‘other’ into ‘brother’
FRANKFURT, Germany — They burned books here. On May 10, 1933, a group of National Socialist students marched into Römerberg Square, right in front of Frankfurt…
Around the World: Families open their homes — and their Bibles
FEATURED IMAGE (above): A family in the western Honduran town of Ocotepeque studies God’s Word with members of a small team from Doors Slammed Open Ministries.…
This is what short-term mission trips are really all about
In 1977, my father, mother, brother, sister and I lived in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., near the Virginia state line. I was 9 years old. Dad…
