Did Jesus come to bring division?
SINGAPORE — A single Bible verse can ruin a perfectly good sermon. A few months back, minister Mit Vikraman invited me to this bustling, business-minded…
Peace
In Search of Shalom — the struggle for divine reconciliation
Can Churches of Christ reconcile God's call to peace (shalom) with the world's call to ethnic and geographic conflict? That's the core question behind our…
Despised people live ‘at the heart of shalom’
FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — Everybody hates the Roma. Animosities abound in southeastern Europe. Croats dislike Serbs and vice versa. Serbs distrust Albanians, who feel a…
Among outcasts, a church moves in
FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — A once-mighty fortress stands atop a mountain overlooking this southeastern European city. Albania’s national hero, Skanderbeg, led a guerrilla war here…
Finding peace ‘when there is no peace’
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA — The Christian Chronicle came here in search of peace. Thirty years after a devastating siege, Sarajevo seemed peaceful enough on a sunny…
A protest of bears
WASHINGTON — Six hundred white and brown teddy bears — many holding small blue-and-yellow flags — sat in symmetrical rows near the Washington Monument, the…
Voices Only: ‘One Day’ (‘All my life I’ve been waiting for, I’ve been praying for …’)
I have heard the lyric “all my life I've been waiting for, I've been praying for” more times than I can count, usually connected to…
Editorial: A reminder to ‘weep with those who weep’
For months now, our hearts have felt troubled. We’ve watched as Christians on social media have erupted in angry, hateful, hurtful words time and time…
Jesus emphasized peace to those who would follow him
Peace. That was Domingo Reyes’ prayer as the Wilmington, Del., minister taught his congregation’s Wednesday night Bible study Jan. 6, just hours after a deadly…
Editorial: A lament for Jerusalem
People shouldn’t die for a place — even if it is Jerusalem. That’s the thought that continually ran through our minds as we witnessed images…
