For refugees, a halal turkey dinner
OKLAHOMA CITY — When Clay Hart, the Memorial Road Church of Christ's international outreach minister, invited Afghan refugees resettled in Oklahoma City to the church’s Thanksgiving…
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As we enter a strange new year, we are a huddled mass, yearning to breathe free
My favorite Christmas Eve memory began on the frayed, dark blue carpet of the Chicago O’Hare International Airport in 2011. We were on our way…
Iranians find a Pearl of Great Price
ATHENS, Greece — Some of the strongest Christians I know are Iranian. I’ve been thinking about them a lot in the midst of growing tensions between…
Reliving the coffee can incident — and the woman who put me to shame
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — So I got interviewed on a podcast recently — by my little sister. “Sunday Lunch” is a podcast hosted by Katie Culberson, Kerry…
For a middle-class Chilean church, Venezuelans’ arrival is ‘Providencia’
SANTIAGO, Chile — “Can we talk over here?” asks Alejandra Huezo, moving from a grove of shade trees to a park bench bathed in sunlight.…
‘The blessing is ours’
SANTIAGO, Chile — Venezuela’s economic and political meltdown has a silver lining, seated around the dinner table in Raúl Fernández’s home. The elder of Los Nogales…
Editorial: Praise the Lord for the scattering of his church
Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. — Acts 8:4, New King James Version Diaspora. That’s a term we use to describe the…
