REVIEW: Amid ‘valleys of suffering,’ author calls for contentment
???? Cathy Messecar. A Still & Quiet Soul: Embracing Contentment. Abilene, Texas: Leafwood Publishers, 2011. 192 pages, $13.99. In a society that thrives on dissatisfaction and…
Staff Reports
Around the World, September 2012
Christians camp in Kazakhstan Minister Alexander Metso, top center, prepares for a devotional during a recent summer camp for teens in the former Soviet republic…
REVIEW: Researcher offers accessible insight into why people leave Churches of Christ
??? 1/2 Flavil R. Yeakley Jr. Why They Left: Listening to Those Who Have Left Churches of Christ. Nashville, Tenn.: Gospel Advocate, 2012. 224 pages,…
REVIEW: Stealing from God? Authors dare Christians to give more
???? Kyle Butt and John Farber. The Truth About Giving: God's Dare to Give Scripturally. Nashville, Tenn.: Gospel Advocate Co., 2012. 93 pages. $8.99. If …
REVIEW: Good grief — scholar draws from own experiences to present ‘theology of lament’
????? Glen Pemberton. Hurting with God: Learning to Lament with the Psalms. Abilene, Texas: ACU Press, 2012. 252 pages, $19.99. Glen Pemberton has written an intelligent and…
Partners, Sept. 2012
Lipscomb's Summer Celebration has record turnout Ro Diaz, a Cuban-born Christian from Texas, created original works during Lipscomb University’s three-day Summer Celebration, which drew 4,000…
Story on race sparks bad, good memories
Thanks for your column, “Race and the church: How far have we come?” (August, 2012) It seems like only yesterday that I sang in the…
‘Champion of Change’
WASHINGTON — The White House honored Mike Hall, an elder for the Springtown Church of Christ in Texas, as a fatherhood "Champion of Change." Hall…
Across the Nation, September 2012
Alabama teens serve in Wisconsin Teens from the Riverchase Church of Christ in Birmingham, Ala., travel north each summer to help the Elkhorn Church of…
EDITORIAL: Asking ‘why?’ after another shooting tragedy
Tragedy strikes often these days — the 2011 shooting of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Arizona that ended with six dead, the…
