Why children’s homes matter to this editor
ORLANDO, Fla. — Children’s homes hold a special place in my heart. Credit my late grandparents Lloyd and Margaret Ross and my parents, Bob and…
Texas
Midland Christian School employees ‘no-billed’ in sexual assault reporting case
Five Midland Christian School employees who were arrested in February and accused by police of failing to report a student’s sexual assault have been “no-billed”…
‘This is not God’s first pandemic’
AUSTIN, Texas — It’s a stressful time to be a church leader. From racial strife to rising inflation to pandemic culture wars, various factors conspire…
Update: Five employees of Christian school in Texas no-billed by grand jury
May 11, 2022, update: A grand jury has no-billed five employees of Midland Christian School in West Texas who were arrested in February, a prosecutor…
‘The fact that no kids were killed was just amazing’
Terry Duzan drove his bus full of Andrews High School band members through the smoke and debris all around him on Interstate 20, desperately hoping…
Big Tex has nothing on this church
KERENS, Texas — Big Tex was born here. The 55-foot icon of the Texas State Fair got his start in this small town — south…
‘We brought the church with us’
ADDISON, Texas — “It’s unlike any other mission team that has ever existed or will ever exist again.” Caroline John used those words to describe…
Visiting vs. virtual
James and Candice Wiser’s church family in Southern California shed tears this past summer as the couple and their two young daughters prepared to move…
Youth ministries learn to slow down during pandemic
A few years have passed since my time in the youth group at the old Midtown Church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas. Still, I…
In this crazy year, giving thanks for my mother
FORT WORTH, Texas — For decades, my mother, Judy Ross, has made the best Thanksgiving feast on the planet. I’m talking about a mammoth spread…
