Partners, May 2021
FEATURED IMAGE: In a special chapel assembly at Harding Academy of Memphis, teachers and staff members follow the example of Jesus and wash the feet of…
Archive: Apr 2021
Religion scholar’s life was a study in respectful disagreement
If we fear our neighbors, perhaps we should get to know them better. That’s one of the many lessons taught to me by Ed Harrell…
Shank calls church to its ‘central mission’ — children
‘Down the street from where you live are houses filled with broken people. People bent, bruised and broken by life walk the streets of every…
A voice for global religious freedom
James W. Carr, a longtime top administrator at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., was appointed last year to the nine-member U.S. Commission on International Religious…
‘The most fruitful mission field in the world’
A recent funeral hosted by the Hamilton Church of Christ in northwest Alabama was viewed on Facebook more than 3,000 times and generated more than 300…
Milestones, May 2021
Anniversary Larry and Tricky Arnold 69 years The Arnolds have seven children, five of whom are over 60. Larry preaches for the New Lexington Church…
A journey from a food truck to an Air Force cargo plane and back again
ALTUS, Okla. — Whenever we come to this southwestern Oklahoma town to see my wife’s folks, we hit all the high points — Roberts Drive Inn, Luigi’s…
Churches, Christian universities hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics
Day after day, a long line of cars stretches through the parking lot of the College Hills Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tenn., west of…
The Post-Quarantine Church Forum
The virus changed everything. And nothing. A year after the advent of COVID-19, some congregations are back to in-person worship. Others remain online. Many try…
‘A beautiful example’
Sixteen-year-old Fern Kerbo didn’t know she was being watched. But as she walked across the Centralvue High School gym in Oklahoma one afternoon in 1945,…
