Weekend Plug-In: A church booting out older members?
Each week, I highlight top headlines from the world of faith for the online magazine Religion Unplugged. Here are a few links from my latest…
Archive: Jan 2020
Voices only: ‘Ten Thousand Angels’ and a 6-year-old
LUBBOCK, Texas — I couldn't help but chuckle when Benjamin Sisemore, age 6, jumped up to lead one of his favorite hymns — "Ten Thousand…
We have already won this battle
I love the song “God’s Family.” The chorus goes: And sometimes we laugh together Sometimes we cry Sometimes we share together Heartaches and sighs Sometimes…
Botham Jean’s parents to be featured in PSA during Super Bowl
'What has happened to Botham should not happen to another family," Allison Jean said in a newly released video from the NFL. The Jean family…
Deadline extended for churches to share in $35 million trust fund
Earl Bybee thought it was a hoax. When the treasurer for the East Mud Lick Church of Christ in Tompkinsville, Ky., received a letter claiming…
Mission derailed
A trailer full of donations and the truck carrying them were both stolen as members of a North Carolina church worked to help those struggling…
The voice of Keeble
Oh, what it would have been like to hear the voice of Marshall Keeble. The famous traveling evangelist died in 1968, so most Christians alive…
The fires Down Under
Joel and Mink Gough welcomed their first child into the world amid “catastrophic” fire warnings in their neighborhood. That’s Australia’s highest danger level. Mink’s mother…
(Who is Alex Trebek?)
I have wondered about Alex Trebek’s faith for a while. My curiosity was piqued last May when the longtime “Jeopardy!” host — battling stage 4 pancreatic…
Voices only: It is Well With My Soul
Welcome to Voices only. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the…
