Voices-only: Highly Exalted
Welcome to Voices-only. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the web.…
Archive: Oct 2016
Keeping the faith, on and off the field
Jesse Bracht: Played high school football and baseball; now a freshman at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., and Linn Benton Community College in Albany,…
Good News for good sports
Anna Buhigas walked onto Lipscomb University’s campus with equal amounts of prowess and pain. At age 5, she endured an ugly custody battle as her…
From selfies to selfless living
Her triumphant walk across the stage at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., was just the beginning of Nicole Jia’s journey. Miss America's…
Why ‘pounding’ the new minister is a good thing
WACO, Texas — My youth minister son, Brady, and his wife, Mary, got a “pounding” when they moved to Texas. Ordinarily, that might alarm me. But…
Around the World, November 2016
COLOMBIA PUERTO GAITAN — A new church is born in this small South American town about seven hours east of Colombia’s capital, Bogota, said Bob…
Spotlight: Woes and new souls abound in Nigeria
ABAK, Nigeria — An economic downturn in Africa’s most-populous nation has believers struggling to pay for food and school fees for their children, says minister…
Partners, November 2016
HIGHER EDUCATION ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ABILENE, Texas — Beach volleyball in landlocked West Texas? That’s right. ACU is adding women’s beach volleyball as a varsity…
The spiritual discipline of kung fu
SEARCY, Ark. — The room is dimly lit and quiet. Half of the overhead lights are on, throwing flickering shadows against the back wall. The…
Millennials reflect on faith challenges
France is an institutionally atheistic state. The spiritual default is unbelief. Orthodox Christianity is seen as either an artifact of history or a potentially dangerous…
