Voices only: Footsteps of Jesus
Welcome to Voices only. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the…
Archive: Oct 2019
A split-second transformation
As Don Blackwell made his way onstage at this year’s Polishing the Pulpit conference, he was nervous. Hundreds of times before, maybe even thousands, Blackwell…
It’s time to talk about predators in the church
SEARCY, Ark. — The predator repented. Or so he claimed. He’d done his time and confessed his sins. He was a changed man. Or so he…
Guilty and forgiven
SEARCY, Ark. — A stunned silence fell over the daily chapel service at Harding University, where police shooting victim Botham Shem Jean, 26, earned his…
Voices only: Is He Worthy?
Welcome to Voices only. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the…
Despite setbacks, Texan teen perseveres
Socially marginalized and rejected by her peers, Kimbree Houston was in third grade when she began writing suicide letters to her counselor. For Kimbree, a…
Voices only: Change My Heart, Oh God
Welcome to Voices only. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the…
Kind words about a crossword
We recently added a crossword puzzle to the pages of The Christian Chronicle. We love hearing the feedback from our readers. This particular letter really…
Why planting new churches matters
Stanley E. Granberg is a church planter at heart. Granberg and his wife, Gena, planted churches in Meru, Kenya, from 1983 to 1993. Today, he…
Roundup: Sex abuse in the church, justice for Botham Jean, Ukraine meeting and more
Our end-of-the-week review of important and/or simply interesting headlines from the world of religion. Got a tip for this column? Email Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ross Jr.…
