Urban ministry teaches to hang on
By Billie Silvey. God's Child in the City: Catching God's Vision for Urban Ministry, Siloam Springs, Ark.: Leafwood Publishers, 2005. ISBN 0-9767790-0-5; 224 pages; $14.99;…
Archive: Nov 2005
Fatigue, funding concerns strain disaster agencies
Less than a year ago, when one of the deadliest disasters in modern history killed an estimated 275,000 people, church members prayed, gave millions in…
No lights, but plenty of blessings as Texas church deals with Rita
JASPER, Texas — With the electricity still out in this hurricane-ravaged town, a sign posted outside the Highway 96 South Church of Christ gave the…
Chronicle looking for ‘Potter-mouths’
Read Chronicle editors' thoughts on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince By Tamie Ross The Christian Chronicle September 14, 2005 Harry Potter and the Half…
Readers respond
Readers offer insight, share thoughts about latest Harry Potter installment I too have heard the conversations among nervous parents about the virtue or vice of…
Across the Nation
FLORIDA — Church members unload pumpkins Oct. 16 at the Vancouver, Wash., church. FLORIDA PALMETTO Faith-basedorganizations could soon provide places for Manatee Countystudents to receive…
More churches saying ‘boo’ to Halloween
Pumpkin patches and craft fairs replacing costumes in some communities, adding outreach in others Most people see orange this time of year. Members of the…
Addiction: Learning to let go
When it comes to addiction, no sin is solitary. A habit so strong it cannot be given up easily may enslave us, often without our…
Hawley reflects on 60 years of Midwest ministry
BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI — When Monroe and Julia Hawley moved to Wisconsin from Iowa in 1951, there was only one church of Christ in…
Church members facing food shortages after Hurricane Stan floods Guatemala
The phrase “worse than Hurricane Mitch” has dreadful resonance in Central America. Mitch, one of the strongest and deadliest Atlantic storms on record, claimed thousands…
