Embracing the zeroes: When age has its privileges — and when it doesn’t
Americans devote a lot of air and ink to debating the age of presidential candidates — and how old is too old. Approximate octogenarians dominate…
Cheryl Mann Bacon
Contributing Editor
Cheryl Mann Bacon is an award-winning national correspondent and editor for The Christian Chronicle.
She served for 20 years as chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Abilene Christian University in Texas. In retirement, she is enjoying freelance writing and consulting, especially with churches.
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Christian bioethicists help students consider the moral complexities of IVF
ABILENE, TEXAS — As the number of U.S. frozen embryos has grown to estimates beyond a million, their moral status has become the crux of…
‘That embryo was created by God’
When 7-year-old Rosie Buchholtz asks where she came from, her mother answers simply. “I just tell her, ‘A very nice family gave us you, and…
‘That’s when I heard the first bullet’
Just before the shooting began at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Becky Krivak’s husband, John, tapped her on the shoulder. Police…
What do we do now?
In the wake of the July 13 attack on former President Donald Trump, some of us remember exactly where we were when President John F.…
Retirement strategy for ministry leaders: Don’t delay
Jordan Coss’ doctoral project at Fuller Theological Seminary included a podcast series titled “Almost Essential,” available on Apple, Amazon, Spotify and elsewhere. His research led…
Little money, few benefits: Retiring ministers struggle
A faithful minister of the Gospel spends a lifetime serving the church. Bad advice decades ago led him to opt out of Social Security. His…
Name, trademark litigation embroils two universities associated with Churches of Christ
'What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo…
Chapel speakers bring ‘Extra’ special message
ABILENE, Texas — “God sees my perfection,” Hope Martin told the audience, then stepped to the side of the podium and took a deep, sweeping…
Editorial: At such a time as this, we are called to serve
‘If I perish, I perish.” Esther was probably about 15 when she uttered those words. Yes, she was queen of an empire that stretched from…
