National
‘The Lord is definitely not done with Mitch’
As Shannon Wilburn sat next to her critically ill husband’s bed, she didn’t think too much when one of his many alarms started beeping. The…
January 2021
View as PDF• Churches go virtual again • Lauren Akins values family over fame • Technology helps us fulfill mission during pandemic • Cowboys coach lived his faith • ‘The Lord is definitely not done with Mitch’ • 2020 in quotes • Feeding the 350 • Pandemic reveals global fellowship • ACU alums help build Guatemalan hospital • Editorial: Use this unscheduled time to seek, find and share Christ • In defense of 2020 • I hate masks • Author provides a Clean path to good habits • A person of faith is ‘the only Bible some people may ever read’ • Seeing the miracle in Charlie Brown’s Christmas • As we enter a strange new year we are a huddled mass, yearning to breathe free
In this issue:
National
Cowboys coach lived his faith
Markus Paul was in his final season as an NFL player in 1993 when a friend invited him to speak to the youth group at…
Inside Story
Faithful journalism in a pandemic
For some reason, journalists like myself have a reputation for procrastination. I’m not sure exactly why that is. I contemplate that question as I hurriedly…
Top Stories
Going virtual again: Churches return online as COVID-19 cases surge
Amid a nationwide surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, many Churches of Christ that had resumed in-person assemblies have moved worship back online, a Christian…
Opinion
I hate masks!
I am tired of facemasks. I hate the way they fog my glasses. I hate how they make it harder to breathe, to speak, to…
Reviews
Remembering Charlie Brown’s unlikely classic
"A Charlie Brown Christmas” made its debut at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, 1965. It was viewed by 45 percent of those who were watching television…
People
Lauren Akins values faith, family over fame
Lauren Akins does not want to be called Laura. If you search for her on Instagram and mistakenly type Laura Akins, you’ll find me. And…
National
Feeding the 350
Seven children were not enough. And for Terry and Marty Groves, 350 isn’t too many. When the pandemic forced a public school transition to online…
International
Pandemic reveals a global fellowship
In Canada, where a new wave of COVID-19 is straining hospital capacity, Christians still meet for worship online — as they have since March. In…
International
Around the World, January 2021
INDIA FEATURED PHOTO (above): A young woman in the farming village of Varahapuram, India, works on her multiplication skills — church multiplication, that is. Minister…
Dialogue
ACU alums help build Guatemalan hospital
John Epperly and Shea Freeland fell in love putting in long hours in Abilene Christian University’s Brown Library, where they’d meet to study for the…
Editorial
Editorial: Use this unscheduled time to seek, find and share Christ
If you’ve ever said, “If only I had more time this Christmas,” then this message is for you. Most of us have uttered these words,…
Obituaries
Milestones, January 2021
Anniversary Ray and Kathryn Boyd 70 years Ray and Kathryn were married in Hillsboro, Texas, on Nov. 5, 1950. Times were pretty hard and having three…
Partners
Partners, January 2021
HIGHER EDUCATION ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ABILENE, Texas — Abilene Christian University’s School of Social Work is partnering with the Community Foundation of Abilene and other…
Reviews
A person of faith is ‘the only Bible some people may ever read’
Every week my husband asks me if I’m ready to start one of my many business ideas, and every week I shrug my shoulders and…
Opinion
In defense of 2020
In a “normal” year, my husband and I both work full time, run a ministry at our church and parent our two children, ages 11…
National
Oregon church launches discipleship school
TIGARD, Ore. — As the Southwest Church of Christ prepared for its upcoming 50th anniversary, the eldership developed goals to accomplish by that milestone in 2023.…