Voices only: ‘Father’ and ‘The Lord Your God’
TUCKER, GA. — A Cappella Alliance, a vocal group made up of members of Churches of Christ across the Dallas/Fort Worth metro, recently traveled to…
Archive: Feb 2025
Indonesia’s Christian island
GUNUNGSITOLI, INDONESIA — A mangled, rusty bicycle stands as a memorial outside the Nias Heritage Museum. Behind it, two colorful concrete signs bear two terrible…
Cambodia: Worshiping in ‘The Eyes of God’
PREAH NETR PREAH, CAMBODIA — On Sunday, Cambodians and Americans gathered under tents to worship together in “The Eyes of God.” That's a literal translation…
Faith, hope and LA
ALTADENA, CALIF. — I witness a whole lot of despair. I always look for a little bit of hope. As a journalist, I’ve covered way…
Keeping the faith amid the flames
ALTADENA, CALIF. — “A faith that isn’t tested can’t be a faith at all.” That’s what minister Rodney Davis told us as we viewed the aftermath…
James O. Maxwell’s ‘profound imprint’
TERRELL, TEXAS — In 1957, a young man named James O. Maxwell enrolled at Southwestern Christian College, about 30 miles east of Dallas. Maxwell’s time…
Oklahoma church moves into new building five years after fire
In 2019, a fire devastated the meeting place of the Memorial Drive Church of Christ in Tulsa, Okla. It may have started in an electrical…
Andrew Hairston is ‘the strength that runs through our veins’
ATLANTA — At age 21, Willie A. Watkins found himself “on the other end of the stick.” He didn’t say what that meant exactly —…
‘Thank you for praying … from wherever you are’
MT. JULIET, TENN. — Ezekiel Evans hadn’t even broken in the new sled he described as “one of those rubbery ones” when it disappeared with…
While mourning fire losses, California church helps neighbors and trusts God
PASADENA, CALIF. — The pain is still raw. The sobs are still hard to control. Nearly a month after wildfires broke out that killed at least…
