Warning: Baptisms, funerals and giant fish can be hazardous to preachers’ health
EDMOND, OKLA. — A glitch washing away a tall man’s sins. A mishap at a military veteran’s graveside service. An accident inside the huge fish…
Opinion
‘One man with God is everything’
CALLIAQUA, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES — Before I got up to speak, brother Maxwell Ince said a prayer for me. “Lord, I’m not sure…
Off the beaten path: It’s where to find some of the best faith stories
MIDVALE, IDAHO — My reporting journeys have taken me to most of America’s major cities. New York. Chicago. Los Angeles. Houston. Washington. I love covering…
‘The Chosen’ films the Crucifixion: How it’ll be different from Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’
OKLAHOMA CITY — More than two decades ago, I covered the opening of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” movie for The Associated Press.…
Forgiving Charlie Kirk’s killer
PARIS — “I forgive him.” Erika Kirk’s emotional words Sunday concerning her 31-year-old husband’s assassin reached all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. I heard…
Editorial: When politics divide us
This is what it looks like for politics to divide us. A 31-year-old husband and father was brutally and senselessly murdered in front of the…
Sentimental pilgrimage leads to an unexpected remnant
FORT MORGAN, COLO. — In the 1950s and ’60s, the Church of Christ at the edge of this town 80 miles northeast of Denver met in…
Despised people live ‘at the heart of shalom’
FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — Everybody hates the Roma. Animosities abound in southeastern Europe. Croats dislike Serbs and vice versa. Serbs distrust Albanians, who feel a…
Editorial: The point of the First Amendment
‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the…
Familiar face takes on new role
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — I’m not a new face here at The Christian Chronicle — especially for those of you who follow our TikTok or Instagram…
