10 Sundays to remember
OKLAHOMA CITY — In 2025, I celebrated my 35th anniversary in full-time journalism. I've spent the last 20 of those with The Christian Chronicle. The best part:…
Texas
Across the Nation: Baptizing moms in Massachusetts, tackling sexual sin in Mississippi and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Across the Nation: A student center in Alabama, a ‘stronger sense of identity’ in Texas and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Tiny houses, big mission
ABILENE, TEXAS — Twenty tiny gray houses cluster on opposite sides of Hickory Street, a mile and a half north of the sprawling Hendrick Medical Center.…
Creek by Texas camp floods after campers leave
Bruce Beaver drove across Cow Creek Bridge around 4 p.m. on Friday, July 4, after a week at Hensel Christian Youth Camp in Marble Falls,…
‘We were safe the whole time’
Staff whooped and hollered as a skid steer moved a tree blocking Camp Bandina’s front entrance, clearing the way for campers to return home this…
Across the Nation: Cards for new Christians, sojourning and serving and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Surviving a pandemic
ABILENE, TEXAS — “Before the pandemic.” “Since the pandemic.” Those phrases mark time for us now the way “before the war” and “after the war”…
Across the Nation: A youth rally in Oregon, honoring a World Bible School helper and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
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…
