Sunflower seed faith
OSIJEK, CROATIA — The sunflowers here hide a deadly secret. I didn’t realize it at the time. As part of my visit to the Balkans…
Opinion
Kindness and blessings
What random act of kindness have you experienced lately? How did it make you feel? These responses from readers of The Christian Chronicle have been…
Random acts of kindness
A random act of kindness made my day. My 4-year-old granddaughter squirmed in her car seat as we pulled into the Chick-fil-A drive-thru. Just after…
The road to ReMission
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Jeremie Beller is my designated driver. No, I don’t drink. But when we travel to events such as the recent ReMission…
Super Bowl betting frenzy
If a modern-day Rip Van Winkle woke up this weekend, imagine his shock at the ease and prevalence of online sports gambling. Keith Stanglin, pulpit…
Three churches, two iguanas, one Sunday
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FLA. — I hit the church-hopping trifecta, visiting three South Florida congregations in one Sunday morning. The trip was a last-minute, skymiles-burning endeavor…
ICE has gone too far
Editor’s note: This is one of two alternate perspectives on immigration enforcement. Read the other piece here. The federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota and Chicago…
Anti-immigration, pro-love of neighbor
Editor’s note: This is one of two alternate perspectives on immigration enforcement. Read the other piece here. As tensions continue to rise surrounding immigration restriction…
Editorial: Why counting the sheep matters
In church life as in much of life, we owe a lot to the scholars and researchers whose eyes light up over obscure factoids or…
Opinion: Can America change its course before it’s too late? The answer is up to us
From here you can see the end of America. The end of kindness. The end of decency. The end of democracy. Truth is no longer…
