Three minutes that saved a life
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Wednesday night Bible class at the Central Church of Christ recently turned into a life-or-death emergency as 64-year-old Keith Braud suffered cardiac…
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‘Cancer can be a ministry’
DICKSON, TENN. — The sound of victory echoed throughout the halls of Nashville’s Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center on May 7 as Chris McCurley pulled the rope…
A new kidney and a Super Bowl trophy
In five months, Hugh Macdonald went from needing a kidney to holding the Lombardi Trophy with his son. The father of Seattle Seahawks head coach…
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”…
Lessons amid pandemic loss
Five years ago, COVID-19 turned the world upside down. On a Sunday in mid-March, numerous Churches of Christ in the U.S. and abroad canceled regular…
A miracle in my family — it’s time to tell the story
ATOKA, OKLA. — To Tod Dillard, COVID-19 was no big deal. Until it nearly killed him. The Air Force veteran and longtime law enforcement officer…
‘Somebody has to die for me to live’
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Danny Mills still wears a mask to worship, not so much as a precaution against COVID-19 anymore but as a scar from…
What it means to live in pain
You can’t see the pain. You can’t understand why the pretty woman in the burgundy SUV parks in the handicapped space. You can’t figure out…
A lifeline for people who hurt — all the time
WOODWARD, Okla. — Their elbows, knees and ankles throb. Fatigue at times wrecks their ability to move. Like around one-fifth of U.S. adults, these Christians —…
‘God’s clinic’ cares for thousands
LONGMONT, Colo. — Something big is happening at the Longmont Church of Christ. I didn’t realize just how big until I arrived at the church, 40…
