Growing in spirit, through a layer of ice
HENDERSON, TENN. — Call them the chosen frozen. On a chilly Wednesday morning, a little more than 100 hearty souls carefully made their way into…
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Freed-Hardeman president David Shannon to step down, return to church work in 2026
‘Preacher president” David R. Shannon, who left the pulpit of the Mt. Juliet Church of Christ in Tennessee to take the reins of his alma…
A maroon hood to go with his red coat
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Frances Johnson hurried home from Alabama Christian College to tell her parents that she and Jack Zorn were getting married. But her…
A Revelation (or two) at Freed-Hardeman
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Revelation is a New Testament book that a lot of us try to avoid. But within the apostle John’s visions of lions,…
Grow the church by doing good
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Jesus’ reputation for doing good preceded him. Can Churches of Christ say the same? “I don’t know that that is the initial…
Voices Only: ‘He Went About Doing Good,’ an original song for the FHU lectures, plus ‘His Grace Reaches Me’
Henderson, Tenn. — I had a great time at this year's Freed-Hardeman University lectures. I'm especially thankful to Scott and Amy Sewell for hosting me…
Freed-Hardeman quietly raises $83 million for extensive improvement project
Freed-Hardeman University, which is associated with Churches of Christ, publicly announced last week a $100.5 million fundraising campaign — of which $83 million has already…
Freed-Hardeman, Harding report enrollment growth
While many U.S. colleges experienced declining numbers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, two universities associated with Churches of Christ — Freed-Hardeman and Harding — report enrollment growth…
‘A hundred years goes faster than you think’
CEDAR GROVE, Tenn. — My dad, Bob Ross, bent down and brushed leaves off the flat grave marker so he could read the inscription. “Lloyd…
FHU baseball player, who collapsed during practice, returns to campus
Corinth, Miss.— ‘I’ve had a lot of doctors tell me they don’t know how I survived what I went through,” said Slater Springman, who collapsed during…
