By Karen O’Connor My husband and I moved to a new city several years ago, found a church home right away, and promptly en-rolled in a membership class. But here we are five years later worshipping in a different church with our daughter and her family who are now part of this body. We […]
By Tonja Talley My dad pulled my cousin from his bedroom window kicking and screaming as he tried to escape. His hands moved so fast even his mother couldn’t understand him. When my seven-year-old deaf cousin settled down, he said with his hands, “I don’t want to go to church.” Then he signed the […]
By Marshall Hayden On September 1, 2009 I retired after 28 fulfilling years with Worthington (Ohio) Christian Church. We had given a one-year notice and the search committee was close to making a recommendation. Because I was the only preaching minister 80-90 percent of the people had ever known, Judy and I were convinced […]
By Kara Johnson “If you go, you’ll lose your leg,” she said. I was a month into rehabilitation following knee and ankle surgeries and my body wasn’t healing well. My mom believed unconfessed sin was to blame, and she made it clear that my getting on a plane to visit a friend across the […]
By Karen Wingate Remember when high school and college students plastered their walls with poster art? One particularly amusing poster depicted a cat with a wide-eyed, desperate stare hanging from a high bar by the tips of its claws. The caption read, “Hang in there, baby.” When I saw the poster I wanted to […]
