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First Christian in Kernersville, N.C., is changing its name to The Crossing on Jan. 1. In August, Eddie Schmidt will take over for founding pastor Pete Kunkle, who will become CEO of HASTEN International.
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Nature of the Church to Which We Aspire’ (1988)
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On the occasion of Dean E. Walker’s death in 1988, we shared a succinct statement he wrote for inclusion in Hopwood Memorial Christian Church’s bylaws. The church’s minister at the time called it “an apt description of both the church we are and the church we hope to become.”
Remembering Mark and Caroline Worley
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“Mark and Caroline Worley—we miss them so much!” Dr. Cara Snyder writes. “For over 40 years they served Dallas Christian College in any capacity they were called on to do—and in many cases they served not because they were asked, but because something needed to be done. . . . “
A Block of Wood: A Reflection on Christmas, Expectations, and Gratitude
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I don’t know what I was expecting. What lofty Christmas dreams did 3-year-old me cherish in my heart that would make the giant, handmade, wooden kitchen my grandfather lovingly built for weeks in his spare time seem like garbage on Christmas morning?
A ‘Frozen in Time’ Moment
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“It was the winter of 1968, the break between semesters of my senior year in Bible college,” Ken Idleman writes. “Kaylene and I had been married the previous August and had determined that we would spend our first Christmas together in the Holy Land . . .”
An Aluminum Tree, a Phonograph, and ‘Snowballs’
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Christmas childhood memories can blur together, but one specific Christmas—I think it was 1966—certainly left a lasting impression.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Telstar of God’ (1962)
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Television audiences on the North American and European continents were treated to an added marvel of electronics on July 23, 1962, when live transmissions were beamed off the Telstar satellite. But as Solomon said, “There is no new thing under the sun.” God long ago placed in the sky His own Telstar, commonly called the “Star of Bethlehem.” . . .
‘All Is Well’
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Christmas means many things to David Empson, with most of his thoughts centering on family gatherings and music.
‘It’s Christmas Time in the City’
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“All my Christmas memories are framed by the city where I both spent my childhood and where my wife and I raised our daughter,” Steve Carr shares in today’s Christmas remembrance. “And for me, nothing says Christmas in Cincinnati like the live Nativity display at Krohn Conservatory in Eden Park.”