26 April, 2025

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DeWelt Retires from Ozark but Not from Ministry, Missions

DeWelt Retires from Ozark but Not from Ministry, Missions

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Chris DeWelt is moving on to the next chapter in his life. But he’s not going to slow down—at least not much. “There’s always plenty to do,” said the longtime director of intercultural studies at Ozark Christian College, who retired from that position at the end of 2021.

My December Memory and a Big Life Lesson

My December Memory and a Big Life Lesson

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It’s been 50 years since I spent 3 weeks in the hospital after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In the intervening years, one thing I’ve learned is that my diabetes is temporary, just like all the bad circumstances of this life.

The Star on Our Christmas Tree

The Star on Our Christmas Tree

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“I’ve shared every Christmas of my life with the star that sits atop our Christmas tree,” writes Shawn McMullen. “I inherited it years ago from my parents.” (This is the final installment in a weeklong series of Christmas memories.)

An Old-Fashioned Christmas . . . at Any Cost

An Old-Fashioned Christmas . . . at Any Cost

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In this, the sixth of seven Christmas memories leaders are sharing leading up to Christmas Day, retired Christian church minister Tom Ellsworth remembers a snowy journey he and his young family embarked on during his first year as a father.

This Wasn’t in the Script

This Wasn’t in the Script

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“It’s the late 1990s, and I’m sitting in the audience of the annual Christmas production at my suburban megachurch when something happens that’s obviously not in the script (or the Scriptures, for that matter),” writes Austin Gohn, lead pastor with Bellevue Christian Church in Pittsburgh.