August 4, 2025
Gathering the Lame
We all have withered hands. All of us have disappointments we endure, limitations we despise, afflictions we wish we could eliminate. Yet, the Lord loves us despite our weaknesses.
Articles for tag: Dress
October 1, 2024
Three Young Ladies Who Left the Church: An Uber Story
An Uber driver's story of three young ladies who shared the reasons for why they left the church.
January 19, 2023
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The True Standard of Dress’ (1866)
"We are always excessive when we sacrifice the higher beauty to obtain the lower one," a Mrs. Stowe wrote in 1866. "A woman who will sacrifice domestic affection, conscience, self-respect, honor, to love of dress, we all agree loves dress too much." . . .
September 19, 2022
September 25 | Discovery
How do we defile what is holy by bringing what is detestable and worldly into our temples?
December 19, 2021
‘It Was Our Time to Shine’
All this week, Christian leaders will be sharing favorite Christmas memories with readers. Today we hear from Johnson University educator Kendi Howells Douglas, who recalls being in children's Christmas programs at her Minnesota church. Check back every morning, through Christmas Day, for more recollections.
March 25, 2019
It’s God’s Kindness
By Vince Antonucci One time after a church service a lady bounced up to me and said, âHey!â I said, âHey!â âMy nameâ™s Sandy,â she said very quickly, âbut not for long it isnâ™t. Iâ™m changing it! Itâ™s been a bad year for SandysâHurricane Sandy, Sandy Hook Elementary.â I nodded, a bit confused. âSo, hey!â Sandy continued, âI just wanted to thank you for keeping it positive.â I asked what she meant. âI went to church a few times growing up, and Iâ™ve gone a couple times as an adult, and I hate it. Hate it!â Sandy said. âYou always
November 28, 2017
Sew to Sow
By Emily Drayne Sandra Ward has an amazing heart. She saw children wearing next to nothing, found a simple tie dress, and thought, Hey, I can make that myself! With that, she founded Sew to Sow. Based out of Kernersville, North Carolina, and affiliated with First Christian, Kernersville, this ministry provides handmade outfits for children sizes 16 and under. The first batch of outfits was sent to Brazil in 2013, and the dressmaking has continued since then. I had the privilege of spending an afternoon with this group and I was impressed by the quality of the outfits, their love
July 10, 2015
A Good Meal
By Daniel Schantz “For this reason many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep” (1Â Corinthians 11:30). Church services are well underway in a smalltown church of a hundred souls, when a little girl of 10 meanders down the center aisle, looking for a seat. She looks confused, as if she has never been inside a church before and she doesn”t know where to sit. Her bony shoulders are draped with a rag of a dress and her hair is matted and greasy. Her fingers and arms are gray with ground-in dirt, and she looks starved. At last she
August 22, 2014
Revealed in the Breaking of the Bread
By Mark S. Krause In the old Errol Flynn movie The Adventures of Robin Hood, there is a remarkable scene of revelation. Robin Hood has been fighting the injustice of evil Prince John, who was ruling England in the absence of his brother, King Richard the Lionheart. King Richard had gone to the Holy Land for a Crusade, and his whereabouts are uncertain. Some believe him dead. However, Richard returns to England with a few men, incognito, in the dress of monks. Richard realizes his danger and decides to seek out Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest. Still clad in monk”s
December 26, 2011
Lesson for Jan. 1, 2012: Joseph Shows Character (Genesis 37, 39)
This treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson is written by Sam E. Stone, former editor of CHRISTIAN STANDARD. ________ Joseph Shows Character (Genesis 37, 39) By Sam E. Stone Someone said, “Character is what a person does in the dark.” Another observed, “Character is what you do when you know no one will find out.” Both descriptions apply to Joseph. In last month”s lessons we studied Abraham. We saw the fulfillment of God”s promise to send the Savior through his descendants. Abraham”s son Isaac had two sons, Jacob and Esau. In the years that followed, Jacob himself had 12
August 27, 2011
The T-shirt Aristocracy
By Daniel Schantz I was speaking at a small Missouri church, and I couldn”t help noticing I was the only male wearing a necktie. Services were over, and I was shaking hands with the last person to leave. “Hmmm, seems like I”m the only male wearing a tie today,” I noted. The lady laughed. “Oh, don”t worry about that! Our preacher doesn”t wear a tie, and he urges us to dress down too, so that we don”t offend any seekers who might be poor and unable to afford dress clothes.” I said nothing. I have heard this line many times
