Erik Tryggestad

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When co-workers told him that Charlie Kirk had been shot on a college campus just 12 miles to his north, Andrew Wheeler thought it […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — Everybody hates the Roma. Animosities abound in southeastern Europe. Croats dislike Serbs and vice versa. Serbs distrust Albanians, who feel […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — A once-mighty fortress stands atop a mountain overlooking this southeastern European city. Albania’s national hero, Skanderbeg, led a guerrilla war […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA — The Christian Chronicle came here in search of peace. Thirty years after a devastating siege, Sarajevo seemed peaceful enough on a […]

Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for this column? Email Erik Tryggestad […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OKLAHOMA CITY — What’s your most evangelistic T-shirt? I’ve got a bunch from my church — youth camps where I was a counselor, mission […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BRANSON, MO. — From now on, whenever I write a story for The Christian Chronicle, I need to ask myself, “How will this sound […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... STATESBORO, GA. — She was Savannah’s “Lady of 6,000 Songs,” a nickname given to her by legendary lyricist Johnny Mercer. Emma Thompson Kelly performed […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OKLAHOMA CITY — “Affirming the Faith is this weekend. Ugh!” I said under my breath. Don’t get me wrong. I always enjoy this annual […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Last Wednesday, Mark Moore sent an urgent message to the factory that packages a life-saving peanut butter called MANA: Stop putting USAID labels on […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... KYIV, UKRAINE — “Church and family.”  Marina Noyes said it over and over when asked why she and her husband, Jim, came back to […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... RICHARDSON, TEXAS — There weren’t nearly enough visitor cards for all of the guests at the Waterview Church of Christ on a recent Sunday. […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ben Garlick warned his mother. “I’m not going to tell you what it is,” he said, “but there’s gonna be a special surprise when […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... EDMOND, OKLA. — You know those weirdos who seem to stumble backward into success? Lucas Ross is one of them. Just ask his boss, […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SEARCY, ARK. — We shouldn’t discuss politics at church — or in The Christian Chronicle. I’ve heard that argument more than once. Sometimes I […]