Chris Meehan

Chris Meehan is an author at Religion News Service.

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PBS Documentary Traces the `Mystery’ of Love, Forgiveness

By Chris Meehan — December 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service KALAMAZOO, Mich. _ Azim Khamisa has become best friends with Ples Felix, the grandfather of the California gang member who murdered Khamisa’s 20-year-old son, Tariq, in 1995. J.D. and Thumper are Austin, Texas, motorcycle riders who were abused as children and are now helping to heal their own wounds by […]

Michigan Man Uses Technology to Challenge Established Beliefs

By Chris Meehan — August 9, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service KALAMAZOO, Mich. _ Earlier this year, Stephen Gibson did a podcast interview with retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong about what the firebrand Spong sees as the mythological aspects of Christianity. The next week, Gibson _ a Kalamazoo media-company owner, author and podcaster _ spoke to a former member of […]

Christ Is Literally at Center of Artist’s Work

By Chris Meehan — July 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BERRIEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. _ Some people have referred to Seventh-day Adventist artist Nathan Greene as the Christian Norman Rockwell. While Greene is quick to say that he does not equate himself with the great painter of iconic American scenes, he does acknowledge that Rockwell has strongly influenced his work. “Norman […]

NEWS FEATURE: Reformed Church in America Looks to Past and Future

By Chris Meehan — September 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service KALAMAZOO, Mich. _ John Veld enjoys the mix of traditional and contemporary elements offered in Sunday services at Third Reformed Church in Oshtemo, Mich. Barbara Barrett is equally satisfied with the lively, spirit-filled activity that takes place at The River, a newly opened “post-modern” church in Kalamazoo. And Lon Bouma […]
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