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If it’s summer, it’s Vacation Bible School season, as hundreds of volunteers at dozens of churches in Colorado Springs open the doors to thousands of children for weeklong gatherings created
Steve Carr posted this remembrance of our former editor Sam E. Stone at his website on Tuesday, the day after Sam died at age 84. We are sharing it here with Steve’s permission. Sam E. Stone shares some thoughts on ministry at Steve Carr’s class at Cincinnati Bible Seminary in 2016. By Steve Carr But he wasn’t actually my mentor. My wife and I were truly blessed to get to know Sam and Gwen Stone. Through Kelly’s work at Standard Publishing and my job at Cincinnati Christian University, our paths continually crossed with the couple. They had been married for over 50 years, raised an am...
Former Christian Standard editors Mark A. Taylor (left) and Sam E. Stone in 2018. Sam, who retired in 2003 after serving as editor for 25 years, died on Jan. 25. My Memories of Colleague, Teacher, and Friend, Sam E. Stone By Mark A. Taylor Ralph Small, vice president and publisher at Standard Publishing, called me into his office in 1977 to tell me he was considering Sam Stone to follow Edwin Hayden as editor of Christian Standard. I still remember his description of Sam, “A steel hand inside a velvet glove.” It’s an apt metaphor for a Christian leader driven by unyielding Christian c...