It Hurts So Good: “The Cost of Following Jesus” by Executive Director, Rob Appel          While on a spiritual retreat in the lodge of Camp Paul Hummel last fall, God spoke to me through an old familiar book. I picked up a copy of My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers, and opened it to one of the pages. It turns out it was one of the 12 dog-eared pages...

Choose… Good News! by Steven James In early November, voting took place across the U.S. as people chose leaders, laws and various amendments that many hoped would affect our land in positive ways. The season of fall brings with it this season of choosing. However, on the heels of this season comes winter and the season that brings the reason for choosing that...

My Most Important Reading Assignment by Rebecca Olson   It’s my junior year of high school, and you all know what that means. Work. Lots of work. I’ve been so swamped with homework, I’ve barely had time for anything else. But I’ve tried to make time for one thing: reading my Bible. And I actually have been! This is my longest streak yet for reading my...

Kurt Berg Named Teacher of the Year by Andrew Camenga   Kurt Berg is the 2013 Sabbath School Teacher of the Year. A member of the Riverside, Calif., Seventh Day Baptist Church, Kurt has served for more than 20 years as a Sabbath School teacher for adults. Each year the Board of Christian Education seeks nominees whose outstanding teaching skills have...

Name: Michael G. Spearl   Birthdate and place: July 10, 1954  Limestone, Maine—stayed there 2 months; Home base for the other 59 years: Florida Family: Widower (wife Marilyn died 4/28/13); Son, Samuel and his wife, Kristi; 3 grandsons: Ayden, Eli, & Caleb   Education: Miami Killian Sr. High School University of the Philippines, BS Chemistry...