Jan 22, 2014

Tributes to Pastor Joe Samuels        Rev. Joe A. Samuels of the Plainfield, N.J., SDB Church, touched many lives and ministries all over the world. He passed away on December 24, 2013.      As we await the details of his storied life for next month’s issue, we present these remembrances that were shared at his homegoing service in January.    ...

Jan 22, 2014

What God Has Joined by Renee Sanford   I thought we would grow old together You and I, I thought we’d recapture the joy of our first love together, That the decades of acrimony and alienation would yield a gentle peace. I thought that we’d get that miracle at least Out of our stubborn commitment to keep on keeping on Against the pain, against the odds. I...

Jan 22, 2014

Party Crasher By Renee Sanford  Milton, Wis.   May 16, 2013. Doug would have been 61. We’d have been married over 30 years. The day wore on and on. And no one called. No one posted on Facebook about Doug. My self-talk moved from encouraging, to resigned, to weary, to full-blown out-of-control self-pity.   Doesn’t anyone remember?   Oh, of course they...