Faith, Family and Friends: The Foundations of Fouke Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History In the October 13, 2015, edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, there is an article by Frank Fellone about recent restoration efforts in Fouke, Arkansas, to beautify and improve life in the town. The article makes clear that the people of Fouke have...

Expectancy and Agenda Rev. Carl Greene SDB Church Hebron, PA   Go back to the year 1985ish with me. Picture a boy named Carl along with his brother opening Christmas presents with their parents. Wonderful expectancy filled the room as the boys dreamed of what was inside the packages. The parents swelled with joy as the boys celebrated the good gifts they...

God’s Purpose For People – Through His People by Garfield Miller, Missions Coordinator   “But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” (Exodus 9:16) Earlier this year I enrolled in the course Perspectives on World Christian Movement and found that it was...

In Praise of Spiritual Disciplines by Nicholas Kersten, Director of Education & History You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run. — Augustine of Hippo in Confessions The Christian life is measured by cycles of...

Nov 24, 2015

It’s Christmas Whether You Like it or Not by Jeremy Evans Seattle Area SDB Church The badger dozed in his easy chair while a knot of lightwood blazed in the fireplace. Great flurries of snow swept across the countryside. Every once in a while, when an icy current whistled around the windowpanes, he rousted from his slumber and peeped through the window at the...