Feb 22, 2016

Phil Lawton SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ It’s Easter, so you might think that I am going to be talking about bunnies and eggs and pastel colors. Nope. I want to talk about Zombies. Yes, you heard me right…Zombies. At this point some of you might be thinking I have gone off the deep end. Well, I might have, but that is not why I am talking about Zombies. A few...

Feb 22, 2016

by Julia Coleman SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ We are given the responsibility to testify to the world of the freedom Christ has brought to us through His propitiatory act on the Cross. Seeing Jesus during the time of the Crucifixion from the perspective of three women in the Bible gives us an insight into who Jesus is, the value of the Cross, and what He did in...

by Rachael Osborn SDB Church of Boulder, CO As 2015 turns to 2016, the entire world seems to reflect on the previous year and resolve to be better in the upcoming one. You’re going to drink more water, and she’s going to lose weight, and he’s finally going to finish that one project. Our lives change so drastically in the span of a mere 24 hours as we begin the...

Feb 22, 2016

by Nadine Lawton First Hopkinton SDB Church, RI “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” — Hebrews 11:1 We take many steps of faith throughout our lives. Our first steps are as a baby when we trust our parents to hold our hands as we take those first tentative steps toward walking on our own. My grandson is taking...

by Willy Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA   A little less than a year ago, I received a notification on Facebook that I had been added to a secret group. The notification read, “You have been added to the secret group ‘I have a Tumor in my Chest’.” I would have never anticipated entering my Facebook feed. I went to the group page to be...