Jun 25, 2018

by Greg Olson I finished my undergraduate degree by taking my last class from Jerusalem University College on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Being in Israel was my first exposure to Sabbath, but that was long before I had heard about Christians keeping the Sabbath. Back then, I thought Sabbath was weird, “a whole country shutting down for a day?” Years later,...

Jun 25, 2018

by Gabe Bejjani I grew up as a Catholic and, at the age of 17, I was converted to the Seventh Day Adventist denomination. The concept of the Sabbath was new to me. Sunday observance was limited to attending mass on either Saturday evening or Sunday morning. But now Sabbath observance became a 24-hour period set to worship and rest. This Biblical concept was...

by Rob Appel Executive Director   I had a wonderful experience on June 4th! Cheri and I were in Big Bear, CA, and she was not getting around well. She was in such pain just to stand and walk. I called the local hospital to see about borrowing a wheelchair. They did not have one but directed me to other places in the area, who then directed me to others,...

Jun 25, 2018

  by Carl Greene The Dessert. Chocolate-covered peanut butter balls must be one of the greatest desserts ever. The combination of a thin, sweet chocolate coating with a creamy peanut butter center makes a taste combination that is simply fantastic. Granted, most people believe chocolate is wonderfully fulfilling on its own. Yet, it would be a horrible...

Jun 25, 2018

  by Johnmark Camenga You know, childhood is messed up. I don’t mean childhood is strained and difficult—it is—I mean that childhood is a savage mass of unresolved tragedy and tensions punctuated by the presence of dispassionate sentries who, as all the evidence would suggest, are bent on maintaining the status quo. There are bullies and impossible...