Jan 15, 2021

You ever feel down? Depressed? In the dumps? Lonely? Isolated? Misunderstood? Like nothing matters anymore? Like life… just… totally… sucks? Merry stinkin’ Christmas! I don’t say this as a slam on Christmas. I say this to remind us that, although Christmas can be a season of deep joy and celebration, it can also be a season of...

Jan 15, 2021

            Reprinted from The Sabbath Recorders dated from 1935 through 1948 Our Letter Exchange Dear Mrs. Greene: I am eight years old and in the fourth grade. I have three brothers younger than myself. Their names are Duane, Kenneth, and Roger…. I hope you had a nice Christmas. We did. On Christmas day there were about twenty-five of us at the home of one of...

Jan 15, 2021

Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the Gospel, disciples are to be made of all nations. And He modeled that plan by teaching, training and preparing a dozen men who would then exponentially do the same with others, so that...

Jan 15, 2021

Dear Editor Cruzan: We in Salem, WV, enjoyed seeing the story of the 1947 fire in our church. Other readers might be interested in a couple of the fire memories that our older members have passed down. Those volunteers who helped remove the heavy oak pews, pulpit, communion table etc. before the falling sanctuary ceiling ruined them? They were members of the...

Jan 15, 2021

By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier this spring, celebrating a friend’s 30th birthday. The party started out in Central Park with a socially distanced picnic. It was Matthew’s first group gathering in months due to the...