Oct 1, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director If your answer to this inquiry about a “Questionable Life” is no, then your church may not be healthy. Really. A questionable life is necessary for a church to flourish, and we should be yearning for taking questionable actions. But developing a correct definition of “questionable” is a critical piece of church health. Let’s do...
Jun 23, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director I was probably 8 years old when I asked my grandfather how he plowed a straight line across the field. The field was covered in sod and had no rows to follow to know a straight path. I was amazed by how he could do this—was it some sort of internal compass that develops when you get old? You probably...
May 29, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director This helpful advertisement was offered in the April 17, 1873, Sabbath Recorder.1 If only I had responded sooner, maybe I could have discovered the secret to making quick money. This particular Recorder also had the opportunity to purchase a cure for rheumatism—a cure which also served as a great air...
Mar 25, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director When I was about 10 years old, I asked my parents for a bee hive. It was not really an altruistic request—this was an early get-rich-quick scheme in which I hoped to market honey to family and friends for profit. It was like a fundraiser where I had taken out the middle man. Despite the business strategy of a ten-year-old, I...
Jan 23, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director I failed the vision test. There was no way around it: I simply could not see clearly. I was in the high school nurse’s office with my face pressed into the overgrown viewfinder. I was essentially looking through a stationary pair of binoculars into a little box where I was supposed to see sign markings down the edge of railroad...
By Carl Greene Executive Director I recently ran in a 5k race with about 3,600 other people. I am no Eric Bofinger when it comes to running, but I am going to take my opportunity to highlight that my brother and I finished first and second in our age group. In fact, I ran a personal best time in the race. Apparently if you wait enough years, you get your chance...