Linda Lawton Boulder SDB Church, CO And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” — Luke 10:27 Music has always been an integral part of my life. I grew up in a church where every service included an anthem by the choir, in addition...
A Perfectly Good Pair of Shoes
Jan 22, 2016
by Kevin Butler Milton, WI Looking forward to setting foot on the stage at Wesley Chapel this August, it will mark 40 years since I started attending Houghton College. As the bald little character Vizzini said in the movie Princess Bride, “In-con-THEEV-able!!” I became a Houghton Highlander in 1976, transferring as a sophomore from...
The Faith for Conception
The Faith for Conception Garfield Miller Missisions Coordinator The Missionary Society The book of Luke (Chapter 1) recounts the well-known story of the visit to virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel who informs her of her Godly favor; her selection above all women to conceive and bring forth the promised Messiah, Son of the Most High. Mary responds “I am the Lord’s...
Expectancy and Agenda
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...
Family Matters
Oct 28, 2015
by Pastor Robert Babcock Marlboro SDB Church, NJ Because of the way the police, the justice system and society as a whole treats African-Americans, some feel that they must think that black lives don’t matter. They are rebelling against that notion with the chant “Black Lives Matter.” To be honest, I can’t really speak to that issue, because I haven’t walked in...
The Faith Thing
Sep 22, 2015
The Faith Thing Pastor Scott Hausrath North Loup, NE This morning, as I was sitting in the North Loup Cafe getting ready to eat breakfast with some friends, one of my neighbors asked if she could speak with me when I had some time. After breakfast I went to talk with her, and she said that she had a story to tell me. She told me that she had never been a...