Jan 22, 2014
The “L” word by Elianna Chroniger, Alfred Station, N.Y. In February, you’ll start to hear lots of people using it. That’s right, the “L” word is love. People nowadays use this word as much as they use the word “like.” Let me tell you—it’s, like, a lot of, like, times. The word “love” doesn’t seem to hold much meaning anymore. People “love” a girlfriend...
Never Alone by Seth Osborn “The LORD your God is with you, the mighty warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17) Loneliness is an essential emotion to life. While it might not be a pleasant one when compared to its...
My Most Important Reading Assignment by Rebecca Olson It’s my junior year of high school, and you all know what that means. Work. Lots of work. I’ve been so swamped with homework, I’ve barely had time for anything else. But I’ve tried to make time for one thing: reading my Bible. And I actually have been! This is my longest streak yet for reading my...
Sep 23, 2013
Conquering Calculus Through Prayer by Seth Osborn There I was at the Youth Interest Committee meeting during this summer’s Seventh Day Baptist General Conference. Last year, someone else had also wanted to be Beacon editor but let me take it—so long as she could have the position the next year. 2013 arrived and she had changed her mind. “What a...
Everyday Martyrdom by Michaella Osborn, Boulder, Colo. “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13 NIV) You’ve heard this verse, right? Of course you have. It may have been a pastor talking about how Jesus gave us the ultimate expression of love by dying for us, or a Christian education teacher...
I tried to keep my disease a secret from others—even God by Madge Chroniger, Alfred Station, N.Y. When I was 7 or 8, I was diagnosed with childhood absence epilepsy. This kind of epilepsy causes you to lose consciousness for 4 to 20 seconds. At first I had no idea what to do. I remember thinking that everything was going to be harder—having to take pills...