Aug 28, 2017
by Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA You are now blindfolded and trying to find an object in the room. You are in complete darkness, you don’t know where anything is and you don’t know what the object you are trying to find is. The thing you do know is that there is an object hidden for you to find. Could you find the object? Is...
Jun 23, 2017
by Seth Osborn SDB Church of Boulder, CO Have you loved recently? I don’t mean the loves we usually think of: loving God, loving our family, loving a romantic interest… I mean the kind of love that’s hard. Not that those types are always easy, but this kind of love is even harder. This is the hardest love of all of them. It can only be done by deliberate...
Apr 25, 2017
by Rebecca Olson Berlin SDB Church, NY Uncertainty… The end is in sight. On May 13, I will graduate from college. That’s not to say it’s over. I have a national board licensure test to take, a few years of online school to go, and many more steps of continuing education beyond that. But this summer, I will be a Registered Nurse. I will be a bona fide...
Mar 23, 2017
by Moses Lyons Toronto SDB Church, Canada As we grow up, we realize and learn certain things about ourselves and our surroundings — certain things such as what we like and dislike, our favorite foods and colors, and what type of person we choose to be. We start to form our own opinions about life and other matters in the world. However, as children, we usually...
Feb 22, 2017
by Karissa Bornemann Milton SDB church, WI “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” —Matthew 5:13 (NIV) This past January, 35 young adults traveled to Milton, WI, and braved the below-zero temperatures for our...
Jan 23, 2017
by Michaella Osborn Boulder SDB Church, CO This summer I had the opportunity to serve on an SCSC project in Jamaica. I’ve had a passion for cross-cultural ministry for as long as I can remember, but this was my first experience actually doing it. When I got home I remember feeling like now that I’ve had this experience my life would magically change. I thought...