May 20, 2016
by Daniel Lovelace Metro Atlanta SDB Church, GA You have a problem. The radio you value so much has stopped working, and you really wish you could fix it. It would be so nice to be able to listen to music from it again, and also useful to hear about helpful tips, local news, and current events on it. Your radio could even benefit the environment for other...
by Elianna Chroniger Alfred Station SDB Church Alfred Station, NY Everyone always told me that time goes by faster as you “grow up.” I’m just now starting to believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was stepping foot into my first day of high school, my nephews and nieces were babies, and I had AGES to think about what I was going to do with my life. I don’t...
by Willy Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA A little less than a year ago, I received a notification on Facebook that I had been added to a secret group. The notification read, “You have been added to the secret group ‘I have a Tumor in my Chest’.” I would have never anticipated entering my Facebook feed. I went to the group page to be...
Jan 22, 2016
By Willy Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Oh joy! It’s that time of year again! It’s the time of year when you ask that individual you’ve been obsessing over if they might get coffee with you some time. It’s the time of year when you surprise that special someone with flowers and chocolates to remind them how much you love them. It’s the time...
“My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” Marleigh Fiacco Verona SDB Church, NY One of the few times I actually felt like God was carrying me was this past October. My depression had come back and my life seemed to be spinning out of control. It got to a point where it took all that I had just to get out of bed in the morning. I was already out of energy. I...
Oct 28, 2015
Willy Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Today my friend and I were coming out of our biology class and we were greeted by a “lovely” heavy rain. All we could think about was how we were going to get to our next class across campus. Neither one of us had brought an umbrella and we had left our jackets in my car. We had heard a rumor that it...