Sep 5, 2018
By Rev. Johnmark Camenga SDB Church, Lost Creek, WV Are we willing to follow? Do you ever get the sense that you have arrived at a moment that is somehow too big for you? Do you ever get the feeling that somehow the task that lies before you is greater than your ability? But as you face that moment—as you engage the task—you discover that, though you are too...
Sep 5, 2018
By Keli Watt God was at work in Kenosha this year as He brought staff and children together to remind us all that in every situation—JESUS RESCUES! Using a VBS program from Group Publishing called “Shipwrecked,” we explored how Jesus rescues us no matter what our situation or what we have done. Between 42 and 47 children per day rotated in centers that allowed...
Jun 25, 2018
by Greg Olson I finished my undergraduate degree by taking my last class from Jerusalem University College on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Being in Israel was my first exposure to Sabbath, but that was long before I had heard about Christians keeping the Sabbath. Back then, I thought Sabbath was weird, “a whole country shutting down for a day?” Years later,...
Jun 25, 2018
by Gabe Bejjani I grew up as a Catholic and, at the age of 17, I was converted to the Seventh Day Adventist denomination. The concept of the Sabbath was new to me. Sunday observance was limited to attending mass on either Saturday evening or Sunday morning. But now Sabbath observance became a 24-hour period set to worship and rest. This Biblical concept was...
Jun 25, 2018
by Carl Greene The Dessert. Chocolate-covered peanut butter balls must be one of the greatest desserts ever. The combination of a thin, sweet chocolate coating with a creamy peanut butter center makes a taste combination that is simply fantastic. Granted, most people believe chocolate is wonderfully fulfilling on its own. Yet, it would be a horrible...
Jun 25, 2018
by Johnmark Camenga You know, childhood is messed up. I don’t mean childhood is strained and difficult—it is—I mean that childhood is a savage mass of unresolved tragedy and tensions punctuated by the presence of dispassionate sentries who, as all the evidence would suggest, are bent on maintaining the status quo. There are bullies and impossible...