By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier...
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By Carl Greene Executive Director If your answer to this inquiry about a “Questionable Life” is no, then your church may not be healthy. Really. A questionable life is necessary...
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The global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of millions of North Americans. Developing and maintaining healthy leaders and...
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Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the...
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Dec 30, 2014
BCE by Andrew Camenga Can you imagine trees getting up and walking around? (Yes, I know that those of you who have read or seen Tolkien’s the Lord of the Rings trilogy, have had the image of walking trees burned into your imagination.) Even if you can imagine it, do you expect to see it happen? I’m guessing that you don’t expect to see it...
Dec 30, 2014
Approaching Tetelestai: Thinking Biblically about Seasons of Change — Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten, Director of History & Education This past May, I graduated from seminary, bringing a decade long journey to a close and ending a season of my life. As that season was ending, and as I have entered a new season in my life, I have spent a good amount of time...
Dec 30, 2014
A New Season — Susie Fox, Pataskala SDB Church, OH It’s been about a year and half ago I started a new season, after 32 years of full time employment with IBM, called “retirement.” This also correlated (by design) with our four children all out of the proverbial “nest.” What a change for both my husband, Dean, and myself! I call it a season,...
Dec 30, 2014
Much, Much More… — Patricia Cruzan, SR Interim Editor Jeremy Evans writes children’s stories…you may remember “Lionel Rathbone’s Incredible Growing Nose Hairs” published in the November Sabbath Recorder. His stories are fun and, at times, a little outrageous. But there is something to be learned from Jeremy’s storytelling if you look close...
Dec 30, 2014
This Gives Me A Sad Feeling — Luan Ellis,Alfred Station SDB Church, NY As you may know, the Board of Christian Education is leaving Alfred Station, NY to be incorporated into the General Conference Office in Janesville, WI. This gives me a sad feeling — to see it leave this area. Since 1940 there has been a member of the Rev. Harley Sutton family serving...
Dec 30, 2014
Meet the Directors Executive Director, Rob Appel Last month I wrote about the changes that our General Conference is undertaking and how those changes have allowed us to renovate what we have been doing in the past and reconfigure them for our future. Our General Council saw the opportunity to explore ways we could renew our ministries in order to...
We May Not Always Know What God Has Planned by Jeremiah Owen How did you fare over the holidays? It seems that during the holidays travel exponentially increases, families gather, and while we are supposed to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for, we often get caught up in the pitfalls of family drama, shopping, or if you’re “lucky” some strange...
Nov 26, 2014
Unaccompanied Minor? by Bill Probasco On my trips to visit our various SDB churches to share my theme of being “Steadfast,” I’ve been blessed to have a traveling companion from time to time. My wife, Valerie, has come with me to visit the Verona, NY and Riverside, CA churches, and my daughter, Holly, came with me to the Boulder, CO and Seattle, WA churches....