Pastor Rodney Henry passed away on October 24, 2018, at the Denver Hospice after a long three-year period of illness. Rod is survived by his wife of 47 years, Camille Henry; three children and their spouses: Tanya and Bryan McPherson; Erik and Mandy Henry; Edward and Hannah Henry; a brother, Randy Henry; 10 grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Pastor Rod...
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Making it Safe to Land
Dec 26, 2018
By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History In this issue of the Sabbath Recorder, you have the opportunity to read the testimonies of those who have survived the trauma of abuse and have found healing through the work of God in their lives. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read those stories yet, I encourage you not to put down this...
My Hope is in Jesus…Not My Circumstances
Dec 26, 2018
By John J. Pethtel The holidays are often the hardest times of year for me because I become reminded so much of what I do not have or what I have lost. I offer this testimony that I needed to write to help me through this struggle. —JP The worst year of my life was the 12 months between June 2004 and May 2005. In those 12 months, both of my parents died. I was...
Mindfulness in the Christian Tradition
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Mindfulness can be described as being more fully aware of your experience in the present moment in a nonjudgmental way. Mindfulness includes waking up to a sense of awareness in your surroundings, taking time to sit and listen rather than doing, and opening things up so that, in God’s time and in God’s way, you might be...
Ethics, Theology, and Discipline of the First American Seventh Day Baptists
by Janet Thorngate Part 1 Fifth in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists1 Their 1671 covenant pointed up the communal nature of a search for guiding principles: “seeking God’s face among ourselves for the Lord to direct us in a right way for us and our children.” It also acknowledged the dynamic...
Sierra Leone Mission Trip 2018
Dec 26, 2018
By David Johnson Sabbath Chapel Branch of Metropolitan Atlanta SDB Church Last year when Clinton Brown and I went to Sierra Leone, we found a group of believers in Jesus Christ who were devoted to worshipping our Lord and Savior in Spirit and truth. The Seventh Day Baptists there were an inspiration to me in their worship and strategy for reaching the lost....
Where are all the people?
Dec 26, 2018
By Katrina Goodrich “Various measures indicate that Americans remain deeply interested in connecting with God, but fewer and fewer retain enthusiasm about doing so in a conventional church setting or through long-standing religious institutions. Millions of Americans are currently marking time until new, more appealing avenues of faith expression and experience...
Christ in the Comics
Dec 26, 2018
By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Lately I have been very intrigued by the Peanuts comics and their background with Christ; more importantly, the life of their creator, Charles M. Schulz. It is something I personally have overlooked but have recently rediscovered through my trips to Knott’s Berry Farm. Here we have a famous author who...