Oct 1, 2014

thoughts from the Editor…       Of Swans… This swan sits on my computerscreen. It helps me remember that in all of the chaos that goes on inside my computer there can be peace and calm out here. Operative words “can be” …that is why it sits there to remind me!   Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you...

Oct 1, 2014

The Miracle Thief by Michael Parker     I saw the woman I call the miracle thief for the first time when I was seven. She was a little kid in a bathrobe doing a fake limp across a stage to touch the hem of another kid’s white bathrobe. She was immediately cured of the limp and a stomach ache, as well. She did a somersault. All the other kids in...

Oct 1, 2014

The “Dirty Word” by Rebecca Olson                   Can I broach a topic we’re all afraid to touch here? One that isn’t often broached in the church? A dirty three-letter word that nobody here wants me to say, though I strongly feel it needs to be said? The topic I’m trying to ease into is sex. There, I said it. I...

Oct 1, 2014

The Next Leg of the Journey by Clinton R. Brown   In August of 2014, as executive director for the SDB Missionary Society, I had the privilege of visiting our Seventh Day Baptist brothers and sisters at Agape SDB Church on Long Island, NY. This is an exciting congregation, blending Guyanese worship culture into Seventh Day Baptist generally held practices...

Can You Recognize a Heart Attack or Stroke? Information from the August 2014 “NIH News in Health” newsletter Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI     When it comes to life-threatening conditions like heart attack or stroke, every minute counts. Acting fast could save your life or someone else’s. Get to know the signs and symptoms of these health...