Jan 24, 2013

Will You Pray With Me? By Andrew J. Camenga   For the last year, I’ve been praying that God would grant opportunities to speak His Good News into the lives of people who don’t yet know Him. The obvious result in my life is a growing conviction that this needs to be my prayer right now. God has brought passages of Scripture to my mind in new and very...

Jan 24, 2013

Closing the Back Door by Bill Shobe Dodge Center, Minn.   One of the saddest occurrences in the life of a congregation is to realize that someone we had hoped would become a vital part of our church life has “disappeared.” We look for them on a Sabbath day and find they are not sitting in their usual spot. Then we discover that it’s been weeks since anyone...

Jan 24, 2013

“Missio Dei” in Ireland by Clinton R. Brown While in Ireland, driving the wedding party to the site of my daughter’s ceremony, the classic Beatles 1967 song “All You Need Is Love” came on the car radio. I would not have characterized the Beatles as great guides to a life philosophy, but that song focused on what I was going to talk about as my family blessed...

Jan 24, 2013

How do churches hang on to their children? Follow Jesus! by Charlotte Chroniger Shiloh, New Jersey   Psalm 127:3 says that “Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him.” Four of the greatest blessings in my life have been our children Tyler, Jordan, Bethany, and Jessica. I was struck with wonder when they were little that God should give...

Jan 24, 2013

So many choices! by Kevin Butler   Radios. They’ve been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. I guess I got the “radio bug” when I watched my Dad set up the heavy, multi-tubed Heathkit shortwave radios on the dining room table. Turning on the stereo console behind him, he would drop the needle on the spinning record, and do his best to learn...