Feb 22, 2013
March comes but once a year—thankfully Most of my friends know I hate March. For me, living through that month in Wisconsin is akin to eating pizza every morning for 31 days—pizza topped with moldy cheese and raw squid sprinkled with lint. Every year, I long for April like Romeo longed for Juliet. The NIV Bible mentions snow 23 times; 21 times in the Old...
Feb 22, 2013
Shaking things up (a little) By Ralph Mackintosh Have you ever been “stuck in a rut”? That doesn’t literally happen too often these days since we no longer drive the horse-pulled wagons on dirt roads that were the origin of this phrase. Years of travel in all kinds of weather formed grooves or ruts in the road. When the vehicle’s wheels became trapped in...
Feb 22, 2013
Missions Coordinator Hired for the SDB Missionary Society Brother Garfield Miller of Saint Andrew, Jamaica has accepted the position of Missions Coordinator. He will be relocating with his family to minister at the Missionary Society headquarters in Ashaway, RI. Please continue to pray for God’s grace and provision as they answer this call to serve to God’s...
Feb 22, 2013
From Peter to leader by Kevin Butler Over the last month or so, I’ve been preaching my way through the letter of 1 Peter. The apostle wrote to encourage new believers in Asia who were undergoing terrible persecution for their faith. He challenged the young Christians to continue believing in something grand—to believe in a grand purpose for this...
Who’s In Charge? Explicit and Implicit Polity The Nick of Time by Nick Kersten, Librarian-historian The junction of beliefs and how we live them out is the defining factor in our lives as Christians. The most common charge leveled at Christians today is centered on asymmetry between professed beliefs and embodied beliefs. The media, with its brutal efficiency...
Aging, dementia and the faith community by Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, Wis. For some of us, the journey of aging will include dementia, the progressive loss of cognitive function—our thinking, reasoning, and remembering. Dementia is feared because it threatens our identity and our role as productive, contributing members of the community. Becoming a...