Dec 30, 2014
Putting First Things First by Clinton R. Brown The New Year is often a time that people reflect on the direction their life has been headed and look at their goals for the coming year. Establishing goals is an effective early step to accomplish the things that we feel are important. However, many times we do not give serious evaluation to the goals...
Dec 30, 2014
Devotional: Sharing the journey with you “Going Deeper” Pastor Scott Hausrath North Loup, NE Last summer I had the privilege of working at Camp Riverview here in North Loup, Nebraska. On the final morning of Intermediate Camp, one of our 6th – 8th graders wished for a time machine, so we could return to the beginning of the week and experience...
Change is good…right? President’s Page by Bill Probasco Another year, another resolution made. That’s what we do at New Year’s. We make a resolution to change for the better by…dieting; quitting smoking; reading our Bible more; exercising; etc. But the start of each year also brings changes around us, whether that is a calendar year, school year,...
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
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...
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....