Poorly Played, Or Poorly Tuned? by Michaella Osborn, Boulder, Colo.   Imagine a 14-year-old being told on her birthday that her parents are going to pay for guitar lessons. She is ecstatic! This girl has wanted to learn to play the guitar for what seemed like “forever.” When her dad FINALLY finds a guitar teacher later that year she is even more excited....

Showing Them The Ropes By Clinton R. Brown   Not long ago, I took my youngest daughter to an indoor rock climbing gym in Rhode Island. Once we were there and geared up, the attendant gave us his standard oration on climbing safety. On the lower walls it was okay to scale the surfaces without a rope (“free-climb”), but for the higher levels it was required...

Good news in a small package By Andrew Camenga   One unexpected pleasure of taking care of a newborn is experiencing camaraderie with people you’ve never met. When the baby starts to cry, there are knowing smiles, nods of encouragement, and the occasional offer of help. When the baby coos, there are sympathetic “aahs” from the impromptu audience. It seems...

Timing Is Everything By Nick Kersten   In 1843, two famous works were penned and published which still have a wide readership: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart. Another publication appeared that year, nearly 170 years ago, which did not have a readership so wide. At General Conference sessions in 1843, two...

Oh, for crying out loud! By Leanne Lippincott-Wuerthle  I am far from being a well-studied Bible scholar, but Psalm 139:14 is a verse that I think about quite often. The New International Version reads, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” The New Living Bible states, “Thank you for making...

“Stepping Out in Faith 2” by Nadine Lawton   In early 2012 we asked you to “Step Out in Faith” for our sisters in Malawi, Africa, so they could attend their SDB Women’s Conference. We raised just over $1,600.00! This time our goal is to step out in faith for our own people here in the SDB Conference USA and Canada. These are our younger sisters and...

Dec 19, 2012

The Phases of Retirement (part 2) Updating your finances for your changing lifestyle Compiled by Morgan Shepard   Although many Americans now plan for a retirement up to 20 years, your retirement may last much longer. Rather than thinking of retirement as the final stage of life, a more realistic approach may be to view it as a progression of phases, such...

Healthcare Reform: Does the Church have a role? By Barb Green   The answer to the above is a resounding “Yes”! The Church must be concerned about healthcare because Jesus was. He healed and commanded us to do the same. Healing is as much a part of the Gospel message today as it was in the first century. Jesus hasn’t changed.  Dr. Scott Morris suggests...