It was the first day of the new school year. The young children starting Kindergarten were excited. Miss Allen was excited, too. It was her first day of teaching. She greeted each child with a happy face. Miss Allen told the class that the first project would be drawing a picture of their favorite thing. Each child was given a large white sheet of paper and a...
A Matter of Belief or Experience?
By Rev. Dr. Dale D. Thorngate How does your belief about the Bible and the leading of the Holy Spirit influence what you believe about the Sabbath? I think the response of most Seventh Day Baptists to that question would be more biographical than theological. For me, that is certainly the case. As a lifetime SDB I can’t separate the Sabbath truth from my own...
Say a Tiny Prayer
By Sarina Gumness As I write this article, I am going into my 12th week of pregnancy, which also means I have finally begun to tell people about this exciting news. Pregnancy has been very tough for me. People tell you about the normal symptoms but they do not prepare you to what extent that may lead. For me, my symptoms have been extreme. It’s been impossible...
2020: A Vision of Health for the Road Ahead
Jan 23, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director I failed the vision test. There was no way around it: I simply could not see clearly. I was in the high school nurse’s office with my face pressed into the overgrown viewfinder. I was essentially looking through a stationary pair of binoculars into a little box where I was supposed to see sign markings down the edge of railroad...
A TRIP TO THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
Jan 23, 2020
Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Our world has become so much smaller because of the advent of the Internet. On the Internet, a brother in Bangladesh reached out to an SDB Pastor’s wife in Cumberland, Maryland. Her name is Karen Higson. Over the next almost two years, that connection blossomed and was nurtured, so that our brother in...