Running to God

Running to God

Feb 20, 2019

By Abigail Moore Next Step Church Thornton, CO The first time that I had ever experienced long distance running was during my sixth grade year when my friends and I joined the track team and we signed up for the one-mile run. Before this I had always thought of myself as more of a sprinter. Once I tried the mile, something in the back of my mind seemed to...

Ministry Center Launching in West Palm Beach

Ministry Center Launching in West Palm Beach

Feb 20, 2019

The West Palm Beach SDB Church was formed in 1992 by a group of members who had also started the Miami SDB Church. They rented a facility from Crossroads Baptist Church for about 10 years until they were able to purchase about 3.3 acres at their present location on Haverhill Road. The property had a small building which was converted into a worship space and...

Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI ACEs are serious childhood traumas that result in toxic stress that can harm a child’s brain. Toxic stress may prevent a child from learning or from playing in a healthy way with other children, which can result in long-term health problems. Examples of adverse childhood experiences can include: emotional, physical or sexual...

I Prayed for the Wrong Thing

By Clinton R. Brown Executive Director 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance...

Prayers of Significance

By Pastor William Shobe Dodge Center SDB Church, MN “How significant are your prayers?” I have heard a number of responses to that question. Often they reflect uncertainty about the true value or impact of prayer. I am certain that we all have had times when we felt as if our prayers accomplished little, if anything. As a result we can lose confidence that our...