Jere Patzer North Pacific Union Conference president By Jere Patzer Not in My Neighborhood From the first day our daughter joined our family at 16 months old it was as though she had always been a part of it. This dark-haired, olive-skinned, beautiful little girl from Guatemala was a blessing from the Lord.One summer as a teenager she e... Leer más C.S.... On My Resume! In April when I was diagnosed with a very aggressive, stage 4, non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer called mantle cell, I said, "I never wanted to have 'cancer survivor' on my résumé but now I desperately do." On Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, when Sue and I hear... Leer más New Desire of Ages Edition Makes an Impact Northwest Members Encouraged to Read It in 2007 One of the best New Year’s resolutions I have ever made was to read through the book, The Desire of Ages. A new edition of this devotional classic was mailed to every Northwest Adventist home in time for Christmas. And it’s better than ever since ... Leer más Read It Again For the First Time For the First TimeA number of years ago our family was having evening worship. We were reading my favorite devotional book, The Desire of Ages, and noticed that it wasn't being received with the same enthusiastic response from the younger generati... Leer más Jesus Is Coming . . . in Three Days! . . . in Three Days!Ever since the gawking gang of guys from Galilee stood gazing up into heaven there has been a dilemma. They sincerely believed that Jesus would come back in their lifetime. Yet even He had preached, "Occupy till I come."Down th... Leer más Dedicated to Quality and Compassion Presently, I am experiencing a side of health care that I never have before. As vice chairman of Adventist Health’s Board of Directors, I’ve had the privilege of being on the administrative end of health care for two decades. Now, as a patient, I ... Leer más Momentum Northwest Adventists have always had a penchant for fulfilling the great Gospel Commission. In the late 1800s, they generously contributed to send one of the church’s first mission boats, the Pitcairn, to the South Pacific. In 1886, some of the fi... Leer más Shopping at Wal-Mart on Sabbath A few Sabbaths ago, Sue and I were headed to Seattle for appointments. With rain pouring down, our windshield wipers were a definite necessity. Then we heard it, thump, thump, swish, clunk. One of the blades went soaring over the roof. Retrieving ... Leer más To Praise or Not to Praise Part II Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchLast month we looked at the historical battle over music century by century as each new style was brought into the church. We noted one prominent American pastor who criticized a new form of music as “too new... Leer más To Praise or Not to Praise Part I Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchAn evangelical pastor once quipped, “If I were to change my theology, I’d lose 10 percent of my members. If I changed the music style in my church, I’d lose 50 percent.”Why is this topic such a lightning rod ... Leer más Paginación Página anterior ‹‹ Página 3 Siguiente página ››
Not in My Neighborhood From the first day our daughter joined our family at 16 months old it was as though she had always been a part of it. This dark-haired, olive-skinned, beautiful little girl from Guatemala was a blessing from the Lord.One summer as a teenager she e... Leer más
C.S.... On My Resume! In April when I was diagnosed with a very aggressive, stage 4, non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer called mantle cell, I said, "I never wanted to have 'cancer survivor' on my résumé but now I desperately do." On Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, when Sue and I hear... Leer más
New Desire of Ages Edition Makes an Impact Northwest Members Encouraged to Read It in 2007 One of the best New Year’s resolutions I have ever made was to read through the book, The Desire of Ages. A new edition of this devotional classic was mailed to every Northwest Adventist home in time for Christmas. And it’s better than ever since ... Leer más
Read It Again For the First Time For the First TimeA number of years ago our family was having evening worship. We were reading my favorite devotional book, The Desire of Ages, and noticed that it wasn't being received with the same enthusiastic response from the younger generati... Leer más
Jesus Is Coming . . . in Three Days! . . . in Three Days!Ever since the gawking gang of guys from Galilee stood gazing up into heaven there has been a dilemma. They sincerely believed that Jesus would come back in their lifetime. Yet even He had preached, "Occupy till I come."Down th... Leer más
Dedicated to Quality and Compassion Presently, I am experiencing a side of health care that I never have before. As vice chairman of Adventist Health’s Board of Directors, I’ve had the privilege of being on the administrative end of health care for two decades. Now, as a patient, I ... Leer más
Momentum Northwest Adventists have always had a penchant for fulfilling the great Gospel Commission. In the late 1800s, they generously contributed to send one of the church’s first mission boats, the Pitcairn, to the South Pacific. In 1886, some of the fi... Leer más
Shopping at Wal-Mart on Sabbath A few Sabbaths ago, Sue and I were headed to Seattle for appointments. With rain pouring down, our windshield wipers were a definite necessity. Then we heard it, thump, thump, swish, clunk. One of the blades went soaring over the roof. Retrieving ... Leer más
To Praise or Not to Praise Part II Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchLast month we looked at the historical battle over music century by century as each new style was brought into the church. We noted one prominent American pastor who criticized a new form of music as “too new... Leer más
To Praise or Not to Praise Part I Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchAn evangelical pastor once quipped, “If I were to change my theology, I’d lose 10 percent of my members. If I changed the music style in my church, I’d lose 50 percent.”Why is this topic such a lightning rod ... Leer más
