Dumb and Dumber There are vaccines for smallpox, polio and tuberculosis. Flu shots and inoculations against all sorts of unspeakable are in plenteous supply. But there is no such remedy for being dumb. Personal pedigree is no guarantee. Academic degrees do not pr... Read more
Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries 2011 Northwest Convention Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries Northwest chapter held its spring meeting April 28–May 1 on the beautiful shores of Coeur d'Alene Lake, Idaho. Those who attended were blessed and inspired with the prayer breakfast message by Henry Marti... Read more
Our Eternal Mission A few simple words from Ellen White are embedded in the very fabric of our Adventist philosophy of education: " ... the work of education and the work of redemption are one." (Education, p. 30) This holistic view of mankind is a defining character... Read more
Tech-NO They were gathered around the restaurant table — husband, wife and two girls. Between bites of my own dinner, I observed their marked lack of interaction. There were no shared smiles or playful winks. Each was lost in a separate world, fiddling wi... Read more
Leading Little Lambs The Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore, once observed, "Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." 1There is indeed a fresh promise written within each Adventist child. The soft, fertile soil of each young heart and... Read more
Fate or Faith "We walk by faith and not by sight." 2 Cor. 5:7In Mark chapter 5, fate makes its play, but faith comes out the winner.Two lives hang in the balance as Jesus makes his way through the pressing throng. Two lives, with everything to gain and everythi... Read more
Northwest Hispanic His-story God has not chosen angels to proclaim His salvation, but has chosen people. People have always played a very important role in the salvation of other people. Before destruction struck the earth with the flood, God chose Enoch to tell people about ... Read more
The Wall As a lad and the youngest of three boys, I eagerly accepted the role of chief underdog and pest. Having three guys in one bedroom was interesting enough, but placing me in the backseat of an automobile with two older brothers was a formula destine... Read more
Present Darkness, Future Hope Have you noticed the unsettling headlines recently? Headlines clearly remind us time is short and Jesus is coming soon — very soon.Tens of thousands of angry people shouting with their fists in the air protesting changes in their labor union negot... Read more
