Trash Talking A friend of mine slaved one summer on a garbage crew. The long, muggy days got more than a bit monotonous. Read more
Excited To Be a Seventh-day Advangelist Our son, Darin, manages the Adventist radio station in Spokane, Washington. As a part of their outreach, they operate an online Discover Bible school. He shared an e-mail with me that he had received from one of his students. He said, “It made my ... Read more
I Saw the "Latter Rain" For years I’ve heard, preached, and believed that just before Christ’s return the "latter rain" would fall. This would be a time, as we understand it, when God’s Spirit would be poured out in such a powerful way that previously unreached people wo... Read more
Don't Change the Channel "Hey, I know what we can do for the July 4 weekend,” my brother Paul spoke with the intensity of the boss on The Apprentice. “Let’s cruise to Knoxville. What do ya say?” Read more
A Letter to God It all started when I was in the second grade. My teacher told us our town, Raymond, Washington, was so small that almost no one even knew where it was. That piece of information troubled me, and I began to worry about both me and my little town. ... Read more
To Be a Light as the Lights Go Out It is early morning, and I am sitting at the kitchen table in the parsonage in Savoonga. This little Eskimo village of 300 lies at the east end of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea about 35 miles off the coast of Siberia.It is still many hours... Read more
Camp Church "John, Jacob Jingleheimer ..." It’s been 30 years, but I still remember my mind drifting amidst the chorus of campers as the bus rumbled down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Why can't I get excited about camp like everyone else? I wondered. I was about as... Read more
Thank You, Camp Staff As a former camp director, I can attest to the quality and value of our youth and family camp programs.There are at least five reasons why this “big business” of camp operation deserves the support and trust we place in it.· At a time when the wor... Read more
