Editorial Unity Amid Diversity When you stand, as I did recently, in the midst of tens of thousands from every corner of the world, you cannot escape the realization that Seventh-day Adventists are part of a miracle of grace. During the final Sabbath of this year's General Conf... Read more Life Transitions Editor's note: Bryce Pascoe, who has served as the North Pacific Union Conference executive secretary since 1994, is retiring as of August 1 this year. A short paragraph about his service is included on page four. A more in-depth article will appe... Read more Remote and Necessary No one would ever have mistaken Harvey, North Dakota, for a great United States metropolis. Nor would they have imagined the corner room in the Jamestown Church basement in North Dakota to be a school. But there in those tiny schools I spent three... Read more The Yellow Bus I think you could say Herb and Iris Jensen planted the Woodland Church in Woodland, Washington. We didn't quite use that terminology in those days, but that is what they did. Some years later, I became the pastor of that church and got to know Her... Read more Stewardship It's All About Talents Life is made up of two components: time and talent. Stewardship is the management of our time and talent to the glory of God. Time is given equally to every individual. Talents are given diversely. Some have many. All have at least one.When we thi... Read more World Class Stewardship Hosea could just as well have had our modern society in mind when he wrote: "There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land. You curse and lie and kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one ... Read more Stewardship: It's All About Time The basic equation of stewardship is TIME + TALENT = LIFE. These two elements are essential to life. Money is merely a convenient medium for storing and transporting time and talent. So giving a monetary gift is symbolic of giving a portion of our... Read more Stewardship It's All About Life Last month I shared how I was privileged, early on in my ministry, to share Wednesday afternoons with Mel Rees. Around his dining room table I learned some "big ideas" about stewardship. These are ideas I still believe in and remember. The first b... Read more Stewardship: It's All About Him After finishing seminary, I became the pastor of the Woodland (Wash.) Church which was exciting, challenging and a bit intimidating because Mel Rees was a member of the congregation. Rees was the Oregon Conference stewardship director and the reco... Read more Christmas Beyond Bars A glowing fireplace with yuletide log, children caroling in the streets, brightly-wrapped packages — these are images of Christmas so many hold dear.But when the Word became flesh, there was little celebration, no red carpet, not even a welcome ma... Read more Whatever it Takes Even if it's Pathfinders There is nothing closer to our hearts than our kids, right? And there is nothing more important than nurturing them into a meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ that will secure their eternal life in Him.None of us can know for sure what decis... Read more To Serve is to Love Be nice to your brother. Don't gossip. Clean up after yourself. Help your friends. Treat your neighbor as yourself.I grew up with the Golden Rule in mind, and I suspect you did, too. "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to y... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Current page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Unity Amid Diversity When you stand, as I did recently, in the midst of tens of thousands from every corner of the world, you cannot escape the realization that Seventh-day Adventists are part of a miracle of grace. During the final Sabbath of this year's General Conf... Read more
Life Transitions Editor's note: Bryce Pascoe, who has served as the North Pacific Union Conference executive secretary since 1994, is retiring as of August 1 this year. A short paragraph about his service is included on page four. A more in-depth article will appe... Read more
Remote and Necessary No one would ever have mistaken Harvey, North Dakota, for a great United States metropolis. Nor would they have imagined the corner room in the Jamestown Church basement in North Dakota to be a school. But there in those tiny schools I spent three... Read more
The Yellow Bus I think you could say Herb and Iris Jensen planted the Woodland Church in Woodland, Washington. We didn't quite use that terminology in those days, but that is what they did. Some years later, I became the pastor of that church and got to know Her... Read more
Stewardship It's All About Talents Life is made up of two components: time and talent. Stewardship is the management of our time and talent to the glory of God. Time is given equally to every individual. Talents are given diversely. Some have many. All have at least one.When we thi... Read more
World Class Stewardship Hosea could just as well have had our modern society in mind when he wrote: "There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land. You curse and lie and kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one ... Read more
Stewardship: It's All About Time The basic equation of stewardship is TIME + TALENT = LIFE. These two elements are essential to life. Money is merely a convenient medium for storing and transporting time and talent. So giving a monetary gift is symbolic of giving a portion of our... Read more
Stewardship It's All About Life Last month I shared how I was privileged, early on in my ministry, to share Wednesday afternoons with Mel Rees. Around his dining room table I learned some "big ideas" about stewardship. These are ideas I still believe in and remember. The first b... Read more
Stewardship: It's All About Him After finishing seminary, I became the pastor of the Woodland (Wash.) Church which was exciting, challenging and a bit intimidating because Mel Rees was a member of the congregation. Rees was the Oregon Conference stewardship director and the reco... Read more
Christmas Beyond Bars A glowing fireplace with yuletide log, children caroling in the streets, brightly-wrapped packages — these are images of Christmas so many hold dear.But when the Word became flesh, there was little celebration, no red carpet, not even a welcome ma... Read more
Whatever it Takes Even if it's Pathfinders There is nothing closer to our hearts than our kids, right? And there is nothing more important than nurturing them into a meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ that will secure their eternal life in Him.None of us can know for sure what decis... Read more
To Serve is to Love Be nice to your brother. Don't gossip. Clean up after yourself. Help your friends. Treat your neighbor as yourself.I grew up with the Golden Rule in mind, and I suspect you did, too. "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to y... Read more
