Never in My Lifetime This February's black history celebration will be a heightened one of joy and pride as a defining time in history for African Americans and people of color in the United States.On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in on the steps of the U.S... Read more
Things I've Learned I don't often tout this fact, but I was an early advocate of gender equality. My chubby 3-year-old fingers turned page after page of our family's heirloom photo album, blue ballpoint pen in hand. The irreplaceable, stern visages therein, male and ... Read more
New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness! New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness!Last year my children and I resolved to adopt every whale, sponsor all the freeways, and scale Everest in our "spare" time. We planned to take on global correspondences, train for extended marathons and fi... Read more
¿Deseas Estudiar la Bíblia Conmigo? ¿Cómo haces para encontrar personas que deseen estudiar la Bíblia? Le pregunté a un hermano quien me contó que tenía más de 50 personas estudiando la Bíblia con él. "Muy fácil," me dijo, "yo oro a Dios a Dios, salgo de mi casa y le pregunto a las ... Read more
Healthy Choices Resolve to Be HealthyIt is hard to break habits. Here are some tips to help you make resolutions you can keep:Take some time to think and plan. Spur-of-the-moment resolutions don't last.Set a specific, achievable goal (for example, "I will lose 5 ... Read more
FYI - January 2009 NPUC Welcomes Torkelsen as PresidentThe North Pacific Union Conference is pleased to welcome Max Torkelsen II as NPUC president. Torkelsen fills the position left vacant since the death of Jere Patzer, former president, in Oct. 2008.Torkelsen and ... Read more
Active for Life People of all ages, shapes, sizes and abilities can benefit from regular physical activity. As you choose to become more physically active, here are guidelines to help you succeed.Some activity is better than none.Start slowly. Choose activities y... Read more
Active for Life When the nation's top health experts picked the ten most important behaviors Americans could do to improve health, their first recommendation was, "Increase the proportion of people who engage regularly, preferably daily, in moderate physical acti... Read more
Active for Life My motivation for exercise is to stay healthy and to run long-distance events for as many years as possible. If I don't keep up the training, that next marathon is not going to be fun, and fun is important! God made me a walking (now running), tal... Read more
