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I could now write a book titled, "Lessons Mom Taught Me." I couldn't have written it when I was a child, or even a teenager. But now that I'm a mom, I realize that my mom's example taught me all along, that I stored lessons in...
 

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New Adventist Chaplaincy director plans more training, recruiting

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
On the surface not much has changed for Colonel Gary Councell since he became director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries on May 1.

ADRA to assist Myanmar cyclone survivors

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is joining other aid organizations in responding to survivors of Tropical Cyclone Nargis, a 10-hour storm that killed an estimated 22,000 people and left more than 40,000 unaccounted for when it slammed Myanmar last weekend, the Foreign Ministry said.

No pulpit, no problem: New Adventist lay training center wants 'spiritual entrepreneurs'

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
"Don't worry," Ken Norton tells uncertain church members during his guest-preaching gigs. "I have my license." He means his driver's license, not his ministerial credential.

Adventist Church associate communication director Smith dies at 54

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Reger C. Smith Jr., a Seventh-day Adventist musician and designer who served as the world church's Associate Communication Director for Public Relations, died May 8 following a lengthy illness at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Bible Says

The Greatest of These

As I bustled around the kitchen preparing supper for my family a little neighbor girl poked her head in our back door. "I'm thirsty," she whined. I was not feeling kindly toward this child who often pinched my children...

"Bread of Life"

At a young age, I learned to make bread by watching Aunt Chepa on those cold Chilean winters. We would arrive at her home and the sweet aroma of the milk-diluted yeast would guide us to her roomy kitchen. She would say that...

Out of Our Element

When the neighbors are away, their German shepherd stays in their basement, accessing the outdoors through her own special door. Each evening we come to play with her, feed her, and shut her in for the night. Each morning, we...

Holy Ground

Whatever happened to holiness? That may sound like a strange question to you. But, then, maybe it doesn't sound strange at all. Maybe you, like me, have wondered that very thing.

Staying Young

Think About Thinking

Thinking is a skill, and one you can always get better at if you take the time to think about your thinking! The brain is incredible in its ability to take in information, but what it does with this information is a unique...

It Is Written to Air Special Mother's Day Program on May 11

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
This Sunday (May 11) It Is Written will feature a special Mother's Day program on its weekly telecast. During this show, Shawn and Jean Boonstra will speak candidly about the challenges of motherhood in a busy world. This program will then be followed up by a Father's Day telecast on June 15.

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Place: Saint Elmo, IL
Sabbath Starts:
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