By Debbonnaire Kovacs, 1-19-2017 This week’s devotion is about handbells. At our church the entire handbell ensemble is named Unity for reasons which you will understand after reading that devotion. We also have a smaller ensemble of the most experienced and coordinated musicians, called Spirited. Here is a chance to see this smaller group at […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Jan. 19, 2017 This week’s Bible passages include 1 Cor. 1:10-18, which begins with Paul’s exhortation to the Corinthian church members to agree, with no divisions, and his hope that they will be “made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.” Unity. It’s quite a word. What is it […]
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January 12, 2017: Dr. Fritz Guy will speak twice on Sabbath, January 14, in New York City. His presentations are scheduled at the Historic Manhattan Seventh-day Adventist Church, 232 West 11th Street, a block and a half west of Seventh Avenue in the Greenwich Village neighborhood. At noon, during the 11:30 am worship […]
January 12, 2017: The Adventist Agricultural Association (AdAgrA) is a fairly young ministry whose mission is to “to encourage and support all seeking to understand and follow God’s plan for agriculture through networking, mentoring, and information sharing.” The About Us page on their website states, in part, “Agriculture is an important aspect of Adventism […]
Posted Jan 12, 2017 by Debbonnaire Kovacs On February 7, 2016, the new West Kenya Union Conference office had its official opening ceremony in Kisumu, Kenya. The president of the Republic of Kenya, the Honerable Uhuru Kenyatta, attended. I found this wonderful short video of the march-past by the Pathfinders, which has over 19,000 views. […]
By Philip S. Chen, Professor of Chemistry, Atlantic Union College, MA. 1942 EDITOR’S NOTE: Our faithful contributor, Sam Chen, has sent us something very different from his usual submissions. His eldest brother, a retired scientist, recently forwarded to him an article written by their father, Philip S. Chen, then chemistry professor at Atlantic Union College […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Jan 12, 2017 Based on Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-42 I’ve come to be by myself for a while, here with nothing but rocks and wind and scrub brush to distract. The people are so needy, and I care about them, but they are so wearing. I get tired and frustrated and […]
by Stephen Ferguson, January 8, 2017: Would we be better off without religion? Should Christians ask themselves: “What if God doesn’t exist – would I still do this?” When confronted with a particularly difficult moral or ethical decision, I sometimes wonder if my Christian faith assists or instead hinders my doing the right thing. Celebrity […]
Debbonnaire Kovacs, 1-5-17 Calling all song writers! Here is a contest you need to know about. This information is from the inSpire website. inSpire is “a research and development entity for creative ministry in the Pacific Union Conference. inSpire is a virtual and real community of Seventh-day Adventist members gifted in, and passionate about the […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Jan 2, 2017 Psalm 72, a psalm of David, is a prayer for “the king,” and seems to portray David as asking God for wisdom for his own reign, but it is also clearly about an eternal king; that is, the Messiah (see verses 5 and 6, for example). It can be […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, 1-5-17 Shape note singing arose in early America as a means of teaching singing to people without formal musical training. It is sung entirely for the joy of singing, rarely for performance, and is universally religious in tone, though groups often include large numbers of people who are not necessarily Christians. They […]
