September October 2020

On Mission . . . In Portugal

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Igreja de Deus do Sétimo Dia de Portugal (ID7DP, or Church of God of the Seventh Day of…

Let Justice Roll

Reading Time: 6 minutesFebruary 23, 2020: An unarmed 25-year-old man in Georgia ran past a house in the middle of the day,…

Becoming Conformed

Reading Time: 4 minutesDo you remember your first memory verse? I do. Dorothy Keim taught it to me at a church convention…

Repairing the Breach

Reading Time: 4 minutesPreviously in this column I wrote about the collapse in 1967 of the Silver Bridge, connecting Point Pleasant, West…

From Water, Wine

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith a sincere gust of breath, I blew out the candles on my birthday cake. As seven gave way…

Following God’s Dream

Reading Time: 4 minutes“I don’t know exactly what I want to do,” Tricia said to her friend and prayer partner, Susan. “I’ve…

Becoming Through Suffering

Reading Time: 5 minutesSuffering, loss, grief, and death are all part of this fallen world. No one is immune; believers and non-believers…

Hey God. Hey John.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMe: Hey God. God: Hello. Me: I’m falling apart. Can you put me back…

Streams in the Wasteland

Reading Time: 5 minutesSometimes I catch myself looking at an old picture of my mother holding me as a baby. A proud,…

Is Righteousness a status or process?

Reading Time: 2 minutesDoes being made righteous refer to a status or a process? The short answer is both