Whither Shall I Go From Your Spirit?* – Second Place
Toward the end of my seventh grade year, I developed depression. I wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t eating, and I was isolating myself from my friends…
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Perfection – Third Place (tie)
I find myself struggling with the concept of perfection on a daily basis. I feel the need to be as close to flawless as possible…
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Beyond Summer Camps – Third Place (tie)
Since I’ve been a teenager growing up in the Church, summer youth camps have always been the “spiritual high” in my Christian walk. I always…
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The Fear Fight – Honorable Mention
Fear took control over my life at a young age. I was never that child who played and hugged dogs. I was afraid of them…
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On Mission . . . In Portugal
The Igreja de Deus do Sétimo Dia de Portugal (ID7DP, or Church of God of the Seventh Day of Portugal) is a merger of two…
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Let Justice Roll
Christians are justified by a God of justice and commanded to be people of justice, but often we fail to embrace our identity and calling.
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Becoming Conformed
Do you remember your first memory verse? I do. Dorothy Keim taught it to me at a church convention in 1973, when I was seven.…
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Repairing the Breach
Previously in this column I wrote about the collapse in 1967 of the Silver Bridge, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. The bridge…
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Fall Support Letter
Dear BA Reader and Friend, I hope this fall support letter finds you and yours safe and well. What a year it has been! I…
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From Water, Wine
With a sincere gust of breath, I blew out the candles on my birthday cake. As seven gave way to eight, I quickly turned from…
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