Resources Bible verse for the year: Every year since 1979 I’ve searched for a Bible verse for the year. In January I write the verse in the front of my Bible, memorize it, hang it in several places in my home and at work, and study the chapters around it. Often I stand amazed at…
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The Rock and the Roller Coaster
I like roller coasters, but I like rocks better. Every now and then (admittedly less often as the years pass) I find myself getting on a roller coaster to be lifted and plunged, tossed and turned. It’s thrilling. Scary — but safe-scary. I am buckled in tight, riding on a short, predictable track, then the…
Searching for Security
When we feel alone and worthless, we often look for satisfaction in all the wrong places. Jesus stands ready to fulfill our heart’s deepest desires.
Searching for Security – Resources
When we feel alone and worthless, we often look for satisfaction in all the wrong places. Jesus stands ready to fulfill our heart’s deepest desires.
Hope for a Poor Self-Image
What are the signs of a poor self-image, and what are the causes? Here are some insights and suggestions to lead us into the light of God’s truth.
The Olympics and Learning to Limp
Like many, I watched some of the Olympics on TV over the past two weeks. The training and talent of the young athletes were breathtaking. Their vigor and vitality, to say nothing of their amazing feats, made me want to put on my running shoes, or swimsuit, and get outside — get in shape! It…
The Most Challenging Race
A runner learns to trust God when the bottom falls out of her world. by Christina Rose as told to Donna L. Morse I felt the pull, then the pain. It immediately slowed my pace. I’d never had an injury in all my high school years of cross-country running. Far from home in new surroundings,…
Send Us Your Story
History Now What? has been online since late 1996 (http://nowwhat.cog7.org/) and is published by the Bible Advocate Press, the publishing agency of the General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day). Frequency Now What? is posted monthly. Editorial Focus Now What? addresses the “felt needs” of the unchurched (grief, depression, sickness, etc.). Each issue…
Let the Children
My small, rural church in the Ozarks is teeming with children. In the life of this congregation they are both disturbance and delight. I am as likely to be correcting them for swinging riotously from the banisters as I am to praise them for behaving so nicely in service. All told, our fellowship would be…
Finding Freedom on Independence Day
The Father love of God reaches out to His hurting child. by P. J. Anna Fireworks explode all around me tonight. The Nebraska summer air is thickened as thousands of brilliant lights fill the night sky. Despite the excitement, the annual celebration of our country’s independence is a vivid, painful reminder of the worst…