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SDB Design Sprint Retreat
What is a Design Sprint Retreat? This past weekend, it involved over 20 participants representing 6 Seventh Day Baptist Churches. We gathered in Alfred Station, NY at Camp Harley Sutton and the Alfred Station SDB Church from Friday, April 5th to Sunday, April 7th. And...
Sabbath Recorder – April 2024
In this issue of the Sabbath Recorder: Hosanna the Donkey - Elianna McHenry Want Some Pudding? - Kevin Butler John 3:16: A Story of Unconditional Love - Steve Moncrief Abiding in Jesus: Lessons from a Russian Nesting Doll - John Pethtel Storytelling With... - Carl...
Introspection at Muddy Waters
Picture yourself hiking through the mountains and coming across a pristine mountain stream. You are parched after journeying for miles in the summer heat, and immediately drop down to your knees to enjoy a sip of water from the flowing creek. Just before you get your...
Unearth The Church
I am writing to you all today to let you know that my book—Unearth the Church—is complete. It has cleared all of the hurdles of copyediting and typesetting and cover design and publisher review and it is, as you read these words, published and available for purchase....
Trust the Process
He told me that my body would feel like garbage. He said that I might feel weaker and not stronger. He said that healing would be more costly than ignoring my condition. Despite this lackluster sales pitch, he emphatically called me to “Trust the process.”[1] Process...
Healing Lightly
I have found myself in the Emergency Room on a number of occasions. Normal: stick in the eye. Not-so-normal: E coli vaccination for cows administered in my thumb (really, but that is a long story). Whether normal or not-so-normal, I have never hoped the doctor would...