Family A Christmas Resolution Another year is almost history. In one more month we'll be putting up new calendars — at least the few of us who still tack paper calendars on the wall. What sort of year does your 2010 calendar reflect?"The best year yet," say some. "Good riddanc... Read more FYI Knowles Steps in as Montana PresidentThe Montana Conference executive committee, met Monday, Oct. 18, in Bozeman, Mont., and elected Merlin L. Knowles as conference president. Knowles comes to the position from his role as executive secretary for ... Read more The Revolving Fund The North Pacific Union Conference Revolving Fund is not just a ledger sheet. All the financial figures represent people who are helping churches and schools accomplish their individual and collective missions. Here are a few illustrative facts.Th... Read more NPUC Revolving Fund Christmases past are littered with the husks of broken toys, never-worn ties and over-the-top feasts. But beyond those forgotten attempts are the treasured "pay-it-forward" gifts that are truly priceless. They can never be compensated — only passe... Read more An Evangelistic Funeral I was recently thinking about the most successful evangelistic effort I ever had. It wasn't really an evangelistic meeting in the ordinary sense of the word. It was a funeral. Here's the story behind the story.Two boys were having a sort of Tom Sa... Read more Losing Our Marbles The old church was a monument to hardwood — the chairs, the floor, all polished to a mirror finish that amplified every squeak, footstep and whisper. It was an unlikely place in which to conduct academy chapel services. But every week, I joined 30... Read more The Elder Emeritus I never knew his last name. Like Peter, James, John and Paul, it never seemed to matter. He was no longer young, but in his later eighties. His wife had died and he had been urged into an assisted living care home in Salem, Oregon. Ed walked the a... Read more Inspiration Have you ever had something happen to you that was very inspirational but you're not sure how to share it with others — or even if you should? Maybe an inner voice is telling you, "Don't share that, they'll just think it's silly!" Hesitation sets ... Read more Northwest News NW Member Cruise Alaska "Fabulous!" "A foretaste of heavenly beauty!" "What a great experience!" and similar remarks came during the week of Aug. 15–22, as 91 members of various Seventh-day Adventist congregations all across the country found themselves on board the Sapp... Read more Iglesia Hispana de Nampa inaugurará nuevo edificio En el verano del año 2007, poco antes de que la economía empezara a desacelerar, un representante de la Ciudad de Nampa, Estado de Idaho, buscaba asiduamente al pastor encargado de la Iglesia Adventista Hispana del lugar. Cuando finalmente lo cont... Read more FYI 144,000 Votes Make Mt. Ellis a WinnerMount Ellis Academy in Bozeman, Mont., finished 10th among nationwide schools participating in the online Kohl's Cares contest, which wrapped up Sept. 3. The contest promised to award $500,000 grants to the 20 ... Read more Letters Belated Reflections on an EditorialI was just reading Max Torkelsen's editorial in the August 2009 issue of the GLEANER.I sense [a] focus on the outward appearance throughout much of Adventism. It is almost as if it is more important to look good ... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Current page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
A Christmas Resolution Another year is almost history. In one more month we'll be putting up new calendars — at least the few of us who still tack paper calendars on the wall. What sort of year does your 2010 calendar reflect?"The best year yet," say some. "Good riddanc... Read more
FYI Knowles Steps in as Montana PresidentThe Montana Conference executive committee, met Monday, Oct. 18, in Bozeman, Mont., and elected Merlin L. Knowles as conference president. Knowles comes to the position from his role as executive secretary for ... Read more
The Revolving Fund The North Pacific Union Conference Revolving Fund is not just a ledger sheet. All the financial figures represent people who are helping churches and schools accomplish their individual and collective missions. Here are a few illustrative facts.Th... Read more
NPUC Revolving Fund Christmases past are littered with the husks of broken toys, never-worn ties and over-the-top feasts. But beyond those forgotten attempts are the treasured "pay-it-forward" gifts that are truly priceless. They can never be compensated — only passe... Read more
An Evangelistic Funeral I was recently thinking about the most successful evangelistic effort I ever had. It wasn't really an evangelistic meeting in the ordinary sense of the word. It was a funeral. Here's the story behind the story.Two boys were having a sort of Tom Sa... Read more
Losing Our Marbles The old church was a monument to hardwood — the chairs, the floor, all polished to a mirror finish that amplified every squeak, footstep and whisper. It was an unlikely place in which to conduct academy chapel services. But every week, I joined 30... Read more
The Elder Emeritus I never knew his last name. Like Peter, James, John and Paul, it never seemed to matter. He was no longer young, but in his later eighties. His wife had died and he had been urged into an assisted living care home in Salem, Oregon. Ed walked the a... Read more
Inspiration Have you ever had something happen to you that was very inspirational but you're not sure how to share it with others — or even if you should? Maybe an inner voice is telling you, "Don't share that, they'll just think it's silly!" Hesitation sets ... Read more
Northwest News NW Member Cruise Alaska "Fabulous!" "A foretaste of heavenly beauty!" "What a great experience!" and similar remarks came during the week of Aug. 15–22, as 91 members of various Seventh-day Adventist congregations all across the country found themselves on board the Sapp... Read more
Iglesia Hispana de Nampa inaugurará nuevo edificio En el verano del año 2007, poco antes de que la economía empezara a desacelerar, un representante de la Ciudad de Nampa, Estado de Idaho, buscaba asiduamente al pastor encargado de la Iglesia Adventista Hispana del lugar. Cuando finalmente lo cont... Read more
FYI 144,000 Votes Make Mt. Ellis a WinnerMount Ellis Academy in Bozeman, Mont., finished 10th among nationwide schools participating in the online Kohl's Cares contest, which wrapped up Sept. 3. The contest promised to award $500,000 grants to the 20 ... Read more
Letters Belated Reflections on an EditorialI was just reading Max Torkelsen's editorial in the August 2009 issue of the GLEANER.I sense [a] focus on the outward appearance throughout much of Adventism. It is almost as if it is more important to look good ... Read more
