January

January is here, with eyes that keenly glow, A frost-mailed warrior striding a shadowy steed of snow. Excerpt from “The Masque of Months” by Edgar...
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Pacific Union Conference Hopes to...

The Seventh-day Adventist Church, generally speaking, has had a problem with art. To be more specific, the Adventist Church has struggled in knowing...
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Gratitude in the New Year

It was just about 5 o’clock on Tuesday when the phone rang. A reader in South Dakota was calling with his annual donation, and of course, to share...
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The Noel Mystery

Once a year we celebrate a festivity called Christmas There are many elements in this gaiety known as Christmas ‘Tis the season of giving and...
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Comfort Ye My People: Handel's...

Skid Row, Los Angeles. No one is quite sure how many people live on these streets, but we do know this 54-block area of Downtown LA is home to the...
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A-Caroling We Go

Join us in celebrating the Christmas season with these classic Christmas carols.   A cappella singer Peter Hollens released his rendition of Mary,...
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December

In drear-nighted December,    Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne’er remember    Their green felicity: The north cannot undo them With a...
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Lessons from Yellow Trout Lilies: Watch...

I was startled one March morning to notice a massive buttery spread of thousands of flowers along the tree-studded ridges where I had walked daily....
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A Litany of Thanksgiving

Every year at Thanksgiving dinner, before the prayer is said, it’s become a tradition in my family to go around the table and say what we have been...
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A Thanksgiving Meditation – Betting on...

The national discussion (screaming match?) regarding the treatment of refugees from Syria presents this question: Are we called to extend compassion...
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