What if boredom isn’t a problem to fix—but the quiet space where you finally hear God?
Category: Editor’s note
When my daughter first started going to the school, she saw the Adventist Church logo on the signs and said, “Daddy, is this your work?”
Even if we cannot go to every nation, immigration brings the nations to us. When someone from a country closed to Christianity comes to live in a place of religious freedom, we are given a unique opportunity to share the gospel with them.
A dad bod is casual, built by neglect and circumstance; to build a father figure requires work.
I wonder if our expectation of Jesus’ second coming has warped our motivations.
The call to mission was as strong as it has ever been. “If you are not committed to mission, you are like a firefighter who runs into a burning building just to fix a painting on the wall,” he said.
The brief interaction gave me an important lesson. While it’s easy to get caught up in the politics of the Church at a time like the GC Session, this young couple saw an opportunity to do good.
I truly believe testimonies are a non-threatening way to share the power of God at work in our lives with those who may not know Him yet.
There’s nothing more empowering than learning how your body works and making informed decisions, even in our small daily choices.
Having children now of my own, I’ve come back to this teaching and wondered again what element exactly children display that Jesus was trying to highlight.