Beauty in Words

by Vanessa Shipowick   And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree […]

by Ed Browning   We walked along the road, my friend and I. It was an ordinary road, and our feet felt heavy and gritty as the dust, warmed and dried […]

by Melani Dubon   On the holy day After two days in the grave The third day alive   The stone rolled away To break Satan’s evil curse God’s Consecrated, […]

by Melani Dubon Hanging on a cross Beaten and bruised; forsaken There for you and me   Telling the story Perfected for Israel The old prophecy That will save you […]

by Melani Dubon     On the dark hillside Praying to the Great Father Carrying our sins   He gives no fight When the temple soldiers come Betrayed by a […]

CHRISTOS ANESTI      As a girl growing up in a Greek Orthodox home, Easter was the highest time of the year.   We had forty days of fasting from meat, dairy […]

The food had just arrived at our table when we got the call from the hospital. We had spent the day at my grandpa’s bedside and had found a place […]

I have always considered Abraham’s offering (aborted, thankfully) of Isaac as the saddest story in the entire Bible.  There are other contenders in both Old and New Testaments:  the expulsion […]

We all know on Thursday night of his final week, Jesus was arrested and forced to stand trail, first by the Jewish Council, and then by the Roman Magistrate.  We […]

  Welcomed in the city On that bright, jubilant day With palm fronds waving   Kingly, yet humble Entering on a young colt Flowers in the air The crowds singing […]

The world we live in is the result of sin, that is a selfish heart.In every dispensation, God is taking away every excuse of why we think we can live […]

Aside from the Lord’s Prayer, Adventists don’t typically put names to things that happen in the Bible.  Today, in other denominations, carries the title Palm Sunday, marking the day Jesus […]

Romans 12:1-2 “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.  Let them be a […]

              When I think of words that describe God, I think of just the word attentive. I think of this word because of all the ways we see evidence […]