By Kelly Carr I met Forrest Theiss when he attended our church several years ago. He told us about the rare genetic disease that was discovered in him and his brother during a medical screening to enter the military. What was thought to be a heart murmur in his identical twin brother, Dan, turned out […]
By Dr. Mark Scott School boys used to say, “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugliness goes all the way to the bone.” When it is spiritual ugliness, it goes deeper still. The minor prophet Hosea experienced spiritual ugliness. Like many of God’s prophets, his life got intertwined with his prophecy. Last week’s lesson about […]
By Melissa Wuske 3-D Printers Help Surgeons Mia Gonzalez, age 4, spent years of her life sick and out of breath before doctors found she had a malformed aorta. The condition required a tricky surgery in order to give her a fully functioning heart. To tackle the challenge, Dr. Redmond Burke, Mia’s surgeon and director […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness With the dawning of a new year, it is time to put away the previous year’s days, whether dominated by joy or permeated with sadness or an equal measure of the two, and clear away room for what is ahead. I mostly feel optimism about the new year, but hidden beneath […]
Devotional thoughts on Song of Solomon 6:4-12 By Elizabeth Matko Despite God’s warning that we should avoid comparing ourselves to others (Galatians 6:4), we do it all the time, don’t we? Even worse, we do it to our friends, coworkers, parents, children, and our spouses. Comparisons seem harmless—even positive—if they are in our favor. However, […]
