By Melissa Wuske The Impact of the Self-Employed Workforce Many people picture massive corporations as the driving force of employment in the United States, but according to a Pew Research study, self-employed people provide a significant share of jobs—10 percent of U.S. workers are self-employed, and they employ an additional 20 percent of the workforce; […]
Bought Back
By David Faust Hosea had it rough. God commanded him to marry a promiscuous woman. Sometime later, after she bore three children, Hosea’s wife, Gomer, reverted to her old ways and fell into the arms of another man. Now it was time for another difficult command. The Lord told Hosea, “Go, show your love to […]
An Unfaithful Bride—The Uniform Lesson for January 17, 2016
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 […]
In The World—January 10, 2016
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 […]
#BlackLivesMatter
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 […]
