conference being held in the next few days comes just a year after the original conference where our lives took a new direction. As a human turns his life over to God and begins to live “the Way”, there are major benchmarks along the way. Much like the bringing of Israel out of Egypt where…

Jesus was teaching His disciples how to pray, He indicated that after giving honor to the Father and expressing a desire for His kingdom to come, that a high priority was to seek the Father’s will. We are to desire His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. Christ went on…

nother Gregorian calendar year has slipped by. At this time of year when we are in the long stretch between the end of one set of Holy Day observances and the beginning of another (the true beginning of a calendar year), the world around us is heavily caught up in the cleverly blended religious system…

week I was able to read a private email from an American living and working in Russia. He had asked for advice from his peers here about the wisdom of staying or leaving to come back to the U.S. His personal summation of reality within Russia was chilling. News reports later this week regarding the…

tralia, The small group here in Southern Australia send their greetings to you all. It is the change of seasons from winter to summer and the weather is alternating between the two. I have been able to spend time individually with the members and have appreciated their warmth and hospitality. Politically speaking all that would…

week we are providing the information needed for making housing reservations at both Feast sites in the U.S. – Tulsa and Oxnard. Since the contracts were completed we saw no reason to delay releasing the information but it is not something that has to be acted on immediately. The morning after I arrived in Melbourne,…

ntended to include Feast booking information this week but the hotel in Tulsa needs some more time. Hopefully we will have the information next week. Included this week is a report on the Feast from Madagascar and preliminary information on a site in Europe for 2015. On Sunday I will fly to Australia to visit…

scripture it is obvious that thanksgiving is an attitude that is bound up in a godly way of life. For example, Paul told the church in Colossae and Laodicea, “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you…

week, with Joanne Bagley’s permission, I am including her thoughts in regard to her recent near death experience. Many of you have been praying for Joanne and we have all been greatly encouraged by God’s dramatic intervention. Many are going through severe health trials and I hope it is helpful to read this amazing story…

he latter part of October, the Vatican’s Secretary of State declared that the European Union could have a significant role in solving crises around the world, if it would get back to its Christian roots. He appealed to Europe to “speak with one voice” and that voice should be developed from its Christian history. He…

Sabbath Steve Andrews will be visiting with the Dallas congregation and I will be visiting with the El Paso congregation. I will join Steve on Sunday in Dallas and we will have some time with the leadership of the COGaWA group which is headquartered there. At their request we will get together with them to…

nacles this year was remarkable in many details. Firstly, the Feast is of God and declared to be a holy convocation. The focus of attention is, “I am the Lord your God.” This spiritual focus was clearly a dominant factor this year. As one member noted, there was an atmosphere of humility not felt before.…

week a member was diagnosed with a medical condition and while trying to figure out how best to treat it she came across this advice from a medical source. “To reduce stress I recommend getting more sleep, schedule fun into your week, rest one day a week, meditate on scripture, and hang out with positive…