UCC Response to COVID-19Dear Upper Columbia Conference family,We face uncharted and unprecedented times, due to the COVID-19 virus. Each day our medical professionals are giving us new guidance on how best to navigate these waters. Now the White House is recommending groups of no more than 10 … [Read more...]
Are You Jesus?
In the year 2005, I retired from a nice long career as a teacher and school principal in both public and private schools. As with most teachers, I had many good, wonderful moments, and a few not so good. That’s normal and to be expected in a human world of sin—a world filled with both good and bad. … [Read more...]
He Is Enough
It has been an exhausting addiction. From as far back as I can remember, I'd worked at maintaining a sense of control and making sure everyone around me was happy with me rather than upset. I suppose that as far as most people were concerned, looking from the outside, I really had nothing to … [Read more...]
What Jesus’ Death Means to Me
To me Easter means more than chocolate bunnies and peeps. Easter is when Christ died for our sins. Easter is a reminder of how much God loves us, and it is a reminder of the place in heaven Jesus has prepared for us. Easter is the unending love that Jesus has for us. Easter … [Read more...]
Willing to Stand
I was serving as a Physical Therapist at the Seventh-day Adventist Clinic in Moscow, Russia, and treating a beautiful little shy, blond, blue-eyed girl of eleven. Natasha had broken her forearm while playing with her brother. The arm was put in a non-padded cast and she was sent home. … [Read more...]
Filling the Void
Where are we going? Where will we stay? What will we do? Where is the food going to come from? “Mom, you just arrived here and don’t even know the roads.” Fear griped me as these thoughts ran through my nine-year-old mind. One day while my dad was at work , Mom told me to pack my bags, because … [Read more...]
A Painful Reminder
It was the first day of spring, 2010. I was 10 years old and my sisters and I were visiting my grandma during spring vacation. It was a beautiful sunny, spring day, so we all decided to go for a walk to the river just up the road from Grandma’s house. I rode my bike while Grandma and my sisters … [Read more...]
“Lord, Change Me”
I grew up in an alcoholic home. I married an alcoholic/addict. I've had my own issues with alcohol. Consequently, even though I knew Jesus and had invited Him into my heart, I never thought to trust Him with everything in my life. So I would pray daily for God to stop my husband from drinking. … [Read more...]
What Difference Does Jesus Make?
Just when we thought that everything was really going well, my wife, Bev, began to have some medical problems. She was visiting the doctor more and more frequently. After many months they did a CT scan and discovered a large tumor on her Thymus gland. I couldn’t believe this was really happening to … [Read more...]
Parallels
A car. It looks like most others. Four wheels, four doors, windshield, steering wheel, seats, motor. You get the point. It’s a ’96 Camry. And it was a gift to a poor Nanny. Completely paid for. To someone whose first car cost a mere $50, this was treasure beyond description. Ellie sat there, … [Read more...]