A former member of the Highland SDA Church writes “Sabbath Thoughts” a couple times a month. These blog posts are meant to draw the reader closer to God and to encourage contemplation of various Christian topics.
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Creative Creator
I’m not always the most observant person. Most years it seems to me that the landscape goes from barren tundra to lush rainforest almost overnight. So this year I made […]
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Not Bread
I’ve heard people say if you have a problem spending too much money that you should try going to a cash only system. Honestly that probably would curb a lot […]
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Why Not Me?
I remember thinking, when I was a child, that my mother would get headaches very frequently. Now that I’m the age she would have been back then… I get the […]
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Heaven
When I was a child I would often get very excited about going to certain things like the county fair, the park, the pool, the book sale, etc. I would […]
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Keeping House
Yesterday Darryl encouraged us to think about how much time we spend with God whether in prayer, in the Word, or in doing His will (which could include many activities). […]
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Loving as God Loves
After the first communion service, Jesus gave His disciples the new commandment which of course is only new to us in that it has been forgotten (Leviticus 19:18, 34). “A […]
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Are We Only Sabbath Friends?
A few weeks ago, I asked Darryl how someone he knew was doing. He said he was hoping to visit with them Sabbath afternoon but that he really should be […]
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Think No Evil
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote on the benefits of reading 1 Corinthians 13. It is not a theologically hard chapter to understand but I could spend many hours, […]
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No Pain, No Gain
“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things […]
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Escape Room
According to dictionary.cambridge.org, an escape room is “a game where people are locked into a room and have to find a way to escape by finding clues in it, and […]
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Power Assist
I made a realization after being off of work for about two weeks. By the end of my first day back, my mental state was almost the same as it […]
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Seating Arrangement
Today our normal church service was cancelled due to impending snow. Therefore, Ryan and I decided to visit another church in our area. I’ve gotten to know a few people […]