Author: ourCOG

The Online Risk: Do You Know Where Your Kids Are Surfing?

Today, moms have good reason to be concerned about how their teens use the Internet, but the truth is, online dangers pale compared to the risks of drunk driving. In 2007, 6,552 people were killed in auto accidents involving young drivers (16-20), acco... »

Bibles Fall Like Rain Over North Korea

On July 19, a balloon-launch team met near Paju, South Korea, to launch 30 balloons carrying New Testaments, Scripture verses and other gospel messages into North Korea. With a typhoon fast approaching the Korean peninsula, heavy rain and wind carried ... »

Historic Church of God Congregation Celebrates 50 Years

Fifty years ago a church was founded on the campus of the Church of God Home for Children. That church, what is today the Parkway Church of God in Sevierville, Tennessee, held its JUBILEE 2012 50th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Th... »

The Empty Pail

“You see that pail?” he says,both asking a question andmaking a statement in the same breath.“Every day he brings it with him,and every day it’s empty.”Every day,working himself to exhaustion,he carries the empty pail – full of promises,of hopes,of dreams,of the future.Every day,when the noon whistle blows,the other men take out their pails,and pull out sandwich... »