About three summers ago, a late evening thunderstorm, complete with high winds, hail, rain, lightning, and bass drum thunder, caused a hickory tree to topple over our driveway. It took a kind bother-in-law with a wood-burning fireplace, a chainsaw, hard work, and just pure old July heat and humidity-induced sweat to clear it all up. […]

In looking at some pictures, I had taken while on missions trips, I was reminded of how the scripture teaches us to view our burdens and the unavoidable situations that life puts us in. The first photograph is of a man I saw in a city of India, riding his bicycle transport vehicle that was […]

This booklet is designed to help elders to evaluate the qualifications for both a home and foreign missionary.  It is  also useful for the churches that sponsor a military chaplain. As the introduction states it is expected that the sending church will use these guidelines with the candidate to determine the suitability of the candidate […]

ATTENTION HUMANITY ! YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO A BANQUET FEAST ! ! EACH AND EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET IS INCLUDED IN THIS INVITATION, ALL PEOPLE, FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH , FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE , ALL ! ! REVELATION 1 : 7. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give […]

This painting of an old man giving thanks for his food is a remarkable work of art. I first posted the painting during the initial Covid-19 nationwide lockdown, when food shortages became real in the United States and a certain unfamiliar sense of panic began to be felt. The painting is simple, really. An old, […]

Reverend Alonzo Malvarez is an ordained minister and missionary with the Church of God. His mission is to embrace, equip, and empower generations to fulfill the great commission. He has served in various places, from the underserved urban communities of his hometown to the nations of our world.  Following the leading of the Holy […]

Rev. Charles “Chuck” David King, 88, dedicated husband, loving father, grandfather, and friend to so many, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 30, 2023 and now rests in the arms of Jesus. Chuck (the name most people knew him by), was married to Lois “Yvonne” King, for 67 years. He graduated from Escanaba High School in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan …