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Seattle Bible College Testimony by Student Conner Grant
Connor and his family Christmas 2023 My name is Conner Grant, and I am a full-time student at Seattle Bible College (SBC). I am a family man; my wife’s name is Kristin, and we have a 10-month-old boy named Wyatt. I will address three things: my life before SBC, why I chose SBC, and how…
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Blueberries and Bacon by Tom Giesecke, M.D.
“Evening Wilderness” watercolor by Ann Jackson Exactly one year after my last solo backpack, I jumped into my car and headed for the Cascade Mountains. Following a busy day in my clinic, it was about 7 PM on Friday August 27, when I headed east toward the Mountain Loop Highway. Though the sky was overcast,…
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“My Love Song with the Lord” Scripture Meditation by Dennis Morrison
Photograph by Dennis Morrison My Beloved is mine and I am His. My Beloved is mine and I am… My Beloved is mine… My Beloved is… My Beloved… My, My, My… My Beloved… My Beloved is… My Beloved is mine… My Beloved is mine and I am… My Beloved is mine and I am His.…
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD By Kathy Hunt
“Good Shepard” watercolor by Kathy Hunt What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wonders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about…
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Blow Wind Blow a Poem by Joyce Olsen
Tightly furled on a windless day, unwieldy atop the pole you lay. Stars and stripes nondescript, hidden within the folds of dormancy. Where is the wind that extols your purpose, The statement you display when flowing free and unfurled? Blow wind, blow, awaken dormancy. Restore the flow of unrestrained liberty, Returning stars and stripes to…
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MY REFLECTIONS ON BEING BORN AGAIN by John E. Woodbery
To the best of my ability to determine when my father’s sperm cell united with my mother’s egg to conceive what in a short period of time became what I call “me”, it must have occurred close to Thanksgiving Day in 1939. I share this because for me personally and looking back on it, that…
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A Stroke of Grace By Tom Giesecke, M.D.
“Peace” oil on canvas by Olga Bekirov Collapsing in a whirling swirl of vertigo, I crumpled to my knees and clung to the seat of my desk chair. I was unable to coordinate my body to move. Just a few minutes prior I had gotten out of bed and walked to my study. Bending over…
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Where’s Your Focus? by Joyce Olsen
I’m single-minded in pursuit of You; don’t let me miss the road signs You’ve posted. Psalm 119:15 (MSG) ” Look Up!” watercolor by Kathy Hunt Shortly after I retired, my husband and I fulfilled a dream, along with our good friends, to visit the East Coast in our motorhomes. Our primary purpose was to take…