by Johnmark Camenga | Mar 28, 2024 | Conference Week 2024, News
I am writing to you all today to let you know that my book—Unearth the Church—is complete. It has cleared all of the hurdles of copyediting and typesetting and cover design and publisher review and it is, as you read these words, published and available for purchase....
by Carl Greene | Mar 27, 2024 | SDB Exec Blog
He told me that my body would feel like garbage. He said that I might feel weaker and not stronger. He said that healing would be more costly than ignoring my condition. Despite this lackluster sales pitch, he emphatically called me to “Trust the process.”[1] Process...
by Carl Greene | Mar 20, 2024 | SDB Exec Blog
I have found myself in the Emergency Room on a number of occasions. Normal: stick in the eye. Not-so-normal: E coli vaccination for cows administered in my thumb (really, but that is a long story). Whether normal or not-so-normal, I have never hoped the doctor would...
by John Pethtel | Mar 15, 2024 | Church News, Council on Ministry, General Council, News, Pastoral Services, SDB Exec Blog, SDB News
The SDB Council on Ministry is collecting nominations for The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award and the Excellence in Preaching Award. The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award is an annual recognition award established in honor and memory of Pastor Dave Taylor, who...
by Carl Greene | Mar 13, 2024 | Conference Week 2024, SDB Exec Blog
Sardines. They do not get a lot of positive press. Canned sardines smell, well, fishy. They were popular until the 1950s, and since then they have fallen off the menu. I have been told that the only cultural impact of sardines in North America is the history of places...