Sound Bites
“While man failed utterly in his attempts to become as God, God succeeded completely in becoming man—and in this is the solution to our hopelessness.”
—Dennis Farley, in a sermon titled “It All Started in the Garden,” at the Stoneham Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Massachusetts
 
 
Adventist Life
What you read, is not what I understood!
 
I paused in the hallway just outside an open door. Inside, prayer meeting was in progress. As I listened I heard the pastor read about the importance of ventilation and sunlight from page 274 of The Ministry of Healing: “So far as possible, all buildings intended for human habitation should be placed on high, well-drained ground. This will ensure a dry site and prevent the danger of disease from dampness and miasma.”
 
In a split second a woman launched into an extended comment:  “My asthma really gets bad this time of year and . . .” 
—Glen G. Gessele, Gaston, Oregon
 

One Thursday morning this past March I said to Seth, my 6-year-old son, “What’s your memory verse?”
 
Seth answered, “For God so loved the world he gave his only forgotten son.”
 
“No,” I said. “It’s ‘begotten.’ ”
 
“That doesn’t even make sense” was the reply. So I explained.
—Carol Jednaszewski, Takoma Park, Maryland
 

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Sound Bites (profound or spontaneous)
 
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Camp Meeting Memories (short, humorous, and/or profound anecdotes)
 
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This article was published May 17, 2012.