That’s a Wrap!

Photo and Commentary ©2023 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, January 1, 2023 “They’re like tall, skinny, green pineapples!” was my first thought when we came upon these tightly-tied trees. My second thought might have been influenced by the fact that it was the day before...

Standard Dictionary of Facts

Photo and Commentary ©2022 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, December 31, 2022 The book you see in my hand is exactly a century old. It’s the 1922 edition of The Standard Dictionary of Facts, and I discovered it in the old-and-collectible corner of a Half-Price Books store,...

Happy Sticks

Photo and Commentary ©2022 by Maylan Schurch Friday, December 30, 2022 Yesterday morning on an after-breakfast walk I spotted this arrangement of twigs on the sidewalk, just as you see them. I didn’t tweak them at all. The first thing I thought was “happy sticks.”...

Finding God’s Heart: The Walk

Expository Sermon on Ephesians 5 and 6 by Maylan Schurch Bellevue Seventh-day Adventist Church 12/10/2022 ©2022 by Maylan Schurch Please open your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 5. Can you believe that this year is almost over? Here it is, December, and ever since...

Finding God’s Heart: Fear Switch

Topical Sermon on Passages in Luke by Maylan Schurch Bellevue Seventh-day Adventist Church 10/29/2022 ©2022 by Maylan Schurch: Please open your Bibles to Luke Chapter 1. This is another sermon in our read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year sermon series. Actually, I’m...