Arriving

Photo and Commentary ©2023 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, June 4, 2023 I didn’t know there was a name for it. But I am very familiar with the experience the name describes. Too familiar. Just last week I learned about the “Arrival Fallacy.” Tal Ben-Shahar, the...

“Preparing”

Topical Communion Sermon by Maylan Schurch Bellevue Seventh-day Adventist Church 6/3/2023 ©2023 by Maylan Schurch To watch the entire worship service, click this link: Please open your Bibles to First Corinthians chapter 11. A week from today, right here in the...

The Clash

Photo and Commentary ©2023 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, June 3, 2023 A couple of weeks ago on a morning walk in our neighborhood, I glanced down a side street and spotted this companionable couple. The photo’s a bit fuzzy because I had to really zoom in on them. And...

Have No Fun?

Photo and Commentary ©2023 by Maylan Schurch Friday, June 2, 2023 I think it was at an antique shop in mid-May where I spotted these three familiar monkeys, with a fourth added as a joke. Sadly, the final monkey’s punchline, coupled with his glum face, are accepted as...