The old song, "This is my Father's World" is going around in my head. The picture helps me to think of the goodness of God's creation. As we shall see, Ken Pagaard has some things to say about this creation in the lead article.
One of the things that I need to state at the start is that this is a very short article for Ken. He starts with a statement gleaned from the book, "All My Children." This was a book that figured large in the Inner Healing Ministry. The author card mostly for people suffering from Schizophrenia. The treatment consisted of re parenting the patient. They would start from infancy and proceed through childhood and on to adulthood. We certainly bought into this as a part of the Inner Healing process.
Ken's point in this article had nothing to do with Inner Healing. He discusses how we see the world and the message that we bring back to our families. He emphasizes the fact that Jesus is still the Lord. From our perspective things may not look good -- but God has not left us. Satan may think he is in control, but he has been defeated. This is the message that we should accept for ourselves and then bring into our homes.
Jerry Jamison and Tim Pagaard seem to have worked together on this page, for McFoone really illustrates Jerry's article. Jerry discusses the problem that occurs in our households, families and the church when we feel attacked by others. This usually comes to us in the form of gossip. We then feel defeated and resentful. Of course, Matthew 18 presents a method for dealing with this problem. Jerry proceeds to present an exposition of this scripture passage.
Jerry concludes his article on this page. He does more than just parrot the scripture, he shows us how we might carry it out in real life. This is always timely.
Bob Granigan writes that he was a counselor for the disabled at Southwestern College. Bob was such a fixture and blessing at the church. He was a quadriplegic who had been injured in a diving accident some years before. He was a member of our community living at Lincoln Court House. He was since passed away.
It was not unusual to be doing fund raisers and toy drives for our pre-school, School for Young Children.
This page relates to the article by Bob Granigan on the preceding page. It is an advertisement for Disabled Person's Awareness Week at Southwestern College. I notice that they were showing, "The Other Side of the Mountain" the motion picture story of Jill Kinmont. I remember the story because this happened while I was at UCLA and she was a student there.
Nancy Mitchell was a very talented woman. She wrote well and the little article presented here is typical of what she would write. She suffered from a lot of depression -- and she describes many of her own feelings. She has also passed away.
We didn't often print prophecies that were made in the church, but these came through our class on Prophecy. The reason we didn't write them was that we didn't want to give them the same weight as scripture.
I always appreciate the creativity of Linda Coale. This is a nice little piece about the seed -- and perhaps us as we painfully mature in life.
The issue closes with a very brief "In the Family."
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