Herald of Holiness Volume 83 Number 10 (1994) Wesley D

Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 10-1-1994 Herald of Holiness Volume 83 Number 10 (1994) Wesley D. Tracy (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Tracy, Wesley D. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 83 Number 10 (1994)" (1994). Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today. 58. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/58 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SIN G TO Hymmlsftm Accompaniment, Pulpit, Worship Planning, Home Use THE LORD LARGE PRINT, WORDS ONLY EDITION For those who desire larger print, this volume is a godsend. It is complete with all hymns and read ings, but words only. The book is the same size as the pew edition, only slightly thicker. Beautiful black binding with gold lettering. Ideal for: church use, as a large-print pew edition; nursing homes; retirement centers; devotional use; a beautiful gift for a senior citizen. HHMB-669 $ 1 9 .9 5 ACCOMPANISTS’/PULPIT EDITION This handsome edition is bound by double nonremovable wire rings, in a sturdy black binder, 8%" x 12". The contents are the same as the pew edition, but with chord symbols above the music staves. The type size is large, and the book lies flat for easy use. Useful for: accompanists; pulpit; singing around the piano at home; as a large-print, full music edi tion; rhythm orchestration book for guitar and bass. HHMB-668 $ 3 4 .9 5 POCKET EDITION This handy, personal-size hymnal can be slipped into coat pocket or purse. The contents arc the same as the pew edition. Size, approximately 4" x 6". Handsome and durable binding; soft black buckram. Makes an ideal gift. H H M B-670 $ 1 9 .9 5 RESOURCES FOR WORSHIP PLANNING— A Companion to the Hymnal A rich treasury of hymnal resources for the worship planner. Features include: a concordance to ap proximately 700 key words; a complete set of Scripture reference indexes; common tone modula tion tables for use in compiling medleys. Sturdy sewn binding with kivar cover; 6" x 9"; 232 pages. HHM B-671 $ 1 9 .9 5 S in g to THEJORD Resources 1 S lN G JO FOR t h e J o r d WORSHIP j J A in Ni NG lnt ' Words 0„/y HYMNAL Order from your Nazarene Publishing House Call Toll-Free: 1-800-877-0700 M-F 7:30 a .m . TO 6 p.m . SAT 8 a .m . TO 1 p.m . CENTRAL TIME Fax Number 1-816-753-4071 C ontents OCTOBER 1994 VOLUME 83, NO. 10 FEATURES 8 Grandparenting After the Children Divorce CAROLINE RAY 12 Holiness and Halloween DANNY GODDARD 14 The Evangelist in a Changing World BILLY GRAHAM 17 Nazarenes Contribute to National Conference MARK GRAHAM 18 Evangelists in Dialogue NELSON PERDUE 25 Taken Inventory Lately? 8 CURTIS LEWIS, JR. 32 A Burning in the Bosom IOHN CONLON 36 By Grace Alone CARL M. LETH CONTINUING COLUMNS 4 General Superintendent’s Viewpoint, j o h n a . k n i g h t 5 N azarene Roots, s t a n i n g e r s o l 23 Over 60, c. e l l e n w a t t s 24 Into the Word, r o g e r l . h a h n 39 In a Woman’s Voice, r e b e c c a l a i r d 12 41 When You Pray, e . d e e f r e e b o r n 42 Close to Home, b r y a n m e r r i l l 46 Observer at Large, i o h n c . b o w l i n g DEPARTMENTS 2 Editor’s Choice, w e s l e y d . t r a c y 6 The Readers Write 26-30,43-45 N ew s, MARK GRAHAM, BRYAN MERRILL 35 October’s Ten-Point Quiz 47 Marked Copy, m a r k g r a h a m 48 Late N ew s POETRY is 11 Inclination, n a n c y spiegelberg COVER PHOTO 38 Stretched Canvas, e s t h e r m c g r a w Billy Graham Evangelistic Association E ditor’ s C hoice Mentoring Moments . TRACYWESLEY again, and I don’t do mornings very ing routine. They can’t scream much well.” when they are into the stiffening ex Already we were getting glances ercise. and murmurs from the folks seated “Do you know what I am?” I asked around us. “You’re in luck today, the stiffened one. Slowly, almost omi Ma’am,” I said. “I’m a world-class nously, I said, “I am a grandpa.” She grandpa.” looked at me quizzically with a hint “Oh yeah?” of a smile. I was winning. “I ’ve got a T-shirt to prove it. It’s I pressed my advantage. "Tammy, what I do best. I'll help with the do you know what you are? You are a kids.” sweet little kid. You are trying to act The test soon came. The stew like a bad girl, but you are not fooling ardesses were serving breakfast. I had me—you are really a sweet little a meal coming, but I quickly decided girl.” No one was more surprised I CAN EITHER LET THIS NAG my blood to donate it to the lap child, Tammy. than 1 w hen she started acting like pressure to unhealthy heights, I Just as well, she took it anyway. I one. I hugged my new friend. thought, or I can try to make the best tried to help feed her. Once, just for a Mother and Pammy came back. of it. I lifted a prayer asking for an second, I looked away. Tammy emp Mom began telling me more about extra dose of grace. tied the milk carton. Some of it went her pregnancy than I ever cared to The flight from Los Angeles was in the plastic cereal bowl, the rest in know. “If there’s two of them in overbooked. Not one spare seat. the tray. I decided not to scream or there. I’m naming them Myrna and When I got to my assigned seat, 24- chide. Instead I reached into my back M yra.” D, it was already taken. There were pocket and to my surprise found two The pilot announced that we were three seats in the row. A mother and paper towels. Just before boarding I flying over Las Vegas. “N othin' there two children were already filling had discovered that I had no Kleenex I want. Las Vegas ruined my life. We them. and had stuffed a cou I fished for my ticket stub, “Did I ple of towels from the read this wrong?” I asked loudly men’s room into my enough for the mom to hear. “No, it pockets (don’t tell me says 24-D.” there’s no God). The mother scooped up the two- We all battled the I felt so good about what I had year-old. “Come on in. That’s your breakfast trays until fi seat. Tammy here is a lap child. She’s nally after what done that I rewarded myself with more than two, but I lied about her seemed an age the age— saved $370.” stewardesses took a nonfat strawberry yogurt. One more furtive glance told me them away. Then a there was not another seat to be had. I new challenge arose— settled into the seat vacated by two- three really. Pammy year-old Tammy. I found out her (Pamela?) had to go to name soon because she was energeti the bathroom, Tammy had a bad dia used to live in a four-bedroom, four- cally kicking me and scolding, “Get per, and mother had morning sick bath home. Now we live in a garage out. Get out.” She had new sneakers. ness. While mom took the five-year- apartment. My husband gambled it all The kind with lights in the heels that old to the rest room I was to care for away. Restitution for gambling debts flash when you move your feet. She Tammy. She had another plan. She cost us our house. Last year he finally was admiring her flashing feet as she didn't like the idea of her mother and stopped— when I took the kids away kicked my kneecaps. sister disappearing down the aisle and from him . He decided he liked his “I can’t control these kids,” the her being left behind. She tried the kids better than his dice. I can tell mother said, trying to hold down the well-known body-stiffening act— you, he’ll be making restitution to me hoof of the kicker. “I’m pregnant which is, after all better than the wail the rest of his life.” 2 H c r a l .i i oi- H o l i n e s s PROFILE After another shuffle of seats I grandpa?” found myself sitting by Pammy, the I was a hero. I felt so good about five-year-old.

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