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DECEMBER 1993 VOLUME 82, NO. 12

FEATURES 6 The Christmas Story According to John A LB E R T J. L O W N 8 Poinsettias and Lilies IANET WHITE 10 Defeat the Holiday Doldrums SHIRLEY POPE WAITE 12 He Learned to Smile Again S T A N M EEK 26 I Will Sing of My Redeemer KEITH SCHWANZ 32 Self-surrender, Prelude to Service IANINE TARTAGLIA 37 Is God’s Money in Your Pocket? MORRIS CHALFANT 38 God’s Writing Career W . E. M cCU M BER 40 Size Seven Shoes CLAUDE T. STAUFFER

CONTINUING COLUMNS

2 General Superintendent’s Viewpoint, t a m e s h d i e h l

23 In a W oman’s Voice, r e b e c c a l a i r d

24 Into the Word, r o g e r l . h a h n

25 W hen You Pray, e d e e f r e e b o r n

46 Observer at Large, j o h n c . b o w l i n g DEPARTMENTS

3 Editor’s Choice, w e s l e y d t r a c y 4 The Readers Write 18-22,42-44 News, MARK GRAHAM, TOM FELDER 28 The Question Box 30 Words and Music

45 Close to Home, t o m f e e d e r

47 Marked Copy, m a r k g r a h a m

48 Late News, m a r k g r a h a m , t o m f e e d e r POETRY 11 Poetry for the Christmas Season MARILYN HOCHHEISER, MARLENE J. CHASE, SHERRI LANGTON

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FEATURE COVER PHOTO 14 God’s Wheelchair Grace, j u d i r e e d a s t o l d t o b o b h o s t e t l e r Jim Whitmer Photography s r VIEWPOINT

...... A A A A A A Clay in the Master’s Hands

by James H. Diehl

uesday, July 17, 1993, was a Verses started to speak to me from ture! We are the day. God is the Pot­ very difficult day for me. As a every chapter between Isaiah 41 and ter. When we surrendered everything delegate to the General As­ 50. "When you pass through the wa­ to God and were sanctified, we totally sembly from the Colorado ters, I will be with you; and through placed our little “piece of clay” in the District, I was in my assigned the rivers, they shall not overflow almighty hands of God. How could seat trying to keep up with the you. When you walk through the fire, we be totally surrendered to God but business at hand. The difficul­ you shall not be burned, nor shall the at the same time tell Him, “I don’t ty came concerning the vote for gen­flame scorch you. For 1 am the Lord like what You are making of me”? At Teral superintendent. Five ballots your had God” (43:1-3, NKJV). that hotel couch in Indianapolis, been cast, and I saw the rising number Dorothy and I again surrendered to My wife and I struggled. We still of votes that were cast for me. the Potter! The answer was yes. wanted to return to Denver to pastor My problem is that I am a pastor, Can you believe the blessing in my the greatest people in the world. We through and through. I have been a heart when, at our first district assem­ college administrator and a district su­ bly as a general superintendent, a re­ perintendent, but I always longed to tired district superintendent prayed. get back to my first love— pastoring a "When you pass through the waters. I great group of God’s people. I re­ G iv e t h e d iv in e p o t t e r will be with you . . .”? At our second turned to the pastorate at Denver First district assembly, the district superin­ Church in May 1989. Dorothy and I PERMISSION TO MAKE OF YOU tendent stood and read from Isaiah, had never been happier. God had just WHAT HE WILL. "When you walk through the fire, helped us to receive 193 new mem­ you shall not be burned.” For the bers into the church, 130 of whom third time in three weeks, God was were new Nazarenes. Attendance was speaking to us from the same scrip­ growing. Great altar services occurred ture in Isaiah! I looked from the plat­ regularly. Finances were strengthen­ even prayed out loud, “Lord, please form into the congregation and ing. I was challenged and fulfilled. don’t do this to us!” caught Dorothy’s eye. We could not More than 700 members had joined Wednesday morning came. The conceal the smiles on our faces nor the church the past four years. session opened. The report on the the songs in our hearts. The Potter I left the Hoosier Dome after Tues­ sixth ballot was read. I had just been was forming the clay as He desired day’s business session with a heavy elected the 29th general superinten­ and confirmed it to us in two different heart. Ballot number six had just been dent of the Church of the Nazarene. I district assemblies in two different cast. Many were saying that our lives tried to see Dorothy in the gallery, but states. had just been changed forever. We re­ 1 couldn’t find her. I found myself on In this Christmas month, while you ally didn’t want to talk about it—just the platform asking for an hour to go give gifts to others, why not give a go to our hotel room and be alone. back to the hotel room to pray. I had gift to our Lord Jesus Christ? Whose We talked. We cried. We prayed. I to know if this was of God or man. birthday is it anyway? Let me urge knew I needed help, so I opened the Dorothy and I got on our knees and you to give Him a piece of clay. You. Bible to Isaiah 41 and started to read. prayed. We cried again. The Holy All of you. Give it to Him with no Scriptures started to jump out at Spirit whispered a scripture to my strings attached. Give the Divine Pot­ me: “Fear not, for I am with you; be mind that I had read on Tuesday, ter permission to not dismayed, for I am your God. I "Woe to him who strives with his make of you what will strengthen you, yes I will help Maker! . . . Shall the clay say to him He will. If you do, you, I will uphold you with My righ­ who forms it, ‘What are you mak­ there will be a day teous right hand" (41:10, NKJV). ing?”’ (Isaiah 45:9, NKJV). My para­ when you won’t be Reading on to verse 13: “For I, the phrase of that verse is, “Shall the clay able to conceal the Lord your God, will hold your right say to Him who forms it, ‘I don’t like smile on your face hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will what You are m aking’?” How the nor the song in help you.’” Spirit spoke to me through that scrip­ your heart.

2 H er a l d o f H oliness Editor’ s C hoice What I Found Out About God

neighbor’s wife, but those aren’t the herit my holy hill” (Isaiah 57:13, only things that grieve our Lord. NEB). He taught me to pray with Looking at the chart of my spiritual David, “And now, Lord, what wait I journey, 1 see a point at which I was for? my hope is in thee” (Psalm 39:7, willing to give up the whole idea of KJV). ministry. In fact, I had started looking I see by my spiritual history that for a secular job. I see another dip in when I made self-destructive choices the graph, a point of despair, self- that brought a dark night of the soul, loathing, and depression in which my that Jesus walked into that darkness faith had all but evaporated and left and by the tender mercies of God me in a spiritual desert. A couple of brought me repentance, light, and other dips on the graph refer to times peace (Luke 1:78-79). when I began to put my trust in, wrap Looking at my chart, I see that my life around, things that were less there is no room for spiritual arro­ than God. One deep dip in the graph gance on my part. I’m not all that de­ I WOKE UP THIS MORNING with the charts a point at which some self-de­ pendable—that's what I learned about words to Haldor Lillenas’ song "Jesus structive choices plunged me into a me. But what I learned about God is Will Walk with Me” in my heart and dark night of the soul. that He is utterly dependable! When I on my lips. But enough of that—that’s what I was ready to give up—He wouldn’t Jesus will walk with me down thro' learned about me. Let me tell you give up on me. When I drifted or the valley; what I found out about God. walked away from Him, He would Jesus will walk with me over the I see by my graph that every time not let me go. He came right after me plain. my own sin or failure created a in grace that is beyond description. When in the shadow or when in the plunge on the chart, Jesus came after This I learned about God. He will sunshine, me. He simply would not let me go. do whatever it takes to save us. He If He goes with me I shall not com­ When I gave up on ministry, He res­ just won't quit. His love will not let plain. cued me with a fresh outpouring of us go. I’m not teaching “irresistible (Sing to the Lord, 603) the Spirit and a new vision. When I grace,” but I am saying that God’s de­ This song, about the faithfulness of let despair and de­ our Lord throughout “the uneven pression put me in a journey of life,” seemed to validate desert of the soul, what I had recently charted in my He came to me with journal. the truth that those For nearly 50 years now, I’ve been who set out on di­ trying to live the Christian life. Look­ vine pilgrimage are 0 Love that will not ing back over that half century, I nerved by God who let me go, I rest my made a line graph of the ebb and creates for them flow, the rise and fall, patterns on my fountains of refresh­ weary soul in Thee. spiritual journey. I wish I could testify ment in every thirsty to a steady upward graph of unbroken valley (see Psalm fellowship with God, but to do so 84:5-6, Moffatt, would add the sin of lying to some NEB). other spiritual failures that were so When I began to painful for me to graph. put my trust in, wrap my life around, termination to sav.e you is stronger But haven’t you been sanctified? things less than God, my Lord was than you have ever imagined. Oh yes, I have experienced “the not willing for me to be deceived. He And that is the message of Christ­ cleansing wave” of the Spirit—more showed me, in unforgettable ways mas, isn't it? God doing whatever it than once. But in the long haul, I have [He knows how to make a point], that takes to save us. God emptying him­ discovered that, in spite of sanctifying they were fickle Egyptian chariots, self “of all but love” by taking the grace, I can wander off into sin and every one. He taught me the wisdom form of mere human flesh in order to spiritual failure. Neglect the basic of Isaiah, “These idols of yours shall save you and me. I should have spiritual disciplines, and spiritual fail­ not help you when you cry; no idol known it all along. It says in a famous ure becomes a probability instead of a shall save you. . . . a puff of wind book, “The Lord is not . . . willing mere possibility. I never stole money blows them all away; but he who that any should perish” (2 Peter 3:9, from the church, or ran off with my makes me [God] his refuge shall in­ kjv). m

D ECEM BER 1993 3 T he R eaders Write

The Divorcing and the Divorced Need Ministry Too I read with great interest your [J. Paul and Marilyn Turner] “Christian Journal" article in the July 1993 issue of the H erald o f Holiness. I. too, went through an unwanted divorce after 30 years of marriage with four children and three grandchildren. Both of us have been Nazarenes all our lives and attended Nazarene col­ leges. as well as did three of our children. I couldn’t agree with you more in what you say is needed to preserve marriages. What hurt me deeply is that our church has no policy to deal with developing divorces. No one from the church staff or church board ever came to us and tried to help or Old-fashioned Meeting in an Old-fashioned Place asked us to postpone it while counseling took place. I don't The release of the new hymnal Sing to the Lord makes "The know if any effort from an official church capacity would have Lost Third" more relevant and would have been timely in a 1940 made any difference or not. 1 just know that nothing was even issue of the H erald also. I can still hear my late father saying, attempted. "Glad I'm not the third verse.” Divorce seems to be such a terrible disease that no one wants The latest evangelical trend is to augment the singing of con­ to get involved. Others feel that divorce is catching and that if it gregational hymns and gospel songs with a “praise and worship could happen to others it could also happen to them. So just time.” Projection of the words only on a "silver screen” of cho­ leave it alone. After a divorce, church seems to be the loneliest ruses, many of which are repetitious and theologically shallow, place in town. Church is so family oriented that you feel out of seems to take precedence over use of the hymnal. The purchase place and that you don't belong. Of course, most churches are of new hymnals seems questionable as current usage of the pres­ not big enough to have an adult singles ministry. So we struggle ent hymnal compares to "The Lost Third” verse. with who we are and where we belong. This also brings up the question, are copyright laws being fol­ For fear of being misunderstood, dare 1 suggest the church lowed? In some cases, no, as officials recently fined a large con­ should be family rather than reaching out for families? gregation $86,000 for copyright violations including music ma­ Jasper Devi da I terials being copied and projected in public services without Decatur, III. proper credits being displayed. Development of future instrumentalists in some churches is being discouraged as soloists, groups, and church choirs seek the Witness to Muslims “big production sound." Gifted and consecrated instrumentalists 1 have just now read or reread a great article in a H erald that is sit on the sidelines, while high-powered sound systems and now old. It is the article titled "Why Is It So Difficult to Witness taped accompaniment rattle the rafters . . . to a Muslim?” by John Conlon of Leavenworth. Kans.. H erald Am 1 the only one who longs for “An Old-fashioned Meeting of January 1993. in an Old-fashioned Place” ? This brings me forward to say a word of appreciation to the John A. Mills Church of the Nazarene. You, through our fine Nazarene Pub­ Topeka, Kans. lishing House, send to me and my wife the Herald. Preacher's Good-bye for Now M agazine, and World Mission, free of charge. We were missionaries in Swaziland and the Republic of South For the price of a pizza, the pizza gets a lot more attention Africa from 1946 to 1952. I witnessed to Muslims while there. than the magazine, and it doesn't stack up in a corner or fill One became a Nazarene pastor in the Johannesburg area. I have landfills. So I guess it’s good-bye, although not eternally, as I'll been a Nazarene for 69 years, and my wife. Ruby, is the daugh­ keep an eye on the H erald from time to time. And, if my sched­ ter of Rev. W. F. Dallas, who was superintendent of the Dallas ule loosens up, and/or the editor sees fit to include more scrip­ District when he died in 1914. Ruby was a baby at that time. She ture, I may try you again. Until then, your pleas are a waste of is 80 now and I am 82. postage and more fodder for landfills. 1 remain a servant of Christ, a member and an associate pastor George E. Fletcher Centralia. Wash. and an LPC counselor here at Metroplex Chapel. We are thank­ ful to have a place to serve. Keep It Coming Henry T. Poteet We do enjoy the Herald of Holiness so much. I’m a retired Euless, Tex. minister’s wife now, and also a Nazarene song evangelist and chalk artist with my sister. Rev. Twyla Pittinger. I attend the Grove City Nazarene Church. 1 have used your poems many Holiness of Heart times in our ministry. Everything is great in the H erald. Keep it The article “The Transferred Image," by William Greathouse, coming. 1 couldn't do without it for spiritual help. in your September 1993 issue is the best article I've ever read on Echo Koster sanctification. It explains the process of repentance and sanctifi­ Columbus, Ohio cation so anyone can understand what we Nazarenes preach and believe. God has worked this very miracle in my heart, and I still Super Issue cry out every day, “Oh, to be like Jesus." Full restoration is mine 1 like the punch, the directness, the terseness, and your use of in Christ's second Advent. Praise His name. actual examples! Please keep on! 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4 H er a l d o f H oliness Thanks for the Memories Holiness and Executioners Oh! The nostalgia created by your reminding us of the history I had not read the April article, "A Pastor Looks at the Death of the Buffalo Gap church in the September 1993 issue in the Penalty." But I did read the letters to the editor in the July issue. "Question Box.” With an aching heart, I wondered how “Christian” women and 1 dare say there are very few of us left that knew H. C. and men who are members of a church based on holiness— perfect Mary Lee Cagle and/or worked with them. They always encour­ love— could be so vicious. aged and boosted the young preachers. While pastoring in Stephville, Tex., in 1941. they held a re­ Christ was the victim of murderers himself, yet His words vival for us. 1 recall they lived one block behind the Buffalo Gap from the Cross, "Father, forgive them . . . should drive us all chuTch. In the days I was in the area, the Buffalo Gap church to our knees. was pastored by the Rev. Ms. Leona Forbes, Mrs. Kilgore, Christ gave His life as much, if not more, for those on death Lloyd McCoy (who went to heaven Aug. 15, 1993) Fred Fike. row in our prisons as for those of us who sit in our plush pews I. W. Justice. 1 recall a revival held there by J. E. Moore, Jr., and every Sunday morning. By continuing to support the death Forrest Nash, I believe. One of them got a bug in his mouth penalty we nullify His death and make void His redemption, while preaching and he awakened everybody there. which is for all humanity. We impose our sense of justice over As Bob Hope would say, "Thanks for the memories.” His divine love, thus elevating ourselves over God. Aubrey W. Curry Father, forgive us. Madison. Trim. Marlene K. Sehram Creation Science Brown Deer. Wis. I read the review in the Herald of Holiness on the book Worlds Apart, by Karl Giberson, with much concern. 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D ec e m b e r 1993 5 tion; “as of the only begotten of the Father”— identifica­ tion; “full of grace and truth"— redemption (John 1:14). As ribbons and wrappings are laid aside to reveal a packaged gift, John lays aside all details of Holy Night—Joseph and Mary, shepherds and wise men, an­ THE gels and anthems, signs and prophecies— to reveal and magnify the Christ of Christmas. The prologue to his Gospel, its first 18 verses, is indeed a Christmas gallery. The Eternal Word CHRISTMAS The One who was, is, and ever will be the Lord God Almighty, the everlasting Father, fills the opening verse: as Jesus, Son of Man, who links God and man as Ja­ cob's dream-ladder linked heaven and earth, closes the chapter. John was not concerned with the glory that illu­ STORY minated the night skies of Bethlehem, but with the glory of the God-man to whom he gives numerous titles in his first chapter. Not the Mormon Jesus, a child born of sensual union ACCORDING between Adam-God and Mary. Not the perfect divine creature of Jehovah's Witnesses: "the firstborn of every creature,” but not himself God and Creator. For John, Jesus was perfect God as if He had never been man; and TO JOHN perfect man as if he had never been God. The Christ of Creation “Without him was not any thing made that was made" by Albert j. Lown is seen in verse 3. Before Jesus came to Mary’s womb and the manger, He was the “Maker and Monarch ... of all.” "All things were made by him . . and in Him, the This Christmas you will hear the Christmas story cosmic Christ, all things hold together. in the words o f Matthew and Luke. But don't He formed the stars, those heavenly flames. He counts their numbers, knows their names. overlook the marvelous Christmas story in the He is also the Christ of every atom, of all life, of Gospel of John. AH things bright and beautiful, AH creatures great and small. he same event can evoke media headlines and And things wise and wonderful— comments as varied as the editor and journalists The Lord God made them all. involved. Similarly, contrasts of emphasis and Because John saw Jesus as coequal partner with the comment attend the Christmas story in the Father and the Spirit in all creation, he had no difficulty Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. with the miracles that precede the great “I Ams: in his Matthew, majoring upon Joseph's character Gospel— turning water into wine, multiplying loaves and costly part in the divine mystery of Incarna­ and fishes, miracles of healing, power over nature and tion, emphasizes the lineage right of Jesus to be the demons. These and the raising of the dead were exten­ messianic "King of the Jews." Recorded only by sions of Christ's Godhead. John hailed the flesh “the In­ Matthew, the magi's visit reinforces the royal line of carnate Deity.” David's greater son. Luke, drawing upon Mary’s memo­ The Christ of Conscience ries, Magnificat, and mature reflection unveils for all na­ The Christ of Conscience appears in verses 4 and 5: tions “a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke’s ge­ “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” that nealogy—61 generations, compared with Matthew's is the light of every human conscience. Theologically, 42— traces the ancestry of Jesus back to “Adam, which He is, in some way, the residue of the original image of was the son of God.” For Matthew, Jesus is “the glory of God in man’s soul following the loss of unsullied holi­ thy people Israel”; for Luke, Jesus is “a light to lighten ness in the garden Fall. There is an advocate of God and the Gentiles.” The Old Testament anticipation and the goodness in every heart. Even the heathen, living only New Testament "Savior of the world" are interwoven in in the light of nature, finds something within that reveals both Gospels— but their individual emphasis is clear. the eternal Godhead. Paul affirmed that they possess a John, unlike Matthew and Luke, has no songs or star, conscience that approves or reproves the deeds of life. stable or house, pilgrimage or presents, massacre or en­ In the latter half of the same chapter, Romans 1, the forced flight in his Gospel. The miracle of Christmas is apostle portrays the consequences of a darkened mind condensed into one sublime verse: and reprobate conscience— an idolatrous, brutalized, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among pleasure-mad, sex-perverted society that blighted the us”— incarnation; “and we beheld his glory”— revela­ Rome of his day.

6 H i-:r a l d o f H oliness I ALWAYS KNEW,” A HEATHEN TOLD A MISSIONARY, “THERE MUST BE A GOD LIRE JESUS.”

Three Lions photograph of "The Worship of the Shepherds" painted by Pietro B envenute.

The life and light of creation in Genesis 1 becomes tion's culture and human experience. John's portrait of the life and light of conscience in John 1:9, making pos­ the Jesus of history and home leads to Christ the Savior. sible "a new creation" through Jesus, “the Light of the The Saving Christ World.” "I always knew," a heathen told a missionary, The Saving Christ appears in verse 12. “The world "there must be a God like Jesus." Men do not need the knew him not"— an unrecognized Deity: “his own re­ gospel to tell them they are sinners; they do need the ceived him not"— an unwelcomed Messiah. "But." John Good News to tell them Jesus is the Savior of sinners, exulted, “as many as received him, to them gave he the and gives the guilty conscience peace. Cleansed, en­ power [right or authority] to become the sons of God.” lightened, and motivated conscience leads to God. holi­ Not by heritage of blood, self-determination of will, ness, and heaven. From the Christ of every man's con­ sacrament of religion, or sanction of society: but by be­ science John proceeds in verse 10 of the prologue to the lieving in a saving, divine Lord. In its simplest sense, historical Jesus. believing is a thankful receiving of salvation in and The Christ of History through Jesus. “He was in the world, and the world was made by The miracle of Christmas continues in every genuine him, but the world knew him not” (v. 10). The Creator new birth. A perfect Savior, "full of grace and truth" was entered the world as every other child, made flesh in a Born to raise the sons of earth. mother’s womb. “Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb," Born to give them second birth. Charles Wesley sang. Yet different from every other And this new life is only the beginning: for "of his child: “conceived of the Holy Ghost.” Jesus was born at fulness have all we received, and grace for grace” (v. a specific time in history (Luke 2:1), at a particular 16). The visitor to John's Christmas gallery will bow place. Bethlehem. His birth was recorded by a state reg­ with Thomas, confessing “My Lord, and my God” and istrar, as His death and burial were entered into Roman will invite others— records by Pilate's scribe. He was not a mythical god- "O come let us adore Him. figure common to non-Christian religions. Christ the Lord." “He came unto his own," John added, a truly human Editor's note: Christ, “made of a woman,” the supposed son of Joseph. Albert J. Lown went to be with the Lord before this article was pub­ He chose to be in the world, totally involved in His na- lished. Now he knows the fullness of Christmas firsthand.

D e c e m b e r 1993 7 POINSETTIAS and LILIES by Janet White

lthough many plants Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther Perhaps she recalled the most have managed to sur­ King, as well as birthdays of our ancient of prophecies concerning vive in my house, I did family, friends, and, of course, our the coming Messiah, given way not inherit my mother’s own. These tend to be happy, sen­ back in the garden of Eden— when green thumb. Not only timental occasions. Unfortunately. God told Satan that he would do her flowers bloom Christmas is often reduced to a strike the heel of the One to be profusely, but they do mere birthday party. Even when born of a woman. As a Jewish girl Aso in the right season. Once,we shefocus on the Nativity, we fre­ from a religious family, Mary gave me a starter from a Christ­ quently lose sight of the bigger knew that the Anointed One mas cactus, which I tended with picture— God’s plan for the ages w o u ld hav e to su ffer; that He my usual mediocre care. After that climaxes at the resurrection of would be despised and rejected by three years, it finally produced men; one stricken and smitten of Christ. Christmas is only the be­ one blossom— at Easter time. God, like a lamb led to the slaugh­ ginning; the best is yet to come. Most years, my poinsettia plant ter, bearing the sins of many trans­ barely makes it through the gressors. Those prophecies would Christmas holidays. Last year, for be fulfilled in her Son! some unknown reason, my annual U nfortunately, Ch r is t m a s The visit of the shepherds might red flower was still alive and well have reminded Mary of the Lamb when my white Easter lily joined IS OFTEN REDUCED TO of God who would take away the it on the table in the living room. A MERE BIRTHDAY PARTY. sins of the world. But lambs have They looked quite attractive to­ to be sacrificed. Could she possibly gether (not to mention unusual), know that her beloved Son would and it got me thinking about the become the Great Shepherd, as Christmas-Easter connection. Christmas, Harbinger of Easter well as the sacrificial lamb? Christmas has always received Even at the first Christmas, And what about the enigmatic a lot of commercialized hype. For there were events that foreshad­ prophecy of old Simeon who said most children, it is the highlight of owed the coming suffering and that a sword would pierce her own the year and represents weeks, if death of the tiny infant. What were soul? What did he mean? The not months, of waiting, wishing, some of the things that Mary "pon­ gifts of the magi also pointed and wondering. But for the Chris­ dered in her heart”? When the ahead— the gold depicted royalty, tian, Christmas is only the begin­ innkeeper said there was no room and the frankincense worship, but ning. in the inn, did Mary tremble at the the myrrh was used for burial. We should remind ourselves thought of future rejection for her Yes, Christmas and Easter are that although Christmas is here, baby? Did she see the shadow of a inseparably connected, linked to­ Easter is coming. cross when she gazed at the gether like the red and green We celebrate many people’s manger? Did the swaddling wrap chains that children string around birthdays— George Washington, forbode the clothes of the grave? the Christmas tree. Without

8 H er a l d o r H oliness C h r is t m a s a n d e a s t e r ARE LINKED LIKE THE RED AND GREEN CHAINS THAT CHILDREN MAKE FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

Christmas, there would be no Easter; but without Easter, Christ­ mas would be just another birth­ day of a great man. Ways to Celebrate Christmas and Easter Keeping this in mind, how can we celebrate both Christmas and Easter? Here are a few ways our family has commemorated the two holidays. A grapevine wreath, decorated with red and green ribbons, pinecones, or poinsettias for Christ­ mas, can be easily changed to the Easter colors and represent the crown of thorns that Christ wore. Each year, after we are done with our Christmas tree, we cut off all the branches and form a rough wooden cross, which we display at Easter time. The grapevine wreath can be left un­ Fred Seib adorned and hung on the Christ­ mas tree cross. made plaster figurines from our an alleluia people, and our green We have made Christmas orna­ Nativity set do double duty at pine boughs can be exchanged for ments in the shape of a cross out of Easter: Mary, angel, donkey, and green palm branches as we raise red velvet. The red can also remind bottle of myrrh remain the same, them in joyful hosannas to wor­ us of the blood that Jesus shed so while Joseph and the shepherds ship our King. For Christ is no that our sins might be forgiven. become “disciples.” longer a baby. We thank God for When our children were small, A lthough A dvent is a time of the manger and the Cross, but we we made an Easter worship center preparation for Christmas, and worship at the throne of the out of plaster and Styrofoam, Lent is a time of preparation for Almighty God, the Prince of complete with tomb and stone, Easter, Christmas is the true Peace, the King of all Kings and three crosses, and a risen Jesus preparation for Easter. Christ’s the Lord of all Lords. Yes, Christ­ figure. We add fresh greens each birth opens the way for the new mas is here. But Easter is coming. year to make a “garden.” Home­ birth and resurrection life. We are Hallelujah!

D e c e m b e r 1993 9 DEFEAT THE HOLIDAY DOLDRUMS

by Shirley Pope Waite

or the first time in our lives, none of our One year, we entertained an interesting twosome. children were coming home for Christmas. I’d just extended an invitation to Tetsuya, a Japanese Our daughter lived across the country in student in my college class, when 1 received a call Georgia— too far to come this year. Another from a stranger who thanked me for a newspaper col­ out-of-town son had to work both the day umn 1 wrote. The woman was a widow with no family, before and after Christmas. Unexpected so I invited her to join us. What a delightful afternoon! weather conditions over a mountain pass 4. Offer your services to others. Baby-sit for the F prevented the rest of the family from making it home.harassed young mother, take a nondriver Christmas Many of us face Christmas alone. The young per­ shopping, or visit an elderly person in a nursing son accepts employment far away from traditional home. Make candy, cookies, breads for neighbors and roots. Finances may be a deterrent. Others have re­ friends. Whatever way we choose to give, we get our cently lost a spouse, or, as in our case, families are minds off our own loneliness, and we receive so scattered. much more in return. I didn't want to spend this precious time of year in 5. If the holiday spirit eludes you, turn to God’s self-pity, so I began to search for creative ways to de­ Word. In his book Let's Keep Christmas (M cGraw feat the holiday doldrums. What Hill, 1952), Dr. Peter Marshall I learned may be of help to you. says, “Have you been saying, ‘I /. Observe the pre-Christmas just can't seem to feel the Advent season. Make an Advent Christmas spirit this year?’ wreath, then have a simple can- That’s too bad . . . you are say­ dlelighting service each Sunday. ing that you feel no joy that Je­ No matter what your age, an sus came into the world . . . you Advent calendar brings meaning are confessing that His presence to those four weeks before in the world is not a reality to Christmas. Even though the chil­ you.” dren are no longer around to re­ He then suggests rereading mind me, 1 still mount our A d­ the old, yet ever-new, Christmas vent calendar on the refrigerator story in Luke. Sit down with and read the daily Scripture. your Bible right now and follow 2. As Christmas cards arrive, his suggestion. It really works! pray for each sender. If a family 6. Attend a Christmas Eve problem is mentioned, make it a service. Without a doubt, you'll matter of intercessory prayer. get caught up in the beauty and Thank God for these friends. In wonder of the season as you praying for others, we spend less sing carols and hear again the time thinking about ourselves. Jim Whitmer story of Christ’s birth. Then, on 3. Reach out to other lonely people. Every year Christmas Day, thank God for telephones as you call that we do end up alone on Christmas, we invite loved ones across the country, or friends right in somebody to share the day with us. town, and wish them “A most blessed Christmas.” ^

10 H e r a l d o f H oliness The Christmas Gift A Gift for Baby

Everywhere is He He’s come, Emmanuel, whose eyes are candles: newborn Son of the Living God. I discern Him But starlight traces a shadow clearly this season— across the holy manger bed, and sentinel at His feet His presence waits the gift of myrrh. permeates the cold, drawing me close to Him, The gift of death for God? o m ' f i * What do you mean, foolish wise bestowing joy man, to the bell to lay such a present at His feet? I ring in front of the market Gold and noble frankincense for people whose hunger are proper gifts for kings, pierces their lives. but why do you bring Him myrrh?

I have known Him Remembering Christmas In Mary’s solemn gaze, almost three years now; wonder and uncertainty His patience blooms Winter feelings come as they please. give way to sudden pain inside of me In them one remembers as echoes of the angel’s words turning into charity; the whipped white of deep freeze come winging on the wind Decembers with essence of bitter myrrh. Warm banks of fire and shimmering garland on Christmas part my lips trees; Born to die? God, as I say “God bless you” pumpkin pie and fruit cake smells, what terrible joy Your coming to all who pass by, writing to Santa and "Jingle Bells”; brings! believing that He will wafer-thin frost on windowpanes “Call His name Jesus, whether they say and barber pole stripes on candy for He shall save us from our “A m en” or not. canes; sins.” dinners with family and slippery drives We bow in humble worship —Marilyn Hochheiser through scenes print-perfect for and bless the gift of myrrh. Currier and Ives; —Marlene J. Chase caroling and crunching through drifts of snow that harden like candy at seven below. But more than tastes and smells, sounds and the glow, is the One to remember and to know His truth, though ancient, is still Gospel-fresh: that the Light split darkness and the Word became flesh. —Sherri Langton

D ecem ber 1993 11 Vacation time for three foster children and the Millers. Kevin is the boy in the middle He Learned to Smile Again by Stan Meek

stood inside the church “Good morning,” I greeted, When the little guy Bertha car­ foyer and watched the van “and how is the Miller family this ried joined the family, he never pull into the parking lot. morning?” sm ile d . He kept his head tucked That van could almost find “Good morning. Pastor,” Then, against Bertha’s shoulder, his its way here without a with a special lilt in her voice, the countenance constantly troubled. driver, I thought to myself. mother said, “We've got two new Nineteen-month-old Kevin had It’s here every time the members of our family this morn­ been used as a weapon in the Idoors are open. ing, Pastor. hands of his alcoholic father. In The occupants of the van "This is Todd,” she tenderly laid fits of rage, he would literally pick spilled out into the parking lot— a her hand on the blond-headed boy’s up Kevin and throw him across towheaded little fellow of about shoulder. “And this is Tiffany,” the room at older children. four, a seven- or eight-year-old nodding to the little girl of slight “When we first got Kevin,” girl of slight build. Then mother build standing very close to her. Glen said, “he would sit on the stepped down and reached back to Glen and Bertha Miller have floor, just looking down and twist­ unbuckle a smaller child. The fa­ come through these doors with 14 ing his little fingers.” ther and two teenagers followed. different foster children in the past “A smile may seem like a small As they entered the church, the two years. Our church family has thing,” Bertha added, “but it is chunky little toddler in the moth­ thrilled to the incredible change in one of the best rewards for the er’s arms flashed a smile. child after child. love we invest in these children.”

12 H e r a l d o f H oliness What motivated this couple “As we drove to the station that “That’s all it took,” Bertha ex­ with three children of their own to night, we prayed that the Lord plained. "That little boy sat at the open up their lives to the tough as­ would help us,” Bertha remem­ breakfast bar and told me his life signment of foster parenting? bers. At the police station they story. He had experienced things It c e rta in ly w a s n ’t that they were united with four-year-old most adults never have to deal didn't have enough to do. Glen led Shane and his 19-month-old sister. with.” the congregational singing in our Shannon. Shannon was slower to adjust church and was chairman of the Upon arriving home with the and suffered from frequent night­ Properties Committee. You could children, Bertha looked for a way mares. “1 would get up two or often find him on a ladder or to win Shane’s confidence. She three times in the night to reassure working on the church van. Bertha asked if he was hungry. He was, her," Bertha said. was our youth leader and chair­ and Bertha said, “1 have a brand- Another four-year-old, Jay, tore man of our Social Committee— new box of cereal in the kitchen, down a curtain within 30 minutes and maybe the best cook in the and I think it’s got a prize in it. of his arrival. “I put him on our Grand River Valley. Would you like to go see what it ‘time-out’ chair in front of the big Foster parenting was not an im­ is? clock,” Bertha said. "I showed pulsive decision for the Millers. him which hand to watch. ‘When Even before they had children of it gets here, you can get up,’ I told their own, they had talked about him. taking foster children. “We soon learned that these "1 was abused and belittled as a children will do almost anything child,” said Bertha. “Statistically, I B e c a u s e o f m y to get the attention they haven't should be an abuser also, but my had,” Bertha explained. Jay then foster homes (both pleasant expe­ EXPERIENCE, MAYBE I decided to try a different strategy. riences in parsonages) changed He began to scream. my life.” CAN UNDERSTAND THESE “I came back to him and told "Because of my experience, CHILDREN BETTER him I loved him, but if he maybe I can understand these chil­ screamed one more time, he’d dren better than some do.” THAN SOME DO.” have to sit another five minutes, Before the Millers accepted the and I showed him on the clock. challenge of foster parenting, they Fortunately, it worked this time," talked with their three Bertha said. children about this adven­ Glen, the quiet, bearded ture of love. "We let them father of Mennonite back­ voice their opinions, and ground, said, “A lot of we've tried not to sacri­ times we have to start fice time with them. Our with the basics: the differ­ children have been very ence between right and supportive,” Bertha ex­ wrong— not to lie or talk plained. bad about others.” Next, the Millers took a There are many other six-week training class challenges according to through the Department these surrogate parents— a of Human Services that chance meeting of the nat­ required a 45-minute dri­ ural parents in McDon­ ve to another town two ald’s, for instance. Or tak­ n ig h ts a w eek . T h e ing the children to the Millers submitted to a Department of Human thorough investigation Services for a visit with and home study. their natural parents and Actual foster parenting listening to them cry for began when a social you. worker called the Millers The most difficult task from the police station in is sending the children the middle of the night to see if they would be will­ continued on page 17 ing to take two children being flown in from out Even in a busy kitchen, Bertha of state. Miller has “love to spare.”

D e c e m b e r 1993 13 P ersonal Experience God’s Wheelchair Grace byjudi Reed as told to Bob Hostetler

he doctor’s words swam spinal cord. The operation was caused violent vomiting and left inside my head like fish performed. me feeling weak. Gradually, I lost darting around an aquar­ I was confined to a hospital control of my legs, then of my ium: “You have a tumor bed, and a pair of nurses would bladder and bowels. growing inside your come into my sanitized room The cancer that threatened to spinal cord. We need every two hours to turn me over, destroy my body eventually de­ permission to operate." explaining that it was necessary to stroyed my marriage. Unable to As I lay on a gurney in that hos­ avoid the development of bed­ withstand the stress created by the pital hallway, my first thoughts sores. I screamed at them, begging cancer, the treatments, and my wereT of my wedding, two months them not to touch me or move me. fragile condition, my marriage away. My mind was full of white The pain was excruciating. ended. My life with my husband lace and wedding bells. There is Every day I was wheeled to a had consisted of 18 months of doc­ too much to do, 1 thought. I’m room in the basement of the hos­ tors and treatments and sickness. getting married. pital for cobalt therapy, and twice 1 returned home to live with my The back pains had started three a day an orderly pushed me to parents once again. 1 began tenta­ years earlier, when I was 17, and physical therapy. tively to read my Bible, seeking in doctors and their diagnoses pro­ I would plead with my thera­ it a cure for my cancer, which by vided no relief. The pain was peri­ pist, "Please, just help me to walk this time was slowly spreading odic at first, afflicting through my body. Fluid me most during the was filling my lungs. I night. could not swallow any­ Soon, other problems thing solid. My mother began to surface. While A l l I WANT IS TO WALK DOWN would crush my pain on a ski trip, 1 found it medication and mix it impossible to stay up­ THE AISLE ON MY WEDDING DAY.” with jelly to spoon-feed right, falling repeatedly. her bedridden daughter. I tried to laugh it off and One evening, while allow my friend to pick lying in bed, 1 began to me up out of the snow. gasp, unable to get any Before long, however, such ex­ again. All I want is to walk down air into m y lu n g s. W hile my periences were common. Once, the aisle on my wedding day.” mother picked up the phone to while working as a secretary for a On May 12, 1973, two months summon an ambulance, my father plastics firm, I headed for the after the operation, 1 did walk stormed into my room and, taking copy machine with an armload of down the aisle, leaning heavily on my head in his hands, blew into papers. On the way, my legs my father's arm. The tumor, the my mouth with one strong breath. crumpled beneath me. 1 fell to the operation, and the cobalt treat­ As he did, I heard and felt the flu­ lloor in a heap, the papers floating ments had not prevented me from id being forced dow n my throat down after me. becoming a wife— but they had and back into my crowded lungs. It was then that I went to the made me a very sick one. I was rushed to the hospital and hospital for the series of tests that After my wedding, 1 began put on a heavy dose of morphine revealed the tumor inside my chemotherapy treatments, which to ease the extreme pain. Several

14 H e r a l d o f H oliness Through God’s grace, Judi is the mother of three. She is also a choir member, and a Sunday School teacher at the Springdale Church of the Nazarene, Cincinnati.

times a day, nurses would suction stop taking the morphine and be­ my appetite very quickly then, and great quantities of fluid from my gin eating. She then notified the soon was begging my parents to lungs. nurses that she wanted to see the bring me chili dogs to eat! The doctors explained to my doctor to instruct him to put me The next day I took the oxygen parents that I was suffering from on oxygen. tube out of my nostrils and laid it pulmonary edema and would prob­ Despite emphatic resistance beside my pillow, saying, "I don’t ably not live through the night. from the nurses, by that evening I need that anymore.” My family and I endured the was given oxygen. As the nurses The sixth day after the attack, 1 agony and uncertainty of that warned, I began experiencing ter­ was released from the hospital. night and the next, waiting for the rible effects from the treatment. The doctors confessed that they doctor’s prophecy to be fulfilled. My body tingled, and I began bab­ were baffled by my recovery. My Family and friends, informed of bling and hallucinating. family and I were becoming in­ the crisis, joined in the creasingly aware of God tense waiting and enlist­ and His working in my ed the prayers of Chris­ life. tians and churches My happiness at be­ throughout the city. T h e d o c t o r s e x p l a i n e d t o m y ing released from the On the third day after hospital and returning I was rushed to the hos­ PARENTS THAT I PROBABLY WOULD home was tempered pital, my sister. Kathy, somewhat by the neces­ sat outside my room. As NOT LIVE THROUGH THE NIGHT. sity of my confinement she sat there crying, she to a rented hospital bed suddenly became aware and my inability to care of a Presence that came for myself. My condi­ to her with the assur­ tion and the burden of ance that I would not die. She felt The next day I decided to try care that fell upon my family cre­ led to enter my room and take my what my sister had advised. I ated a continuous climate of hand. She explained what had just asked the nurses to discontinue the stress. Eventually, arrangements happened and, still certain that she morphine. They substituted were made for a nurse's aide to was acting as directed, told me to Tylenol with codeine. I regained care for me for four hours at a

D e c e m b e r 1993 15 time to relieve some of my par­ and salvation for the first time, to have a ramp made so I could ents’ burden. and the love of my Savior, who join the music ministry of the The months that followed re­ died for me. church. I also began teaching in quired more surgery, confining pe­ In addition to my newfound Sunday School, and Butch later riods of recuperation, and physical love for Christ, another love soon joined me as one of four teachers and occupational therapy. I entered my life in the person of in the four-year-old room. learned to bathe myself, however, the man who was instrumental in There are some, 1 suppose, who and strove to master the art of my coming to Christ. I fell in love cannot see beyond my wheelchair sliding my half-paralyzed body in with Butch Reed, and we were and my handicap to see God’s and out of my new, custom-made married on October 3, 1981. marvelous grace, but He has cho­ wheelchair. Since that time. Butch and I sen to use my handicap to bring Despite further setbacks that re­ have had three children together: me to salvation through His Son, quired the insertion of steel rods Joshua, Rachael, and Korinna. Jesus, to marriage to an extraordi­ Due to my handicap, no anesthetic nary Christian man, and through was necessary, and Butch and 1 three full-term pregnancies to the both witnessed our children’s blessing of motherhood. births as excited spectators. I say with Paul, “1 will continue M y f a m il y a n d i Though the years since have to rejoice, for I know that . . . what brought more rod implants and a has happened to me will turn out W ERE BECOMING bone transplant, they have also for my deliverance. 1 eagerly expect brought a new church home. In INCREASINGLY AWARE February of 1990 Butch and I be­ and hope that I will in no way be came members of the Springdale ashamed, but will have sufficient OF GOD’S WORKING Church of the Nazarene. Wanting courage so that now as always to become involved quickly, Christ will be exalted in my body, IN MY LIFE. Butch became a greeter. I. too, whether by life or by death. For to wanted to minister in my way but me, to live is Christ and to die is held back from joining the choir gain” (Philippians l:18/?-21, N1V). because the choir loft was inacces­ Bob Hostetler is coauthor, with Josh Mc­ sible to me. However, Pastor in my back and pins in my hips, I Dowell, o f Don’t Check Your Brains at Richard Bowden, the minister of the Door and 13 Things You Gotta Know struggled to achieve indepen­ music, contacted me and pledged (to Make It as a Christian). ^ dence. I bought a new car, special­ ly equipped with hand controls. I began attending college, majoring in photography. In February of 1981 I moved out of my parents’ home and was one of the first resi­ dents of "Booth Residence," an apartment complex operated by The Salvation Army for elderly and handicapped people capable of independent living. Soon after settling into my new home, I met Harley (Butch) Reed, the maintenance man at Booth Residence, who was a glowing, witnessing Christian. He began to witness to me about the power of Christ, inviting me to the Army’s worship services, and I began at­ tending regularly. On Easter Sunday 1981, as I sat in my wheelchair in The Salvation Army chapel, I was overcome by the Spirit of God. I saw my need of Him, His forgiveness, and His power. 1 responded. In that mo­ ment, I experienced forgiveness

16 H f.r a i.d o f H oliness HE LEARNED TO SMILE AGAIN continued from page 13

Glen holds one of the 14 foster children that the Millers have cared for in the last two years.

Lori Miller, daughter of Glen and Bertha, takes three foster children for a spin on the merry-go-round. Lori is holding Kevin.

back into an uncertain future— not knowing what they are going to face. “It tears at your heart,” Bertha says. “It's hard to take a Love to Spare little fellow home and set him arjorie Lee Chan­ Mary Rotzien says, der are going to be dis­ down, and turn to go and hear him M dler writes in Focus “Families provide a appointed.” His counsel say, ‘I wanna go wiz you, Bersha.' on the Family about healing ministry. It’s is to concentrate on pro­ That's when we really need the parents and organiza­ traumatic for a child not viding patience, time, Lord. tions who have re­ to develop trusting rela­ and love in generous sponded with “Love to tionships. When they amounts. "We just cry a lot, pray a lot, Spare.” She tells of a have no concept of Chandler says, “Eigh­ and love a lot." foster family recruit­ God's love during the teen months is the me­ Bertha Miller says, “We do it ment and support sys­ early years, it’s harder dian length of time a because we want to make a differ­ tem organized specifi­ to accept a loving Sav­ child remains in contin­ cally for the Christian ior later in life. I have a uous substitute care. ence in a child's life, even if it’s community by Brian strong conviction that Foster parents have the only for a short time.” and Mary Rotzien, Christians must be re­ opportunity to give 100 The Millers say there is a strong called Child-SHARE sponsible for these chil­ percent during this time, support system and many helps (Shelter Homes: A Res­ dren.” and Christians see this cue Effort). But Don Gibbons, a as a way to share God’s available to foster families who The organization net­ foster parent, wisely love.” □ choose to open their hearts and works with about 50 points out, “Those who homes to “one of the least of Los Angeles churches expect to make money, these” (Matthew 25:40). to recruit 40 percent of quick-fix the custody the foster homes certi­ system, or straighten The rewards are boundless as fied by that city. This is out the kids in short or­ you watch a child discover Jesus' a significant impact of love and learn to smile again. ^ Christian caring.

D e c e m b e r 1993 17 News BY MARK GRAHAM and TOM FELDER

Nazarenes Respond to Needs Around the World RECENT DISASTERS ADD TO NEEDS The recent rash of natural disasters and initial relief efforts. Enough supplies political uprisings has kept Nazarene were collected to fill two 747 jets with Compassionate Ministries busy. The antibiotics, pain killers, oral rehydration international office of NCM in the packets, and other medicines, as well as World Mission Division is in the surgical tents and equipment. The jets process of responding to earthquakes in were made available to NCM by Boe­ Because of its proximity to the earthquake India and Papua New Guinea, a devas­ ing Aircraft Company and Air India. area, the Reynolds Memorial Hospital in tating hurricane in Mexico, a typhoon The jets flew to India in November. India has played a key role in relief in the Philippines, and to the needs of efforts. persons in Moscow. MEXICO At least 17 Nazarene churches were INDIA damaged or destroyed when Hurricane displaced from their homes. The Church of the Nazarene contin­ Gert crashed into eastern Mexico Sept. "These two latest disasters are repre­ ues to respond to the needs of victims 21. More than 360 Nazarene families sentative of the daily reports that come of the deadly earthquake in India Sept. were affected by the heavy wind and into our office,” Weber said. "NCM 29. N CM is curren tly involved in rains and the floods that followed. responds continuously to needs from assessing the situation and will be mov­ The hurricane struck Mexico’s east disaster, famine, poverty, and disease ing to the next phase of its response, coast, hitting the Veracruz, Tamaulipas, all over the world. When significant according to Steve Weber, international and San Luis Potosi areas the hardest. disasters hit, NCM stretches its coordinator of NCM. resources as thinly as possible in order “We are now focusing on developing PAPUA NEW GUINEA to respond to urgent and ongoing a ‘phase two' strategy for responding to AND THE PHILIPPINES needs." the long-term needs of the victims of A recent typhoon in the Philippines this terrible disaster," Weber said. and an earthquake in Papua New MOSCOW “Nazarene health-care personnel in Guinea have added to the long list of In addition to the natural disasters, India are working with Indian govern­ needs NCM is trying to fill. NCM is involved with providing med­ ment disaster relief officials to develop The earthquake shook the Eastern ical supplies to hospitals in Moscow this long-term strategy, which includes Highlands section of Papua New following the recent violence in that the possibility of a low-cost housing Guinea Oct. 13. Although the quake city. Moscow television stations issued reconstruction program." measured 7.2 on the Richter Scale, the a call in October for persons with Weber noted that the long-term strat­ area is sparsely populated and it is access to pain medicines, syringes, nee­ egy could be similar to one used by hoped that there will be little injury or dles, IV supplies, or bandages to call NCM following the 1986 earthquake in damage, Weber said. the trauma hospital. Sveta Andreeva, El Salvador. NCM is still involved in a Typhoon Flo battered the Central NCM coordinator for Moscow, heard housing program in El Salvador seven Luzon area of the Philippines, trigger­ the plea and called the trauma center. years after the disaster. ing heavy rains and widespread flood­ T he N CM C en ter in M oscow had NCM is moving into the next phase ing. At least 49 persons were killed and recently received a shipment of medical of its response based on the success of more than 35,000 families have been supplies from the Metro New York Dis­ trict and still had IV supplies, syringes, and needles available. "By the time Sveta contacted the hos­ pital they had lost 60 patients," said Carla Sunberg, missionary to Russia. “They were waiting on supplies from the West. We are grateful that the Church of the Nazarene could help so quickly." Persons wishing to respond to the needs of disaster victims should send contributions marked “NCM Fund— Disasters,” to General Treasurer, Church of the Nazarene, 6401 The Paseo. Kansas City, MO 64131. All gifts are approved as a Ten Percent Special.

18 H er a l d o f H oliness HEART TO HEART SHIPMENT LEAVES ORLANDO A cargo jet carrying 70 tons of medical Beth Rose, Heart to Heart public rela­ supplies worth $7 million left the tions coordinator. More than 200 doc­ Orlando, Fla., International Airport tors attending that meeting assisted in Oct. 10, for St. Petersburg, Russia. The providing supplies for the shipment. shipment, which arrived in St. Peters­ In addition to the doctors, at least 30 burg Oct. 11, was the latest airlift spon­ hospitals in the Orlando area and more sored by Heart to Heart International. than 30 manufacturers across the U.S. The shipment of medical supplies provided medical supplies and medi­ and pharmaceuticals was organized in cines. Nazarenes in the Orlando area conjunction with the annual meeting of assisted in collecting the supplies and the American Academy of Family preparing them for shipment. The vol­ Physicians in O rlando, according to unteer effort in Orlando was led by J. V. Morsch, associate pastor of Orlan­ do Central Church of the Nazarene. Morsch is the father of Nazarene physi­ cian Gary Morsch. the founder of Heart to Heart International. The supplies were delivered to hos­ pitals in St. Petersburg, Rose said. However, a couple of pallets of sup­ plies were delivered to Nazarene mis­ Nazarene missionary Roy Campbell (I.) sionaries Chuck and Carla Sunberg for helps unload a truck used to deliver medi­ use in the Nazarene clinic in Moscow. cines to a warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia. Some of the medicines were This was Heart to Heart’s second donated to the Nazarene clinic in Moscow. relief effort to St. Petersburg. At least $4 million in supplies were shipped to the Russian city last January. In May Barbi Moore, senior project manager for 1992, Heart to Heart shipped medicines Heart to Heart, sings for a group of chil­ and supplies worth $5 million to Photos by Jeffrey Altweis, courtesy of the American Acad­ dren at a Russian hospital. Moscow. emy of Family Physicians

SEEDS OF EVANGELISM LEAD TO NEW CHURCH IN NASHVILLE A personal evangelism class and, later, Chapel at Nashville First Church. Kee In addition to Pastor Han and the dis­ an English as a Second Language (ESL) Chae Han served as their pastor. trict superintendent, other participants class, have led to the start of a new Those services led to the formation in the organization service included: church in Nashville, Tenn. The new of the new church, which is using the Michael Hancock, chairman of the church. First Korean Church of the facilities of the former Calvary Church Nashville Nazarene Ministerial Associ­ Nazarene. was organized Oct. 3. by of the Nazarene in Nashville. During ation; Michael R. Estep, Church Exten­ Tennessee District Superintendent Tal- the organization service, a lay leader of sion Ministries director; Millard Reed, madge Johnson. both Calvary Church and the new Kore­ president of Trevecca Nazarene College The seed for the new church was an congregation led a processional to and former pastor of Nashville First planted in the late 1980s in a personal the altar where a torch was passed to Church; and Stan Toler, senior pastor of evangelism class at Nashville First Church taught by associate pastor Jerry the Korean leader. Nashville First Church. Street. Hye Sung Yoo, a member of Nashville First Church, attended the personal evangelism class because she Pastor Kee Chae Han greets those who attended the organization of Nashville, wanted to share the gospel with her Tenn., First Korean Church of the Korean friends. Nazarene. He is joined on the platform by She began to bring some of her (I. to r.) Tennessee District Superintendent friends to church and, in 1989, a Kore­ Talmadge Johnson and Millard Reed, pres­ an class was formed. Because of the ident of Trevecca Nazarene College. language barrier, the group used the The new congregation is meeting in the denomination's ESL materials for their former Calvary Church of the Nazarene. lessons. During the organization service, leaders In June 1990 the Korean group began from Calvary Church officially presented holding worship services in Wise the building to the Korean congregation.

D e c e m b e r 1493 19 PROFESSOR TEACHES STUDENTS TO TEACH OTHERS A Nazarene college professor and a to test a variety of natural fertilizers small group of agriculture students and insecticides. In addition, he taught spent four weeks last summer putting the students the basics of financial what they had learned into action. record-keeping and contour farming. Glenn Fell, associate professor of agri­ "I emphasize to the students that culture at MidAmerica Nazarene Col­ their first job is to try to become lege, led a team of three students and a accepted." Fell said. "I tell them not to teaching assistant to the small African teach, but to ask to help, to work with nation of Malawi. The group spent the people. Only when they have their time at the Malawi Nazarene worked alongside someone should they Vocational School in Blantyre teaching offer suggestions about an easier or Dan Mace, an agriculture student at students basic principles for growing better way to do something.” MidAmerica Nazarene College, assists food. In turn, the African students were Fell's most recent team included his Gilbert Zamini with a drip irrigation kit. to return home and teach others the assistant, Scott Laird, and students Dan Zamini is an agriculture student at the same principles. Mace. Roger Clevenger, and Anne Nazarene school in Malawi. This was Fell's second trip to Radley. Fell's father, Edward, also Malawi. In 1992 he led a group of agri­ joined the group. culture students there to help increase A former Peace Corps volunteer. World Mission Division teaching those drought-season vegetable production at Fell was drawn to missions while a stu­ same agricultural principles in Malawi. the school. The purpose of the latest dent at Eastern Nazarene College. He “She lives a simple, frugal life." Fell visit was to continue that training and went on to get a degree in agronomy said. “She is learning the language and MALAWI NAZARENE from Oklahoma State University and people feel that she cares." VOCATIONAL f later joined the faculty at MANC. Another student that Fell is proud of One of his students on the 1992 trip is Alex Mkndawire. As groundskeeper was Beth Adams. She is now working at the Malawi school, Mkndawire under a four-year contract with the worked closely with Fell during his visits. “My reward is seeing people like Alex blossom," Fell said. "It is then The group that traveled to Malawi included that I realize that I have helped teach a (I. to r.) Roger Clevenger, Dan Mace, Scott person who is going to build up other Laird, Anne Radley, Edward Fell, and Glenn people." Fell.

PENSION RECIPIENTS APPALACHIAN MINISTRIES CONSULTANT NAMED RECEIVE BONUS Merlin E. Provance has been appointed (AMERC) in Berea. Ky. He accepted Appalachian Ministries consultant for this position in early September follow­ Pension recipients on the “basic” the Church Growth Division, according ing 19 years as pastor of Davis Creek pension roll and the World Mission to Michael R. Estep, Church Extension Church of the Nazarene in Charleston. pension plans received a “13th Ministries director. Provance will work W.Va. month” bonus benefit in November, with Church Extension AMERC is a nondenominational the­ according to Don Walter, acting Ministries in organizing ological education and training organi­ director of Pensions and Benefits a committee of individ­ zation for ministers in the Appalachian USA. The bonus benefit matched the uals interested in this region. Provance works specifically regular November pension amount. area of ministry and with ministers from holiness denomina­ Retirees receiving a pension from will lead the group in tions to provide training and continuing the General Church Pension Plan strategizing how to bet­ education. also received an additional benefit, ter plant and grow Nazarene churches in As Appalachian Ministries consul­ but the amount was subject to certain the region. tant, Provance will work closely with restrictions. The Appalachian region of the U.S. is Church Extension Ministries and the The bonus was authorized by the generally considered to include 399 Church Growth and Resource Center at Board of Pensions and Benefits USA counties in 13 states from New York to Mount Vernon Nazarene College. The in its recent meeting. Georgia. According to the 1990 census, initial strategy committee will consist of “The action addresses the immedi­ approximately 20.7 million people live Provance; Garrett Mills, superintendent ate needs of pension recipients and in the impoverished region. of the Eastern Kentucky District; Rick allows time for the additional study Provance currently works part-time Ryding, M VNC professor; and Mark of the pension plans as directed by as a staff associate for recruitment and East, director of Mercy Mission, a the 1993 General Assembly,” accord­ development for the Appalachian Min­ Nazarene compassionate ministries ing to Walter. istries Education Resource Center project in Middlesboro, Ky.

20 H e r a l d o e H oliness NAZARENES INVOLVED IN WICHITA OUTREACH Plenty of advance preparation and a because it was the site of a shooting persons from Wichita First Church "wall of prayer" helped to make the death on July 4. To alleviate fears, the were involved as counselors at the rally. second "Locker to Locker” a key evan­ parents of Christian teens were invited Another 52 individuals volunteered to gelistic thrust to young people in to come to the stadium a half-hour conduct small-group Bible studies with Wichita, Kans., in October, according before the rally began. those who made decisions. to Gene Williams, senior pastor of About 1.000 of them encir­ Follow-up was an impor­ Wichita First Church. cled the outside of the arena tant part of the emphasis. "Locker to Locker" was the name and prayed throughout the Names, addresses, and given to the program that urges Chris­ meeting as their kids and phone numbers of persons tian young people to invite other stu­ others gathered together on making decisions were dents at their schools to an evangelistic the inside. According to gathered at the rally and meeting. This year's program also Williams, the rally occurred were already in a computer included visits to 70 junior high and without a hitch. database by the following high school assemblies by 7 special "The youth involved in Monday. "Every kid who speakers. the event got to see, first­ signed a card got a phone "About 15,000 attended our rally on hand, God’s working in a call by the following Tues­ Saturday night at Wichita State Stadi­ powerful way,” said Brad day night inviting them to um." said Williams. "About 1,300 gave Dyrness. "From the perfect attend a Bible study," said their hearts to the Lord at that meeting, weather to protection in a The week-long outreach Williams. 500 of which had no church connec­ very scary place, seeing event included special Other Nazarenes in the tions of any kind." more than a thousand teens assemblies in schools community, particularly A follow-up rally for the young peo­ move toward God can cause where speakers talked those at Wichita Westside, ple and their families on Sunday night anyone to think twice about about such topics as sex, also were involved in the alcohol, and violence. attracted about 6.000 to the Kansas Col­ God’s power.” outreach, according to iseum. The entire week was Williams. Rolf Kleinfeld. During the week prior to the rally, billed as "Youth Crisis Awareness youth minister at Westside, was in the special speakers and entertainers Week," with the theme, “If nothing charge of logistics for both of the ral­ addressed assemblies at public and pri­ else, let’s save our kids.” Williams said lies. vate schools where they talked about the local news media gave extensive The city-wide emphasis was a joint such things as sex, alcohol, and vio­ coverage to the events of the week. effort by evangelical denominations and lence. Williams said that more than 160 the Catholic diocese in Wichita. "They were specifically barred from talking about God. so the guys who sang ‘bleeped’ themselves when they came to a reference about deity, and the kids took off on it," said Williams. Brad Dyrness, youth pastor at Wichi­ ta First Church and cochairman of the follow-up campaign for the emphasis, said ACLU attorneys attended the assemblies, monitoring for references to God. Speakers and entertainers for the ral- lies included: Jacob Aran/a. Bill Sanders. Joseph Jennings, ETW, and Rich Mullins. Representatives of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association trained per­ sons for six weeks prior to the rally to serve as counselors. According to Williams, 600 persons took the training. "Art Bailey of the Graham Association told us that they had never been able to get more than 4,500 teenagers at a rally such as ours. So for us to get 15,000 More than 70 persons attended the 1993 Nazarene Servicemembers’ Retreat Oct. 11-15 made us pretty excited," said Williams. in Chiemsee, Germany, according to Curt Bowers, Chaplaincy Ministries director. Gen­ Williams said there was some appre­ eral Superintendent Donald D. Owens was the special speaker. Jim Hamilton conducted hension about holding the Saturday marriage enrichment seminars. night rally at the Wichita State Stadium,

D e c e m b e r 1993 21 NAZARENE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT SHOWS INCREASE More than 16,000 students are enrolled out the world," said Stephen W. Nease, Eight of the 12 undergraduate- and in 36 Nazarene undergraduate and grad­ education commissioner. “For this rea­ graduate-level institutions in the U.S., uate institutions worldwide, according son we establish, maintain, and support Canada, and Great Britain showed both to statistics released by the International holiness higher education throughout an increase in total enrollment and in Board of Education. In addition to the the world. We are convinced that our traditional student enrollment. 16,190 "campus-based" students, 3,409 holiness institutions will continue to In addition to an on-campus enroll­ were enrolled in extension centers spon­ undergird our denominational mission ment of 520, Nazarene Bible College sored by Nazarene institutions through­ through preparation of our youth for reported 945 students enrolled in 31 out the world. effective service to Jesus Christ." extension centers throughout the U.S. A total of 14,112 students are Point Loma Nazarene College Nazarene Theological College— Man­ enrolled in institutions in the U.S./ remains the largest of the Nazarene chester, England, reported a total enroll­ Canada/Great Britain Council of Educa­ institutions with 2,484 students. The ment of 93, an increase of 29 over 1992. tion. This represents an increase in college has shown increases for 20 of This includes the first postgraduate headcount of 673 over last year’s fig­ the last 21 years, according to Nease. research students in the college's new ures. Olivet Nazarene University reported affiliation with the University of Man­ “The Church of the Nazarene exists the largest numerical increase in enroll­ chester. to serve as an instrument for advancing ment with 198. Southern Nazarene Uni­ Japan Christian Junior College the kingdom of God through the preach­ versity had the largest increase in tradi­ reported an en ro llm en t of 543. the ing and teaching of the gospel through­ tional students with 120. largest among institutions outside the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. Korean NAZARENE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT Nazarene Theological College reported U.S., Canada, and Great Britain Council o f Education an enrollment of 305, and Seminario Nazarena de las Americas in Costa Rica College Total Traditional Nontraditional Graduate Total Headcount Students Students Students FTE* reported 106 students enrolled.

Canadian Nazarene College 1993 97 39 41 17 67 Winnipeg, Man. 1992 124 40 53 31 84 WORLD MISSION AREA UNDERGRADUATE AND 1,377 644 128 1,346 Eastern Nazarene College 1993 605 GRADUATE LEVEL COLLEGES Quincy, Mass. 1992 1,287 596 540 151 1,231 1993 Total Enrollment MidAmerica Nazarene College 1993 1,434 1,136 161 137 1,339 AFRICA REGION: Kenya Nazarene Bible College (Nairo­ Olathe, Kans. 1,140 184 122 1,358 1992 1,446 bi, Kenya). 38; Nazarene Nursing College (Manzini, Swaziland), 120; Nazarene Teacher Training College Mount Vernon Nazarene College 1993 1,223 1,186 22 15 1,188 (Manzini, Swaziland), 119; Nazarene Theological Col­ Mount Vernon, Ohio 1992 1,126 1,112 0 14 1,080 lege (Muldersdrift, R.S.A.), 49; Swaziland Nazarene Bible College (Siteki, Swaziland), 36 Nazarene Bible College 1993 520 409 93 0 **330 Colorado Springs, Colo. 1992 436 332 85 0 330 ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theologi­ cal Seminary (Manila, Philippines), 75; Japan Christian Nazarene Theological College 1993 93 43 27 23 62 Junior College (Tokyo, Japan), 543; Korean Nazarene Theological College (Choong Nam, Korea), 305; Luzon Manchester, England 1992 64 36 11 17 50 Nazarene Bible College (Baguio City, Philippines), 110; Nazarene College of Nursing (Mt. Hagen, Papua New Nazarene Theological Seminary 1993 314 0 0 314 293 Guinea), 61; Nazarene Theological College (Queens­ Kansas City, Mo. 1992 315 0 0 315 289 land, Australia), 22; Sekolah Tinggi Theologica Nazarene (Yogyakarta, Indonesia), 56; Taiwan Northwest Nazarene College 1993 1,288 1,178 0 110 1,173 Nazarene Theological College (Taiwan, Republic of China), 26; Visayan Nazarene Bible College (Cebu City, Nampa. Idaho 1992 1,218 1,146 0 72 1,117 Philippines), 67 2,194 357 1,871 Olivet Nazarene University 1993 1,558 279 CARIBBEAN REGION: Caribbean Nazarene Theological Kankakee, III. 1992 1,996 1,543 309 144 1,769 College (Santa Cruz, Trinidad), 51

Point Loma Nazarene College 1993 2,484 2,107 0 377 1,945 EURASIA REGION: European Nazarene Bible College San Diego, Calif. 1992 2,450 2,035 0 415 1,891 (Schaffhausen, Switzerland), 45; India Nazarene Nurs­ es Training College (Maharashtra, India), 23 Southern Nazarene University 1993 1,731 1,317 219 195 1,438 MEXICO-CENTRAL AMERICA REGION: Instituto Teo- Bethany, Okla. 1992 1,591 1,197 225 169 1,275 logico Nazareno (Guatemala, Central America), 50; Seminario Nazareno Mexicano, A C. (Mexico O.F., Trevecca Nazarene College 1993 1,357 763 220 - 374 1,256 Mexico), 38 Nashville, Tenn. 1992 1,386 814 253 319 1,270 SOUTH AMERICA REGION: Seminario Nazareno TOTAL 14,112 10,380 1,745 1,655 12,308 Sudamericano (Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina), 39; 1993 Seminario Teologico Nazareno do Brasil (Sao Paulo, 1992 13,439 9,991 1,660 1,454 11,744 Brazil), 58; Seminario Teologico Nazareno Sudameri­ cano (Quito, Ecuador), 3 *FTE; Full-time equivalent **This figure unavailable; 1992 FTE listed

22 H e r a l d o f H o l in e s s In a Wo m an’ s V oice

Rather, we are hearing the voice of our Prayer: Original Research own unattended pain or the tapes of other unloving voices. While God's word to us will certainly illumine our dark places and relentlessly uncover sin, God's word in Unexplored Territory never degrades us. For God made us in the divine image and intends to clearly but lovingly show us our sin in order to REBECCA LAIRD go far to help her to freely share her forgive and heal. God’s intent is to trans­ thoughts. If Rachel can share her little- form and restore, never to destroy. May girl thoughts with Mom, then maybe my own words to my children reveal this she'll find it easier to believe that God same godly purpose. listens— even when Mom is too preoccu­ 5. God is available to help. At one pied to hear. day’s end, I heard Rachel crying outside. 2. God speaks quietly. We can be con­ I opened the door to find my baffled hus­ tinually in communication with God. Out band shrugging his shoulders at her be­ of the blue one day, while we were riding havior. They’d just had a cheerful chat in in the car, Rachel asked, “Mom, does God the car. Bit by bit, it became clear that have teeth?" As I probed. 1 realized that Rachel had bumped her head getting out Rebecca Laird is author of Ordained she was asking me if God had a mouth and of the car and had cried out for Mommy Women in the Church of the Nazarene: could speak. She clarified, “I can’t hear to help. Her sobbing was really fury that 1 The First Generation and a professional God's voice.” As I drove, I retold her the hadn’t come immediately to her aid. writer and editor in Summit, N.J. story in my book, Robinson Rabbit, What I explained that I didn't know she had Do You Hear? (Augsburg/Fortress, 1990). needed me. I couldn’t hear her from afar. It’s about a rabbit that hears his way home Her expression made it clear that this was As m y t h r e e - y e a r - o l d and I walked with his heart rather than his oversized new information. She believed that I was from the parking lot, she stopped to pick ears. I rehearsed the story, and she seemed ever-present. She knows, much more than up a pinecone and asked, "Why the tree to understand the concept of hearing with I, what it means to trust fully. Children drop these?” I gave a clipped answer and her heart. have an abundant ability to believe in urged her onward. I had errands to run. 3. We can and should pray when we God’s availability. Then, stepping into the sunlight, she have needs or are afraid. More nights 6. God is everywhere. Just the other asked. “Why I can't see my shadow under than I can remember, I've awakened to night at bath time, I was asked, “Is God the tree?" She insisted on going back in the sound of tiny feet tiptoeing in our broked?" I asked, "What do you mean?” the shade to watch her shadow reappear. bedroom and a small body crawling in She tried again, "How can God be with At the stairs, she bent down and asked, beside me. Recently, Rachel said, ail people all the time?” "Where do the ants sleep?" I was exasper­ “There's a monster outside ated and we weren’t even halfway to the my window." We talked car. I grabbed her hand and said, “Rachel, about praying to God when stop asking questions and hurry!” afraid and asking for She complied silently for a minute. courage and love. “But, Then she stuck up her chin and declared, Mom," she persisted, “the If, when you pray, the voice "I was only trying to talk to you. Mom­ shadows are still there." So you hear is always critical, my." we gave her a little flashlight Her words struck like an arrow. She to remind her of the way berating, and degrading, it’s simply had been trying to share her ex­ God can drive away her not God’s voice. plorations. 1 was too preoccupied to hear fears like the light pushes her. back the darkness. Richard Foster says that prayer “is 4. God’s words are lov­ original research in unexplored territo­ ing. At a banquet, one of our ry."* Rachel's curiosity about pinecones, table mates told of a child excitedly 1 took a deep breath and said, "Honey, lights and shadows, and ants may push telling his parents about seeing a human God is a Spirit and can be everywhere, me to my limits, but God’s limits are skeleton in class. Later that night, the just like the wind can blow all over the boundless. God honors her curious mind child awoke, crying, "I'm afraid of my world at the same time.” and repetitive questions. God surely has skull." That illustrates how powerful our Boy, was I relieved when baby Megan listened to my own set of why-questions fears are. A seminary professor helped splashed her sister in the face, thus for many years. As my two daughters me tremendously when she affirmed that changing the subject. As they laughed grow, their questions will surpass my God's voice is ever-loving. If, when we and played, I prayed, “God. help me." knowledge. So, what can I teach Rachel pray, the voice we hear is always critical, Already, I’m in over my head. about God as the one to whom we pray? berating, or pointing out our imperfec­ *Celebration o f Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth (San 1. God listens. My own example will tions, then it is not the voice of God. Francisco: HarperCollins, 1978), 30.

D e c e m b e r l 9 9 3 23 Into the Word

disciples. He will sweat great drops Foundations of the Faith in Philippians of blood while His nearest friends sleep. He will carry the Cross to Gol­ gotha and give up His life to save us. We cannot help but be overwhelmed by the love without limits expressed in that simple phrase, "he emptied himself.” The magnitude of Christ's love is Love Without Limits also portrayed by the contrast be­ tween “the form of God" in verse 6 Incarnation as shown by the opening and “the form of a slave” in verse 7. verses of the great Christ hymn in Not only did Christ let go of the high­ Philippians 2:6-11. Without using the est power and privilege, but He also word "love,” Paid portrays the way embraced the lowest experiences of Christ’s birth, life, and death ex­ human existence. Whether it was pressed love without limits toward us. sleeping with the sheep or eating with “He did not consider being equal the prostitutes and tax collectors or with God a thing to be grasped." Let­ suffering a Roman flogging and cru­ ting go of power and privilege is hard cifixion. Jesus moved along the bot­ for us. We think that we have tom level of human experience. He Roger L. Hahn teaches New Testament scratched and clawed for everything lived His days in the middle of “for at Southern Nazarene University we have— and so we hate to let any worse,” “for poorer,” and "in sick­ of it go. Christ possessed, by His very ness" experiences of people's lives. nature, ultimate power and status. Yet Such love without limits is over­ He was willing to release it all to be whelming. Although he existed in the form of born in a stall to express God’s love I will never come close to really God he did not consider being equal for us. We cling to our puny privi­ understanding or living out the love with God a thing to be grasped, but leges, but Christ refused to grasp without limits that I promised to my he emptied himself, taking the form of equality with God. When I contem­ wife on our wedding day. But 1 could a slave, being born in the likeness of plate the transition from the Lord of men (Philippians 2:6-7).* make significant progress if I would heaven to being laid in a manger, I look to the love without limits ex­ A ft e r a t t e n d in g a c o u p l e of wed­ am overwhelmed by the love without pressed in the Christmas story. dings recently, the wedding ceremony limits I see in Christ's birth. For further study: (/) Read 2 is fresh on my mind. 1 feel a rush of Verse 7 states that Christ "emptied Corinthians 8:9. List some of the conflicting emotions when I hear the himself.” Theologians de­ vows, “to have and hold from this bate whether this phrase day forward, for better— for worse, refers to Christ laying for richer— for poorer, in sickness aside His divine attributes and in health, to love and to cherish." to come to earth or to He lived His days in the middle Twenty plus years of marriage have Christ’s life of giving given meanings to those promises himself for others. Exege­ of “for worse,” “for poorer,” that I could never have understood as sis may demand a choice and “in sickness” experiences a fresh-cheeked young groom. Some­ between the two interpre­ times I want to apologize to my wife tations, but worship de­ of people’s lives. for how little I understood back then mands that neither be and to say to her, “Now that I know abandoned. Christmas what it costs, I want to make those celebrates Christ’s empty­ vows to you again.” But then I won­ ing himself of His divine attributes ways Christ became poor for you and der if 20 years from now my present for the journey to Bethlehem. But old your salvation. List some of the ways understanding of love will seem like Simeon's announcement that Jesus you have become rich as a result. (2) youthful innocence. The promise to was destined “for the falling and ris­ Read the Christmas story from Luke love without limits is a rather auda­ ing of many . . . and for a sign of op­ 1—2. Notice the ways Luke portrays cious human claim. position” (Luke 2:34).points ahead to the humility of Jesus’ birth. What ap­ Part of the power of the Christmas a life of self-giving. We bow with the plication does that have for you per­ story is that it is the first chapter of a shepherds before Him. but we know sonally 2 (3) Write a brief prayer ask­ life of love without limits. None of that this baby will pour out His life ing God to show you ways to pour out the apostle Paul’s letters specifically for us. He will minister healing and yourself for the salvation of others mention the birth of Jesus in Bethle­ teaching all day and then cross the this coming year. hem. However, he does refer to the sea of Galilee at night to be with His ‘Scripture quotations are the author’s own translation.

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Praying the Psalms true that we are formed by our prayer, “But you are a shield around me, O E. DEE FREEBORN it is particulary true that we are Lord; you bestow glory on me and formed by praying the Scripture.” lift up my head. To the Lord I cry Later on she asserts, “This process of aloud, and he answers me from his being formed by the word of God holy hill” (vv. 3-4, NIV). l a t " happens not so much by our con­ Another method for praying the { o c v scious effort as by our daily steeping Psalms is to rewrite the psalm in light % / in it, until it becomes as familiar and of your own life’s experience. You i \ V L natural to us as the language we could also write your own psalm- ,*M 0m M m * . _____ speak’’ (To Pray and to Love [Min­ prayer, following the pattern of one E. Dee Freeborn teaches practical theol­ neapolis: Fortress Press, 1991 J, 61). of your favorite chapters. The Psalms ogy and spiritual formation at Nazarene The Psalms can minister to us in at can almost always be personalized Theological Seminary. least two ways. First, while reading when we pray them back to God. and praying these sacred words, it They become excellent avenues for does not take long to realize they are powerful intercessory prayer. Mean­ mirroring our own daily experiences. ingful verses and phrases can be Our deepest emotional responses to memorized or, if time is short, written “M y G o d , m y G o d , why have you life are there before our eyes: anger, on 3" x 5" cards to be consulted forsaken me?" The words of Jesus on disappointment, disillusionment, joy, throughout the day. the Cross and the words of Psalm and love. We find ourselves identify­ During a particularly stressful af­ 22:1! I suspect that the Lord not only ing with the Psalmist, or is it the ternoon in my life, I was returning to had the Psalms on His lips in those fi­ Scriptures helping us identify our­ my office by walking through the nal hours but had carried them in His selves? now quiet and empty seminary heart during His short life on earth. Second, while parallel­ When there is a pattern of living in ing our own feelings, the the words of Scripture, the very Psalms can also help us thoughts of God become available in see how our attitudes and the crucial moments of life. responses to life are hurt­ From the earliest days of the Chris­ ing us and hindering our To pray the Scriptures is tian Church, the Psalms were consid­ growth in Christlikeness. to listen with particularity ered a book of prayers given to us by Thus, they can at one and God. Scripture is a precious gift, the same time be both to God’s voice. God's love letter to each of us. In a comforting and correcting. most profound way, God comes to us Recently, I decided to through the Bible. We neglect it as a work my way through the source of prayer to our own impover­ Psalms. Beginning with ishment. But to pray the Scriptures, Psalm 1, I read until a phrase or chapel. Halfway down the aisle, I was especially the Psalms, is to listen with thought captured my mind and heart. suddenly confronted by the words, particularity to God's voice. Meditating on those words, I would “The Lord is my shepherd." I cannot Paul, in his anguish over the Gala­ pray them back to God, talk to Him convey to you the immense peace tians. was concerned that in all that about them. The very first psalm has that overwhelmed me as 1 prayed was happening, Christ would be fully those wonderful words, “His delight those words over and over, emphasiz­ formed in them (Galatians 4:19). That is in the law of the Lord” (Psalm 1:2, ing a different word each time and formation cannot succeed apart from NIV). There’s enough there for a letting them sink into my heart. It was our intentional, persistent immersion rather lengthy conversation with exactly what I needed in that crucial in the Scriptures. It is a pattern that is God! Or when my world and the moment. I have found the Psalms to developed over a lifetime. Roberta C. wicked people in it seem to have the be a prayer book I can return to again Bondi thoughtfully points out: “If it is upper hand. Psalm 3 helps me pray. and again. Hi

D h ci:m b h r 1993 25 I WILL SING OF MY REDEEMER

by Keith Schwanz, Milwaukie, Oreg.

ymns versus praise anced between emo­ choruses. Sounds of tional and intellectual the debate con­ appeal. tinue to rever­ Christ-centered berate through Songs the church The battle in music which we should world. The topic not surrender, how­ comes up in pastoral ever, involves the staff meetings and at focus of our pastoral or church hymns and music conferences. songs. If our Scholars are now worship is to be examining the impact of truly Christian, then the praise and worship Christ must be at the movement on the worship pat­ heart of everything we terns of traditional congregations. do. We do not worship Some persons applaud the God as some abstract, emergence of a new form of wor­ ethereal, elusive being. ship music as God’s gift to today’s We worship the God re­ church. Other persons condemn vealed in the person of Je­ the use of “tissue music,” songs sus Christ. Our most com­ used once then thrown away. plete picture of the glory of The debate involves musical God comes when we see Jesus. style. Some persons want the Our relationship with God de­ sounds of the 1990s. Others prefer pends on the redemptive work of the stately hymn tunes. S o m e p e o p l e do not Jesus. Christianity cannot be sepa­ Since Scripture does not pre­ rated from Jesus Christ, and our scribe one musical style, we may LIRE “TISSUE MUSIC”— church music should reflect that. freely choose those styles that will Unfortunately, there has been a further the work of God in our SONGS YOU USE ONCE shift in the Christological focus of specific situation. We should not the songs of worship in the past fight over musical style. AND THEN THROW AWAY three decades. The music pub­ Textual style is also part of the lished today tends to be more God- debate. Some persons look for centered than Christ-centered. 1 songs that can be quickly learned. have no complaint with theocen- They want a text that doesn’t get spirit a n d his mind (1 Corinthians tric songs. We need them. But we in the way of celebration. Others 14:15). We need both. We should need Christocentric songs more. want a hymn that will challenge not fight over the texts of our I surveyed chorus books and this thinking. Paul told the songs for worship as long as they hymnals looking for songs with a Corinthians that he sang with his are scripturally sound and bal­ Christological focus. 1 counted

26 H f.r a l d o f H o l in e s s every song that had an explicit logical knowledge added depth to reference to Jesus Christ. Seventy the texts they wrote. Major tenets percent of the songs in a chorus of Christianity received thorough book from 1963 were Christocen- I n t h e p a s t , m o s t treatment from these writers. tric. In contrast, only 35 percent of Many new songs used in worship the songs in a popular chorus HYMNS WERE WRITTEN today come from the person in the book printed in 1988 were explic­ pew. While they should be en­ itly Christ-centered. Seventy-sev­ BY MINISTERS WHO couraged to express their faith in en percent of the hymns and songs creative ways such as songwriting, in a hymnal from 1972 were MADE THEOLOGICAL we must recognize that doctrinal Christocentric. In contrast, only nuances will not receive adequate 64 percent of the hymns and songs STATEMENTS; MANY attention like they have in the in a hymnal from 1985 mentioned OF TODAY’S SONGS past. These new songwriters tend Jesus Christ. to write from their own spiritual experiences. This subjective ap­ How do we explain the decline SPRING FROM THE proach tends to mute a Christ-cen­ in a Christological focus of our tered focus. songs for worship? One answer to SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE this question comes from the ob­ Priestly and Prophetic Music servation of the increased number OF LAYPERSONS. The current emphasis on the of Scripture songs in the last two priestly function of music in wor­ decades. This is true not only for ship provides another explanation the "celebration” congregations for the shift in the focus of church but also for the mainline churches Another explanation emerges music. Much of the music written that are experiencing a revival of when one looks at the authors of for today’s church is designed to psalm singing today. Many of the hymns and songs. In other periods help the worshiper talk to God. new musical settings of Scripture many of the songs for congrega­ The purpose of music, according use Old Testament passages that tional singing were written by to many persons today, is to allow do not refer to Christ. ministers. Their biblical and theo­ Conti lined on page 36

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U ninsured Where Is Mv Cross? Our young adult group is raising money by selling toi­ I've never understood what the Bible means when it let paper insurance! It is hyped in the church bulletin and tells us to take up our cross. from the pulpit in the sanctuary. For a fee, you can insure This metaphor spans the whole area of Christian disciple- that the young people won’t cover your house, shrubs, ship and means that we are to adopt a daily life-style of self- and trees with toilet paper. I think this is inappropriate denial and pour out our lives for others. That is, of course, and in bad taste. What do you think? what Jesus did. He left the heavenly realms and privileges, 1 do not claim to understand the younger generation— or took upon himself the form of frail flesh, and poured out His some youth leaders. But if I were in charge of a youth group. life like a drink offering for others. This we must do too— if 1 believe that 1 could name 99 better ways to raise money. I we want to be true Christians. take it that you are "uninsured.” I doubt that you are in dan­ Christ’s suffering and suffering for Christ appear to form ger of a "TP attack." In most towns, probably including the one force great enough to redeem our world. Both Paul yours, such activity would be a violation of the littering ordi­ and Peter speak of Christians completing, continuing, and nance (and perhaps other laws). Surely, your youth group fulfilling the suffering of Christ. Apparently, the redemptive would not commit illegal acts to raise money. And even the suffering of Christ in this world now goes on through the suf­ threat of doing so seems strange to me. fering of His saints. That does not make us saviors, but it Must Board Members Tithe? does make us sharers in His redemptive suffering. In our more or less Christian culture, it is easy to miss the Even though our church treasurer gives a confidential centrality of cross-bearing. But it was plain to those early report to the pastor about the stewardship practices of all persons nominated for election to the church board, non- Christians who were disinherited, persecuted, imprisoned, and killed for their faith. Today, cross-bearing still requires a tithers regularly are left on the ballot and elected. Is this lot of spiritual stamina to say no to the materialism, hedo­ proper? nism, and self-idolatry that characterize our culture— and the Unless the pastor knows something that the treasurer does lives of too many professing Christians. hp not know, the practice you cite is inappropriate. Paragraph 39 of the M anual plainly states. "We direct our local churches to elect as church officers only persons who . . . support the lo­ cal church faithfully with tithes and offerings.” Mind you, the size of the tithes and offerings is not what counts here. This is no attempt to put the power where the money is. A widow Nazarene Higher Education tithing her pension is as eligible for election as the millionaire Offers tithing his or her larger income. OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINISTRY! Heavenly Rewards

Will the sinner who repents on his deathbed receive the The Church of the Nazarene. from its inception, has been com­ same reward as the person who gave a lifetime of service mitted to higher education. The church provides (he college/university to God? with students, administrative and faculty leadership, and financial and First, let us be sure that we understand that no one is saved spiritual support. The college/university educates the church's youth by his or her good works. Salvation is by grace, not good and many of the church’s adults, guides them toward spiritual maturity, deeds. Second, let us be sure that our service is a labor of love enriches the church, and sends out into the world thinking, loving ser­ to God and humankind, not an attempt to cover our heavenly vants of Christ. The church college/university, while not a local con­ robe with "merit badges." However, the Bible speaks of re­ gregation. is an integral part of the church; it is an expression of the wards for those who, saved by grace, are faithful in service. church. —1989 Nazarene M anual Jesus speaks of the reward of a righteous man, the reward of a The International Board of Education invites those who are prophet, and of a "great" reward. Paul wrote about the believ­ preparing to teach in a Nazarene college, university, or seminary to submit a current vita that will be made available to the undergraduate er who builds with gold and precious stones. His work, tried and graduate institutions of the church. Listed below are known needs by fire, still stands and "he shall receive a reward" (1 Corin­ for the 1994-95 academic year. Since all needs cannot be anticipated, thians 3:14). On the other hand, the believer who builds with other openings may occur in teaching, administrative or staff roles. hay and stubble will see his work go up in smoke, "yet he Nazarene colleges are equal opportunity employers. himself shall be saved yet so as by fire,” or, as we might say, Business (Accounting/Administration/Finance/International) “by the skin of his teeth” (see 1 Corinthians 3:15). English We don't know as much as we wish about heavenly re­ Nursing (D irector) wards, but the "distinct impression gathered from the Scrip­ Physical Education (Health and Human Performance) ture is that sacrificial service in this life . . . will have some Social Work bearing on the privileges and responsibilities bestowed upon Teacher Education (D irector) us in the next" (Beacon Dictionary of Theology, p. 460). The f o r further information please contact: distribution of rewards in heaven is up to God, thankfully, Dr. Stephen W. Nease, Education Commissioner and not up to a joint committee of Nazarenes, Baptists, International Board of Education Methodists, Catholics, and Episcopalians. It does appear, Church of the Nazarene 6401 The Paseo however, that heaven will be even more wonderful for the Kansas City, MO 64131 lifelong servant than for the happy man who found salvation 816-333-7000, ext. 2226 just before death found him.

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Stewardship Is More than Time, Guide to Thirty more to our children than simply friends, Talent, and Things: A New Agenda Problems for Par­ counselors, or encouragers. We will al­ by C. Neil Strait, Beacon Hill Press of ents, Counselors, ways be Mom and Dad," says Stephen Kansas Cits, 1993; paperback, 79 pages. and Youth Workers. Bly. In this modern era of financial inse­ Order No.: HH083-411 -4585 $4.95' They appeared under curity, high divorce the title "Good rates, and extended Dr. Strait catches A Guide to rhiny Common Parents: Troubled educations, many STEWARDSHIP us by surprise with a Problems (or Parents, Teens." In that book. American parents fresh new look at Counselors. & MOKE Youth W orkers Nazarene author Les find themselves with Christian steward­ Parrott III gave us an adult child at T H A i \ T ship. He makes the an insightful re­ home longer than TIME, TALENT, case that the “new source tool for any­ They’re FM) they bargained. The AND THINGS agenda” is in reality one working with young people. The 30 National Survey of a re n e w e d look at common problems, arranged alphabeti­ g o i w Families and House­ God's agenda. And cally— from A buse to S u icide— include holds says that it’s tied to all of problems such as anger, body image, de­ among mid-life par­ Christian life. In his pression, eating disorders, guilt, homo­ ents (ages 45-54) words. "Stewardship sexuality, loneliness, peer pressure, who have adult children, 45 percent have is life-size— it does not end with paying schoolwork, spiritual doubt, and stutter­ an adult child living at home. the tithe. As good stewards, no part of our ing. Bly, a father and grandfather and pastor, lives can be untouched. Talents, time, at­ Each chapter probes a problem with offers practical advice for parents of adult titudes, actions, resources, relationships, such questions as “What does this specif­ children who still call home for help, who mission, suffering, work, leisure— the list ic struggle look like in real life? Why did have never left home, or who have returned goes on and on." it happen? How can I help? Where do 1 to the nest. Beginning with Creation. Dr. Strait find additional resources? When should I This book enables mothers and fathers shows that stewardship must be defined arrange for the adolescent to see a profes­ to help their children grow and mature. in terms of God’s giving and faithfulness, sional Christian counselor?” Bly coaches parents to understand why not ours. As faithful believers, we man­ This book is recommended for parents, the journey from home is never more age God’s property, without owning any pastors, youth workers— and for teens than a few steps. of it. themselves. It is a practical and urgently —-Joyce Fellowes The book’s 79 pages are divided into needed resource for Christians. Now, just Sons of Susanna nine chapters for quick reading, but off the press, we have Helping the Strug­ by Glen Williamson. Tyndale House Pub­ brevity should not be equated with shal­ gling Adolescent: A Counseling Guide. lishers, Inc., Wheaton, III., 1991; paper­ lowness. Rather, this is a thorough and This book is to be used as a reference and back, 236 pages. Order No.: HH084-236- enriching look at an oft-misunderstood resource tool for the first book. It is built 0735 $8.99 topic. around 40 pencil and paper tests that help C. Neil Strait is district superintendent counselors (professional and lay) under­ My religious roots are deep in the of the Michigan District, Church of the stand what is going on with the teens Church of the Nazarene. My parents Nazarene. whom they are seeking to guide. This pair joined the Pentecostal Church of the — D a v id F e u rb a ck of resources has been acclaimed by such Nazarene in 1908. Father was ordained by leaders as Gary Collins, Tony Campolo, Phineas F. Bresee in 1914 and both he and Helping the Struggling Adolescent: Grace Ketterman, Jay Kesler, and H. mother faithfully served God and others A Guide to Thirty Common Prob­ Norman Wright. in our beloved Zion for over 65 years. lems for Parents, Counselors, and Throughout my life, I heard many ser­ Youth Workers In my judgment, this pair of books pro­ vides a resource that no one who works mons on entire sanctification, heart puri­ by Les Parrott III. 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30 H e r a l d o f H o l i n e s s knowledge of the Wesleys' impact upon Second in Donna M ajesty’s first self-published release, 18th-century English life and culture. Fletcher Crow’s Higher Ground, consists of mostly up­ God used the Wesleys to ignite one of the Daughters of Cour­ tempo songs like “Jesus Made a Believer greatest revivals that England has ever age series is Steph­ Out of Me” and “I Keep Falling in Love known. And with that spiritual awakening anie—Days of Tur­ with Him.” But there are some nice slower came reformation in government, educa­ moil and Victory. A tempo presentations as well. My favorites tion. and many social reforms. representative in the are “Jesus (He Means All the World to From England, we in America saw re­ Idaho State Legisla­ Me)” and "We Are So Blessed." Listeners vival and change come to our continent. ture during the '60s, will easily find themselves singing along So, you see, by 1908, my parents’ roots young Stephanie is with the choruses of these songs. were very deep in Wesleyism and idealistic and longs Jerry Nelson, talented musician and Methodism. to change the world. arranger from Denver First Church of the But enough of that! What 1 really want Derailed by political obstacles in the leg­ Nazarene, is the arranger of the songs on to say is that 1 recently read a most interest­ islature and the attention of two hand­ this tape, which was recorded at his Lit­ ing, most enjoyable, most readable book some, powerful men, S te p h a n ie must tleton, Colo., studio. about the great Wesley brothers. The title is make life-changing decisions as she takes Sons of Susanna, by Glen Williamson. steps to strengthen her underdeveloped All members of M ajesty— vocalists The book gives the reader a picture of the relationship with God. and instrumentalists alike— are members of Glendale, Ariz., Church of the Wesley men—their humanity—their —-Judi Perry gifts—their peculiarities— their heart­ Nazarene. Under the direction of Gary D. breaks— their romances— their triumphs— “Higher Ground” by Majesty Worley, they have served as worship Order No.: HHTA-1000 $10.00 their influence upon Christendom. leaders for the Sunday Morning Celebra­ The book is not a heavy, difficult For a group with only tion Service at Glendale First for more "textbook" type. Rather, it is historical eight vocalists (four than two years. Their ministry now finds fiction. As one reviewer wrote, this book women and four men), them performing for a number of other will "bring tears to your eyes and warmth Majesty has a big sound. congregations. to your soul." 1 enthusiastically recom­ They perform songs with If you are a fan of such groups as mend the book. All ages will enjoy it. brass and rhythm accom­ Regeneration or the Celebration Singers, Once you start reading, ’tis hard to put paniment in the tradition you'll appreciate the music of Majesty the book down. of such groups as Truth and their first release. Higher Ground. Sons of Susanna is a story of grace. and Free Spirit. —Bailey McClain The grace that Jesus Christ gave and that the Wesley sons received. Your heart will respond as you read their story. And you, too, will be thankful for His great and matchless gift of grace to you. Kathryn— Days of Struggle and WORLDS APART Triumph by Donna Fletcher Crow, Moody Press, The Unholy War Between Religion & Science Chicago, 1992; paperback. 252 pages. Order No.: HH080-244-5276 $8.99 Donna Fletcher by Karl Giberson, Ph.D. C row , author of a sweeping range of A thought-provoking study of the relation­ Christian fiction, brings us her D augh­ ship between religion and science. Must ters of Courage se­ reading for thinking Christians who want ries. First in the series to understand and articulate their faith is Kathryn—Days of in the 20th century. Struggle and Tri­ “Worlds Apart provides a sound sci­ umph. K athryn cap­ entific and theological foundation for tures the drama of resolving the conflict and for coming how one woman to see that religion and science are faces the challenge of change. At the age of not as mortal enemies but as ‘twin 17. Kathryn adjusts to a new community— lights’ that mark the path of our the endless blowing dirt and sagebrush of tum-of-the-century Kuna, Idaho— as well modern world.” as new friendships and romance. Deter­ Jeffery L. Shelter, Religion Editor, mined to survive, Kathryn chooses courage “U.S. News and World Report" and the guiding hand of God. HH083-411-5042 $16.95 Stephanie— Days of Turmoil and Victory by Donna Fletcher Crow, Moody Press, Chicago, 1993; paperback, 295 pages. Order a copy today 1-800-877-0700 Order No.: HH080-244-5292 $8.99

D e c e m b e r 199.1 31 SELF SURRENDER, PRELUDE TO SERVICE

by Janine Tartaglia

This article is adapted from chapter 17 of The Upward Call: Spiri­ tual Formation and the Holy Life by Janine Tartaglia, Wesley Tra­ cy, E. Dee Freeborn, and Morris Weigelt. The book, published this month by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City/Nazarene Publishing House, has been selected as the denomination-wide study for 1994.

t is a long way down from anchoring television Within a few days I received a call from Rev. Estelle news to changing bedpans. This, however, was Crutcher, a retired elder in the church (and, incidental­ my basic training for holy service. It began in ly, Pastor Lee’s mother-in-law). In a nurturing tone 1981, when 1 covered the Iranian hostage crisis “Grandma” Crutcher said, "Dah-ling, I hear you are de­ for KNBC news. After observing the faith of pressed. Why not come over and let’s talk about it?” Pastor Earl and Hazel Lee, whose son was one Hungry for a sympathetic ear, I rushed over, not ex­ of the 52 Americans taken hostage, 1 asked Je­ pecting a spiritual showdown. Isus into my heart. A year later I stepped out of my ca­“Dear,” Grandma began. “Pastor Lee is not the real reer in journalism over a moral conviction and began problem here. Your desire to work at the church is not sharing my testimony all over the country. Response the real problem either. It’s your ego. Crucify it! And to my conversion story was overwhelming. And yet let the Holy Spirit cleanse and entirely sanctify you!" the kudos of being a Christian “celebrity” could not The older woman’s assessment stung my heart. I fill a void in my soul. Something was seriously miss­ left speechless. ing. And it took the honesty of a retired woman evan­ A few days later a se­ gelist and a long walk to Calvary to find it! nior adult dying of cancer 1 had no doubt that God had called me to full-time called the church request­ ministry. My goal was to come home and minister to ing someone to come over the senior adults at Pasadena First Church of the and help clean her home. Nazarene. Without delay, I enrolled in seminary Pastor Lee shared her re­ courses to prepare for the work. Then 1 marched into quest. I picked up the Pastor Lee's office to reveal my detailed plans. church vacuum cleaner He, however, was not sold on the idea. To my and set out to help. After dumbfounded amazement he said, “No!” all, I thought, I have noth­ "Why not?” I asked. ing better to do. "You’re not ready!” he replied. W ithin a few w eeks, “Well then, how do I get ready?” I appealed. the house-cleaning job He paused and gently said. “Pray.” evolved into nursing as­ I took Pastor Lee’s response as a personal put-down sistance in which I and hastily left in a huff. turned, bathed, fed, and changed my new elderly

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32 H e r a l d o f H o l i n e s s there were more homes to clean, more invalids to beware of temptation. Just as Jesus was tempted to serve. save himself and come down from the Cross, so we One morning, while on my knees scrubbing a will be continually tempted to come down and start kitchen floor, it happened. Grandma Crutcher's pow­ serving in our own power for our own gain. Satan has erful challenge about walking to Calvary and allow­ a vast arsenal of strategies to woo us from the cruci­ ing my a ll to be crucified for Jesus began to take fied life and sabotage our service. hold. 1 felt the Holy Spirit beckoning me to nail down Barriers to Self-surrender and Service my zeal, my vision for a job at the church a n d my critical spirit toward Pastor Lee. Tears flowed as I 1. Pride poured out my heart for cleansing. All desires for a We cannot help build God’s kingdom while carry­ pastoral position were consumed by a passion to ing a hidden agenda to build ourselves. We may seem know and be like Jesus. At last my carnal appetite for productive on the outside, but our spirit on the inside titles and recognition was on the Cross. The Holy will be churning with a desire to be recognized and Spirit filled and set me free from having to live up to promoted. To combat pride we must confess and re­ my own a n d everyone else’s expectations. nounce these cravings. We must also choose not only From that moment on 1 could identify with Paul’s to serve Christ but to become a servant of Christ. proclam ation in Galatians 2:20, N1V: “ I have been Richard Foster insists there is a vast difference be­ crucified with Christ and 1 no longer live, but Christ tween the two lives in me." For Paul, death with Christ was the only When we choose to serve we are still in charge. way to be freed from the enslavement of the law. All We decide whom we will serve. And if we are in reliance on works for his salvation was severed. This charge we will worry a great deal about anyone’s death, however, was accompanied by new life. When stepping on us, i.e. taking charge over us. Paul declares, “but Christ lives in me," he is saying But when we choose to be a servant we give the carnal ego in control of his life has been replaced up the right to be in charge. There is a great free­ by Christ. dom in this.1

A t l a s t m y c a r n a l a p p e t i t e f o r t i t l e s AND RECOGNITION WAS ON THE CROSS.

At this point you may be wondering why we are This surrender of rights ties in with the biblical def­ addressing the issues of self-surrender and sanctifica­ inition of servanthood. The Greek word most com­ tion again. The reason is simple. Holy service begins m only used for “ servant” is d o u lo s, which means and continues at the Cross. Death to self-will opens “slave.” This is a subservient image that may be diffi­ the gates of our hearts to receive God’s sanctifying cult for us to embrace. Paul, however, had no struggle grace and to impart this grace in service to others. with the concept. He continually referred to Jesus as And this cleansing, healing, and helping grace will fill his “lord." or kurios, meaning “absolute owner." Paul and flow through us as we continually identify with insisted that his salvation was purchased by Jesus’ Christ’s death and resurrection. death on the Cross. , ‘ When Paul claimed, "I have been crucified with As a result, Paul no longer belonged to himself. He Christ," he was not referring to a one-time experi­ had been “bought at a price” (1 Corinthians 7:23, ence. The perfect tense in Greek emphasizes not only NIV). Since all believers have been “purchased with a completed act but a continuing state. In other words, the blood of Christ,” may we follow Paul’s instruc­ Paul is saying, "1 have been, and still am, crucified tions to live “like slaves of Christ, doing the will of with Christ." By remaining on the Cross, Paul’s ser­ God from [our] heart[s]” (Ephesians 6:6, NIV). When vice for God was delivered from self-seeking, self- we consider ourselves possessed by God, unreserved­ serving, and self-promotion. So it is with us. We can­ ly at His disposal, we deal a fatal blow to pride. not begin to serve Christ and serve like Him until we Another snare that impedes holy service is: submit our all and die daily with Him. Calvary is 2. Fear where the victory comes, where sanctified service is Many believers avoid serving because they are born and sustained through the power of the Holy afraid of taking risks. They feel ill-equipped and sit Spirit. The Spirit's infilling not only refreshes our de­ back, hoping others will step forward to help. Chris­ sire to serve but purifies our motives to serve. tians of all ages and spiritual maturity levels, however, Still, even the most holy and active servants must need to know they are gifted by God and valued by the

D k c em b er 1993 33 church. Each gift, no matter how seemingly insignifi­ petually rob us of joy and a motivation to serve? cant, should be developed and used for God’s glory. Sometimes we can become so absorbed with our pain It is never too early to be actively involved in that there is no interest in reaching out to others suf­ Christ’s mission, as evidenced by the first disciples fering alongside us. who were sent out to serve before Pentecost. Neill Prolonged illness, the loss of a loved one, a broken Hamilton describes their "on the job training.” marriage, unemployment, rejection, or dashed dreams While the disciples were granted some time to take their toll on our emotions and our health. The observe and listen, they were soon put into mis­ natural inclination is to withdraw and feel sorry for sion themselves as extensions of the ministry of ourselves. Even Jesus withdrew whenever He needed Jesus. This occurred long before they had experi­ personal renewal. In time, however, Jesus always enced the maturing enlightenment of the transi­ stepped back into the mainstream. He had work to do, tion to life in the Spirit. Even at an immature a world to redeem, and limited time to do it. As God’s stage they were able to do exorcism and healing.2 servants, we also have work to do. Our ministry may

T,HE SAINTS OF ALL AGES, LIKE A CHOIR IN CLOSE HARMONY, TELL US WITH ONE VOICE THAT SELF-SURRENDER IS THE KEY TO HOLY SERVICE—ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE.

Inexperience or timidity was no excuse to avoid be postponed for a while as we squarely address our acts of mercy. Wesley admonished the demure Miss loss, but it is not meant to be discarded indefinitely. March to "put off the gentlewoman; you bear a higher The best counselors for the bereaved are often character. Go and see the poor and sick in their own those who are on the same journey. While trying to poor little hovels. Take up your cross, woman.”' organize a support group for grieving believers in our Another snare that hampers our service is: church, I realized our widows and widowers did not 3. Perfectionism need psychological help as much as they needed each While some believers are afraid of serving because other. Their loss of sleep, appetites, energy, and even of the risks involved, others are more anxious about the their hair were all a part of the grieving process. results. They put unrealistic pressure on themselves or If we truly believe “that in a ll things God works for others to produce tangible results that may not be the good of those who love him” (Romans 8:28, God’s priority. This is one reason Paul reminded the NIV), our toughest trials can become beneficial. Suf­ Galatians that “God does not judge by external appear­ fering is not meant to be wasted. It can tenderize our ances” (2:6, NIV). He does not care about the product hearts to really feel the aches of others. We may not of our service as much as the status of our heart in the have all the answers, but we can still come alongside process of serving. Our efforts to please Him must be and “comfort those . . . with the comfort we ourselves matched by an ongoing desire to be like Him. have received from God" (2 Corinthians 1:4, NIV). Susan Muto contends “a competitive spirit, a Sometimes all it takes to serve is a Kleenex, as il­ cleaver tongue, an analytical mind may place one in lustrated by the story of a little girl who came home the so-called winner’s circle” but holy service re­ from a neighbor’s house where her little friend had quires other qualities. died. When we are too pressured, too rushed, too "Why did you go?” questioned her father. concentrated on our task, too eager to keep “To comfort her mother,” said the child. things under control and make everything work "What could you do to comfort her?” perfectly, we lose ourselves, we lose our peace, “I climbed into her lap and cried with her.” we lose our center. By contrast, it is only when Have you ever noticed that crises and peoples’ we work from that still and silent center, integrat­ needs often fail to fit into our schedules? That is why ed around the Lord, that we can produce well and the Holy Spirit must also protect us from the snare of respond fully to the people he wants us to touch.4 5. Inflexibility He also guards us from the snare o f . . . It is difficult to accept interruptions as providential 4. Self-pity opportunities from God. We often see impromptu Jesus warned His disciples that "in this world you needs as threats to our routine. We, like Martha, can will have trouble” (John 16:33, NIV). The question is, be so caught up in a frenzy to fulfill our personal de­ how do we respond to trouble? Do we “take heart,” as sires that God cannot get through to us to use us. We Jesus suggests, or do we allow our struggles to per- need to remain open to His surprises.

34 H k r a l d o f H o l i n e s s Enter Archie. to you because I care about you. Jesus cares about He is an elderly neighbor with the uncanny ability you too.” to time his trips to the trash bin with the moment my After a long conversation about God’s love, Archie car enters the driveway. As I get out and shut the car tearfully admitted, “I’ve been caring for my wife all door, I often hear the crash of the garbage bin lid. alone. It's time I invited God to help me.” That signals a long conversation is imminent. And I There are hurting, searching people such as Archie am trapped. After an exhausting day, I am in no mood all around us. And they are watching. They see what to talk. 1 just want to slip into my apartment and be we do and the spirit in which we do it. And, in time, left alone. Yet, every time I ask myself, “W hat would most of them can tell if our motives are pure. Jesus do?” 1 am compelled to stop and offer Archie That’s why we must continually ask ourselves not my full attention. only what am I doing for God, but why and for whom

A SPIRITUALITY THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO ACTIVE MINISTRY BECOMES AN INDULGENT PREOCCUPATION WITH SELF, AND THEREFORE GRIEVES THE HOLY SPIRIT AND VIOLATES

THE PRESENCE OF THE INDWELLING CHRIST.” - m a x ie d u n n a m

Archie's wife has multiple sclerosis. His life re­ am I doing it? We need to regularly stop to pray with volves around caring for her. Thus, he has few friends the Psalmist, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; or opportunities to get out and enjoy himself. test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is One particular afternoon, Archie approached me any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way ever­ with a puzzled look on his face. “I’ve been wonder­ lasting” (Psalm 139:23-24, NIV). Then may we listen ing," he muttered. “Why do you take time out to talk inwardly for God's answer. He may reveal to us to me? Nobody else does.” thoughts and actions when our motives have been less 1 paused and marveled at the incredible open door than pure. Pride, fear, perfectionism, or any other snare to share Jesus with my old friend. I told Arch, “I talk that has prevented us from being self-surrendered ser-

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WILL SING . . .______They are theocentric, not Christo- We must confess any snare and Continued from page 27 centric, and still worthy instru­ then place ourselves at God’s dis­ ments of worship. Our task is to posal. He and He alone must guide the worshiper to express and in­ place these theocentric songs in a what we do. And He and He alone tensify his or her spiritual experi­ Christocentric context. Isaac must receive the glory. ence. This is good. We've lost Watts, for example, “Christian­ A holy servant displays a sin­ something, however, if the priestly ized" his version of the Psalter. The Psalms of David, imitated in gleminded devotion to God. Ob­ function of music totally eclipses the language of the New Testa­ serve the courage and personal its prophetic function. We not on­ ment and applied to the Christian sacrifice of servants like Nazarene ly need to speak to God in music state and worship. Watts believed missionary Elizabeth Cole. She but also need to hear God speak to spent years as a nurse in an that Christians should always sing us through music. African leper colony. An Ameri­ the gospel of Jesus Christ, so he What can we do to establish and can visitor once watched her read the New Testament back into maintain a Christological focus in cleaning the wounds of a leper the Psalms. (Exegetical purists church music? First, we should and said, "I wouldn't do that for a may sour at this point.) Many of emphasize redemptive history. million dollars!" Watts' psalm-hymns still appear God provided a way for sinners Miss Cole replied, “I wouldn't in hymnals 273 years later. When doomed to death to be made alive. either . . . not for a million dollars, theocentric songs are used in Jesus paid it all. The celebration but I would for Christ.'" Christian worship, the worship of Jesus' birth, life, death, resur­ leader must be sure the worshipers Reference Notes rection. and return must be central 1. R ichard Foster, A Celebration of Discipline (San Francis­ know that the Lord they sing co: Flarper and Row, 1978), 115. in our worship. Just as the song of 2. Neill Hamilton, Maturing in the Christian Life (Philadel­ about is Jesus. Jesus is the King. phia: Geneva Press, 1984), 127-28. Moses rehearsed God's mighty Jesus is the Mighty God. 3. John Wesley, Letters 6:201, p. 126. November 29. acts in Exodus 15. so our church 1774, Generic Songs 4. Susan Muto, Pathways of Spiritual Living (Petersham, must tell the story of Jesus again Mass.: St. Bede’s Publications, 1966), 173. Finally, some songs written to­ 5. Missionary featured at the Church of the Nazarene, b io ­ and again. graphical sketch prepared by the Department of World Mis­ day are generic. The listener sions, Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, Mo.: Cory Abke, Some congregational songs, “Interview: President Don Owens." Accent on MidAmerica doesn't know if the "you" refers Nazarene College. Summer 1988, back page. 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36 H e r a l d o f H o l i n e s s IS GOD’S MONEY IN YOUR POCKET?

quiet Christian man Tithing Is Simple— who seldom missed a Our knowledge of fractions church service had a may be limited, but God in His habit of taking his wisdom gave the simplest method tithe to the church possible for computing the tithe. each payday. One day Whether we are figuring on a the secretary asked large or small amount, the sim­ Ahim why he made a special trip; plest among us can move a deci­ why not wait until Sunday? mal point to the left one point, and "I have a bad heart," he said, |C 03219- there it is— the tithe. "and I don’t want to die with Tithing Is Systematic— God's money in my pocket." It is not a haphazard method. It While we do not believe God is simply giving a tenth of all our would have held it against this earnings to the Lord’s work. We man if he had died before he had are not true tithers unless we con­ opportunity to pay his weekly sistently give a tenth, any more tithe, what about those who never than we are true Christians if we tithe, or give only spasmodically? live for God only two or three "W ill a m an rob G o d ? ” T his days out of each week. The Bible searching question is from God Camerique teaches that tithing is the mini­ himself. "Ye have robbed me,” He mum. The tenth is to be the start­ continued, "in tithes and offer­ ing point, and beyond that, love tithing (Leviticus 27:30). Revival ings" (Malachi 3:8). decides the offering. and tithing go hand in hand If God’s people would bring all throughout the Old Testament. Tithing Is Successful— their tithes into the storehouse, the Nehemiah, seeing the lack of sup­ Tithing does more for a congre­ work of God would leap instead port of the Levites and the house gation than advance it financially. of limp; it would expand rather It is more than a budget-raising af­ than simply hold its own in some of God forsaken, contended that the tithe should be brought in (Ne­ fair. It does something for the peo­ areas. The challenge of God ple spiritually. It enlarges their vi­ through Malachi still holds: hemiah 13:1-12). The passage in Malachi shows sion of spiritual things, develops "Bring ye all the tithes into the character, and enriches all of life. storehouse . . . and prove me now the importance God put on tithes and offerings right up to the close True Christian stewardship herewith" (Malachi 3:10). of Old Testament times. This prin­ makes us partners with God, The institution of tithing pro­ ciple was carried over into New cow orkers with Him. It links us vides a universally practical basis Testament teaching. Referring to up with God in a very definite for Christian giving. As one has acts of tithing, Jesus said to the way. It brings our lives into har­ said, “Tithing is scriptural, simple, scribes and Pharisees, “These mony and cooperation with the systematic, and successful.” ought ye to have done . . .” Paul majestic plan of redemption. Lor Tithing Is Scriptural— exhorted the Corinthian church when we bring our tithes and of­ Even before the Law was given, concerning the collection, "Let ferings into the storehouse of God, men recognized tithing as God's every one of you lay by him in we are in a very practical way will. Abraham paid tithes of all to store, as God hath prospered him" workers together with God. Melchizedek, priest of the most (1 Corinthians 16:2). Let us not withhold the tithe un­ high God (Genesis 14:20). Jacob After Pentecost, liberality was til God must say of us, “Ye have vowed. "Of all that thou shalt give the order of the day. Under grace, robbed me.” God’s tithe must nev­ me 1 will surely give the tenth un­ the tithe continued to be the mini­ er remain too long in our pockets, to thee" (28:22). mum of giving. Surely, if we who lest His work suffer and we lose When God gave Moses the Law are under grace do less than the the blessing of giving. on Sinai, He included the law of Jew did under Law, it is a disgrace. — Morris C half ant

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ccording to Scripture, It was their friend, not their ene­ heart, law has such power. God wrote messages on my. This promised new covenant just three occasions. Returning to camp, Moses was first fulfilled at Pentecost. On Each message was found the people engaged in idola­ the day when Israel commemorat­ brief, packed a wallop, trous worship, already violating ed the giving of the law, the fol­ and had an influence the first commandment, which lowers of Jesus were “filled with far beyond its original forbids other gods. In fury, he the Holy Spirit.” He conformed Atime and place. smashed the tablets of stone on their hearts to the will of God, em­ the rocky ground at his feet— the powering them to serve God faith­ The first writing took place atop most radical editing job on record. fully. Mount Sinai, where God gave How did God react? He called What became of God’s rewrite Moses “two tables of testimony, Moses back to the summit and job? No one knows. But some­ tablets of stone, written with the graciously, patiently rewrote the thing more precious endures, the finger of God” (Exodus 31:18). law on two other tablets of stone. promise of being filled with the On these stone tablets were the In the course of time, the law Spirit, the promise of the law in­ Ten Commandments, a summary was inscribed on paper and be­ ternalized. of the law by which Israel’s life came a major part of the Bible. It God’s second writing appeared was to be governed. Two slabs was repeatedly broken by unfaith­ on the palace wall of King Bel­ were used, for one was a copy. ful Israel. The problem was not in shazzar. He was staging a great Stone is harder to file than carbon the law, which was “holy and just banquet, and, with his noblemen paper, but it doesn’t smudge! and good”— as Paul later wrote. and harem, he dared to drink wine The law was given in a con­ The trouble was in the people’s from vessels that had been looted text of grace. It began, “I am the hearts. “The carnal mind is enmity from the Temple at Jerusalem. As Lord your God, who brought you against God: for it is not subject to the revelers praised pagan gods, out of the land of Egypt, out of the the law of God, neither indeed can “the fingers of a man’s hand ap­ house of bondage.” Law was not a be” (Romans 8:7). peared and wrote ... on the plas­ means of salvation. Obedience did Prophets told of a time when ter” (Daniel 5:5). The hand looked not earn favor with God; it ex­ the law would be written on hu­ human, but the writer could only pressed gratitude for mercy al­ man hearts. External to us, the have been the living God who ready shown to undeserving sin­ law can define sin and demand was insulted by Belshazzar’s blas­ ners. Law was given to guide the righteousness, but it cannot supply phemous orgy. On the wall He in­ nation’s life, thus preserving their power for obedience. Life is lived scribed three Aramaic words, the freedom and assuring their future. from the inside out. Written on the first one repeated for emphasis:

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The law does define sin and mea­ have been congruent with what He sure guilt, and guilt invites judg­ spoke. ment. The handwriting on the Jesus wrote on the ground while palace wall consisted of three pas­ the men were bringing the sive participles, but God is not charges. Then He spoke to them: . passive toward sin. He will bring “He who is without sin among judgment upon sin, and people you, let him throw a stone at her must repent or perish. The Holy first.” Lashed by memory and One justifies sinners, but He never conscience, they slunk away. justifies sin. Then, having written on the The third'divine job is found in ground a second time, Jesus raised the story of an adulterous woman up and “saw no one but the dragged into the presence of Jesus woman.” The accusers were gone by gloating Pharisees. The law de­ and the Forgiver remained. Lifting manded her execution, and they her soul to the possibility of trans­ appeared eager to uphold the law. formed living, Jesus said, “Go and Aware of His compassion, they sin no more.” hoped to bait Him into a denial of Osborn Elliott, a famous Amer­ What God writes only He can the law that would discredit Him ican editor, said that a journalist interpret. The shaken king sent as a teacher in Israel. During the should have “an abiding concern for Daniel, a Spirit-filled prophet exchange of words, Jesus “wrote for justice,” but also a commit­ with whom the God of heaven on the ground with his finger”— ment to truth and a sense of hu­ f shared His secrets, and begged twice (John 8:6-8). mor. Jesus displayed all these ele­ - him to interpret the message. Mystery clings to this account. ments on this occasion. Heavy-hearted, knowing that di­ The content of His writing has Whatever He wrote, it was to vine judgment upon the royal sin­ never been disclosed. W hat He help others, not simply to indulge ner and his subjects could not be wrote we can only guess, but not himself. The whole tenor of His averted, Daniel complied. the brainiest scholar really knows. life was service to human needs. The message was one of doom. The Bible does not satisfy all our This is how He honored the Father "MENE: God has numbered your curiosity. and fulfilled himself. “The Son of kingdom, and finished it; TEKEL: Many scholars are convinced Man did not come to be served, You have been weighed in the bal­ that this story did not appear in but to serve, and to give his life a ances, and found ransom for man” wanting; PERES: (Mark 10:45). Your kingdom has The message of been divided, and grace should domi­ given to the Medes T h e f in g e r s o f a m a n ’s h a n d nate the life and work and the Persians.” of Christians. Grace (Upharsin is a plural APPEARED AND WROTE ON THE PLASTER.” does not exclude the of “peres” with “and” law and does not can­ attached.) cel the judgment, but Judgment fell the last word of God swiftly, like a bolt of is grace! God is love, lightning. “That very night Bels­ John’s Gospel originally, which and He delights to forgive and re­ hazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was enhances the mystery. A few new. There is an escape from the slain.” scholars still contend for its au­ vicious cycle of sin, guilt, and The ancient message of judg­ thenticity. In most modem English death. Life can be new, free, and ment has modern relevance. tran slatio n s it is shifted to the joyful for all who trust in Christ. Judgment is threatened throughout footnotes or printed in brackets. The Bible opens with a grand the Bible. It thunders from Sinai, Even those who question its place statement: “In the beginning God bleeds from Calvary, Bashes from in the New Testament can vouch created the heavens and the the teachings of Jesus, and echoes for its truth. It sounds too much earth.” It closes with an even in the writings of the apostles. like Jesus to have been invented. grander benediction: “The grace Where the solemn notes of judg­ I think we can safely assume of our Lord Jesus Christ be with ment are muted, the Bible is not that it was a message of grace. you all.” The final word spoken being handled honestly. This is inferred from the words of by the church should be the final That the law— God's first writ­ Jesus to the guilty woman: “Nei­ word written by the Lord, the ten message— does not save is no ther do I condemn you; go and sin word of divine grace that remakes excuse for silence about judgment. no more.” What He wrote must us! hi

D e c e m b e r 1993 39 by Claude T. Stauffer, pastor. Church of the Nazarene, BeUmore, N. Y. od’s plans are mysterious. His purposes are that people use when they walk in areas like this. I hidden until all the parts are in place. Why? didn’t give a thought to those size seven shoes. They Because God builds our faith by causing us were useless to me. I fought off my cynicism as the to trust Him completely in times of uncer­ thought tempted me. Another disappointment. I drove tainty. He brings us to the end of ourselves away in the rain. to show us without a doubt that “It’s true! I drove on automatic pilot. Almost back to my of­ He ‘will never leave you nor forsake you.’” fice, I stopped at a busy intersection and stared into GStill, I hate uncertainty. Don't you? I usually embarkthe deep. As I sat, a man caught my eye as he crossed upon uncertain waters with the best of intentions. But in front of me. He caught my eye because he had lay­ when the rations begin to exhaust themselves, I panic. ers of dirty clothes on, characteristic of street life. He I wake up at three in the morning and cry out on my was dark with dirtiness. His appearance was magnet­ bed. Lord, where are You in all this? (cf. Psalm 63:6). ic. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. Then I noticed The Lord leads us out into the deep waters, scary something peculiar. This man had no shoes. He didn’t waters, that may seem bottomless, but He always even have a pair of socks on! Humph, I thought. No sends a fish to get our attention. Ask Jonah. shoes, not even a pair o f . . . of . . . SHOES! In a flash Here is where the “ Size Seven Shoes” com es in. I knew in my heart, without asking, that this man One rainy morning, my social work job led me to a wore size seven shoes. Sure enough, when I pulled up dark apartment complex located in a high crime area next to the man and asked him his shoe size, he re­ of the city. The foster mother of the teen I was visit­ sponded loud and clear, “Size seven!” I gave him the ing had told me her neighborhood was dangerous. shoes and a blessing. “These size seven shoes are One time she watched from God!” I drove from her window as off, happier than the her son rode his bicy­ recipient of those size cle into a shootout in seven shoes. her courtyard. Often I n A FLASH I KNEW IN MY HEART, Why was I so hap­ on these monthly visits py? Because when 1 thought, L o rd , do I WITHOUT ASKING, THAT THIS MAN those shoes fit, I heard have to he here? I God say, “See, I am mean, right h ere. WORE SIZE SEVEN SHOES. working in this world. Lord? Today, Lord? It And I am using you.” was one of those days Though we don’t often when my mind was realize it, God is work­ everywhere but “here.” ing in our lives. If God I thought about the church I pastored and why it could work in this incidental way, maybe He was hadn’t grown in six years. I thought about the many putting the pieces together in other areas of my life faces that had come and gone. I thought about and His purposes were just around the corner. whether I was wasting my time. I was walking in un­ Those size seven shoes were encouraging. I was certain waters, and my fears were ever before me. encouraged because I saw God provide for that home­ I walked up the stairs and went through the motions less man. I was encouraged because God put His arm of my visit. As I was about to leave, I was shown a around this near hopeless man and said, “You may not pair of brand-new Nikes. “Can you use these? Marvin always feel I am there with you, but I am.” Thank has so many pairs that it’s a sin to keep them all lay­ You, Lord. ing around in his room.” I thought, All right! Yeah! I would have lost heart, unless I had believed Just what / need, Lord, a brand-new pair of sneakers! That I would see the goodness of the Lord Way to go! Then I asked, “What size are they?” The In the land of the living. response, “Size seven.” I did a double take in my Wait on the Lord; head. Size seven? I 'm size eleven! That's the wrong Be of good courage, size, Lord! I masked my disappointment as best I And He shall strengthen your heart; could and said I could probably find someone who Wait, I say, on the Lord! could use them. Then I left. (Psalm 27:13-14. NKJV) I made my way to the car in that cautioned hurry

D e c e m b e r 1993 41 NEWS OF RELIGION CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH ORDERED BIBLE TRANSLATION TAKES URBAN TWIST TO PAY $9 MILLION The Church of Christ, Scien­ pay more than $500,000 in Is God hip? It sounds that or rapping with one another. tist. has been ordered to pay actual damages. way in the Black Bible It ain’t cool and payback’s a damages in a wrongful death The suit was filed by the Chronicles, a recently re ­ monster.” boy's father. 44-year-old leased paraphrase of the Pen­ The book's author, P. K. civil law suit b ro u g h t in tateuch. McCary, conceived the idea response to the denomina­ Douglas Lundman, who The book’s colorful texts 13 years ago when she real­ tion's teachings against med­ divorced M cKown in 1984. put the first five books of the ized her teen Sunday School ical treatment of the sick. McKown said she had relied Old Testament through the class was turned off by the A M in n eso ta ju ry a s ­ on spiritual healing. She tes­ filter of today's urban slang. archaic language of the King sessed the church $9 million tified that prayer had cured For instance, when God con­ James English. She slowly in p u n itiv e d am ag e s in Ian's impetigo earlier and her fronts Adam after the Fall, he paraphrased the Bible stories August after finding Kathy own deafness at age 2. says, "What's up, brother? into a style with which they McKown negligent in the “When she was in dire Who hipped you to the fact could relate. death of her 11-year-old son, need, she could do only what you don't have on any Initial response has been lan. The boy died in 1989 her religious faith told her to clothes?" Or, when the Ten generally positive, but some while in a diabetic coma. do," said Terrence Fleming, Commandments are delivered church leaders have criticized The First Church of Christ, McKown's attorney. to Moses, we read, “You it as being irreverent or as an Scientist, Boston, one of Victor Westberg, manager shouldn't diss the Almighty’s endorsement of substandard seven defendants found cul­ of the Christian Science com­ name, using it in cuss words English. pable, also was ordered to mittees on publications, says the ruling has a "chilling effect on religion," and the MOST BELIEVE IN GOD’S JUDGMENT— FOR OTHERS church plans to appeal. God’s wrath and punishment Midwest are an indication of by Gallup in 1987 and 1988, Meanwhile, the Massachu­ now and in the hereafter are God’s judgment on the peo­ about 43 percent agreed with setts Supreme Court over­ vivid beliefs held by many ple of the U.S. for their sinful a statement that “AIDS might turned the involuntary Americans who believe that ways. Even in the flood-rav­ be God’s punishment for manslaughter conviction of God metes out rewards or aged Midwest a similar pro­ immoral sexual behavior. " Christian Science parents punishment according to portion believed they proba­ In 1991, 15 percent of the David and Ginger Twitchell, their behavior here on earth. bly were being punished for American people at the out­ whose two-year-oId son set of the Persian Gulf War Robyn died in 1986 from a In a survey conducted by their iniquities. believed that Armageddon, bowel obstruction. In the 6- Gallup recently for CNN/ AIDS, however, has the final great battle before to-l ruling, the court said a USA T o d a y, nearly one per­ evoked far more belief that Judgment Day, predicted in jury that had convicted the son in five (18 percent) felt G od’s vengeance may be at the Bible, was beginning. couple should have been that the recent floods in the hand. In surveys conducted Finally, 8 in 10 (80 per­ informed in instructions that cent) believe there will be a the Twitchells “reasonably Beliefs About God’s Judgment Judgment Day when we will believed" they could rely on all be called before God to spiritual treatment without Agree Disagree Not fear of prosecution. Sure answer for our sins. Most people, however, The Midwest floods are an indica­ 18% 78% 4% believe that G od’s vengeance WOMEN IN MINISTRY tion of God’s judgment on the peo­ will be visited upon others ple of the U.S. for their sinful ways. instead of themselves. Sixty ACCEPTABLE TO MOST percent of those surveyed Most Americans are open to women in the ministry, AIDS might be God’s punishment 44 48 8 believe there is a hell where for immoral sexual behavior. the wicked are punished. according to a recent Bama Among those who believe in Research Group survey. it, only 4 percent believe Whether rich or poor, their own chances of going urban or rural, male or The Persian Gulf War is Armaged­ 15 74 11 there are “excellent’’ or female, about 76 percent of don, the final great battle before all Americans share this “good.” On the other hand, Judgment Day. attitude. more adults believe there is a Among those whose heaven (78 percent) and most We all will be called before God at beliefs classify them as 80 14 6 feel their chances of ending the Judgment Day to answer for born-again Christians, two up there are either “excel­ our sins. in three support women lent” (29 percent) or “good” pastors and ministers. SOURCE: Princeton Religious Research Center (48 percent).

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VITAL STATISTICS lyn Ottevaere, Nancy Ball; seven grandchil­ FOR THE RECORD RANDALL McCLURG, from associate, dren; two great-grandchildren; one sister. Oskaloosa (Iowa) First, to associate, Deaths HAROLD CHARLEY PAUL, 81, Nampa, Moving Ministers Elkhart (Ind.) First RUTH BRILLHART, 55, Grand Rapids, Idaho, Feb. 11. Survivors: wife, Opal; MARK D. BERRY, from Kittanning, Pa., to JAMES L. MINER, from Kansas City (Mo.) Mich., July 15. Survivors: husband, Jim; daughter, Lorraine (Mrs. Troy) Caver; son, State College (Pa.) Bethel Hillcrest, to Dumas, Tex. daughters, Brenda, Beth; son, Brad; four Wayne; four grandchildren; one great- TIM BIGGS, from evangelism to pastor, W. PRESTON PALMER, from Cherryvale, grandchildren; one brother. grandson; one sister; three brothers. M erritt Island. Fla Kans., to Sikeston (Mo.) Eastside EDWIN E. CASPELL, 84, Plano, Tex., CAROL A. SCHARASWAK, 33, Belding, RONALD J. BLAKE, from Kalamazoo VIRGIL L. PETERSON, from East Tawes, June 20. Survivors: wife, Louise; sons, Mich. Survivors: parents, Elmer and (Mich.) First, to Huntington (Ind.) First Mich., to Mankato, Minn. Ronald, Gerald; six grandchildren. Martha; one brother; three sisters; grand­ WILLIAM H. BLAND, from Roswell BRADLEY PETITT, from Goodland, Kans., REV. OPAL G. CURL, Clearwater, Fla., mother, Ethel Irwin. (N.Mex.) First, to Farmington, Mo. to Taylor, Mich. Sept. 4. Survivors: son, Clifford; daugh­ REV. WESLEY P. STOOPS, 83. form er GARY L. BRACKEN, to pastor, Wabash, MITCHELL SANDERSON, from Marengo, ters. M L Ellis, Virginia Benson. pastor, Kankakee, III., Aug. 30. Survivors: Ind. Iowa, to Britt (Iowa) Zion BILL R DARLING, 43, Lowell, Mich , wife, Zena; daughter, Rosie Furston; sons, MARK BRAY, from associate, Tujunga, E. WILLIS STEMEN, to pastor, Toledo Sept. 8. Survivors: wife, Sandy; children, Paul, Jonathan, Nathan; seven grandchil­ Calif., to pastor, Fontana (Calif.) Heritage (Ohio) Trinity Micky, Brett, Eric. dren; two brothers. LEONARD BUDD, from Bradford. Pa., to JAVIER TAMEZ, from associate, Hutchin­ C, FERN DAVIS, 94. Richland Center, SYLMON "BUD” THOMPSON, 80, Whit­ Spring Hill, Fla son (Kans.) First, to associate, Richard­ Wis.. Sept. 14. Survivors: daughters, Vir­ tier, Calif, Survivors: wife, Floy; sons, Ed, JAMES R BURGGRAF, from student to son, Tex. ginia Foreman, Verna Jean (Mrs. Edsel) Charles, Bob, Jim, Jack; 1 sister; 16 grand­ pastor, West Jefferson (Ohio) New Life BARRY P. WALTER, from St. Albans, Vt., Fishel, son, Norman; 11 grandchildren; 30 children; 6 great-grandchildren. MARK E. BURKEY, from Louisa, Va„ to to Bath, Maine great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grand- MYRTLE C. TOWNS, 91, Hays, Kans., Waynesville (N.C.) Lakeview BILL L. WESTON, from Cresston, Iowa, to children; 2 sisters. Sept. 19 Survivors: sons, Wallace, Harold; STEPHEN L BUTLER, from Mount Shasta, Marengo, Iowa REV. DAVID DOOLEY, 48, Paulding, daughters, Charlotte Booher, Mary Eaton, Calif., to Willows, Calif. LES J. WILLIAMS, from associate, Olathe Ohio, Oct. 4, 1992. Survivors: wife, Esther; Shirley Burr; 19 grandchildren; 31 great­ MARY CARRICO, from Muncie (Ind.) (Kans.) Westside, to pastor, Hamlin, Tex daughter. Trisha Stanton; son, David. grandchildren. Burlington Heights, to Ridgeville, Ind. EDWARD G. DOWNS, 49, Olathe, Kans., ERNEST WHITE, 87, Mansfield, III., Aug. REGINALD CLARK, from student. Eastern Aug. 30. Survivors: wife, Jeanette; sons, 23. Survivors: wife, Rosie; sons, Elwyn, Nazarene College, Quincy, III., to pastor, Announcements Michael, Jon Bob, Roger, Michael; daughters, Alberta, Ellsworth. Maine FLAGSTAFF (ARIZ.) CHURCH w ill cele­ NORMAN ALAN ECKERT, SR., 79, Reno, Cora; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grand­ SHERRY L. CONWAY to pastor. Okemos. Mich brate its 50th anniversary Mar. 6. A fellow­ Nev., Feb. 4. Survivors: wife, Mary children; one great-great-grandson. ship meal will follow the 9:30 a.m. worship Frances: sons, Norman, David; six grand­ CRAIG K. CROMBAR, from Alma. M ich, to service. There will also be a 2 p.m. service. children: six great-grandchildren. Greenville, Mich. JAMES B. CROWLEY, to pastor. Bend, All former pastors and members are invit­ MARGIL F. ELDER, 48, Amarillo, Tex., Births Oreg ed. For more information, write the church Sept. 14. Survivors: wife, Donna; daughter, to REV. STEVE AND CONNIE (SAN- FLOYD DISNEY, from Fairfield, Iowa, to at 2250 E. Soliere Blvd.. Flagstaff, AZ Melanie: son, Scott; mother, Dorothy; four DIFER) CALLIS, Lexington, S.C.. a girl. Springfield (III ) Trinity 86004, or phone 602-526-9295. brothers; three sisters. Sarah Joanne, Dec. 2 GARY DUPUY, to pastor. Meridian (Miss.) LAS VEGAS (NEV.) FIRST CHURCH will CYNTHIA FISHEL, 90, Janesville, Wis., to MARK AND ANGELA EAST, a boy, First celebrate its 50th anniversary Jan. 22-23, Aug. 6. Survivors: son, Edsel; three grand­ Lucas Clayton, Sept. 21 LOREN R. EDWARDS, from Olean, N.Y., to with morning and evening services, a ban­ children: seven great-grandchildren; one to KARL AND KARI (HELSTROM) Cedar Falls, Iowa quet Saturday evening, and a noon fellow­ brother. MEIER, Olympia, Wash., a girl, Erin Lynn. RANDALL L. ERNST, from Flint (Mich.) ship meal Sunday. Former members, pas­ GRACE GILLIAM, 85. Wellston, Okla., June 3 First, to Argentine, Mich, tors, and friends are invited. For more infor­ July 26. Survivors: sons, Kenneth, Bob; to PAUL AND HONEY VEE (CHAMBERS) JAMES FRANKLIN, from Goodrich (Mich.) mation, contact the church office at 3825 daughters, Nathelda Faye, Opal. MICHAEL, Homestead, Fla., a boy, Zachary Christ Community, to Cass City, Mich. Pecos-McLeod Interconnect, Las Vegas, GERTRUDE HENSON, 86, Fort Wayne, Joel, Apr. 22 PAUL R. GEORGE, SR., from Sligo. Pa., to NV 89121, or phone 702-451-6000. Ind., July 31. Survivors: nieces and to BRYON AND JACKIE (ALLEN) SMITH, associate, Warren, Pa. nephews Dearborn Heights, Mich,, a boy, David NEAL GRAY, to pastor. Athens. Tex. HENRY S. HOWES, JR., 61, Phoenix, Allen, June 9 LEWIS P. GRIMM, from pastor. Indian Recommendations Ariz., Aug. 1. Survivors: daughters, Pat to WIL AND GINGER (GARRETT) WINE- Pa., to associate, Homer City, Pa. The following have been recommended Czeskleba, Melinda Maloney; sons, Todd, MAN, San Diego. Calif., a girl. Kristina KEITH E. GROVE, from Bangor (Maine) by their respective district superintendents: Steve; father, Henry, Sr.; three sisters; four Nicole, June 25 First, to Kalamazoo (Mich.) First DAVID BOSTIC, evangelist, 1048 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren. to DONALD AND HOLLY (CLIFFORD) L. LEE HART, from Hutchinson (Kans.) Camino Las Solonas, Tucson, AZ 85710 CECIL L. JONES, 81, Marengo, Ind., July WOODBRIDGE, Shawnee, Kans., a boy, First, to associate, Orlando (Fla.) Central (602-886-7504), by Bill Burch. Arizona 26. Survivors: wife, Helen; daughters, Mary Joel Thomas, Aug. 22 EDWARD T. HEPPE, from El Dorado (Ark.) District. Bullington, Doris Birdwell, Agnes Allen; five United, to Benton. III. SUSAN K. BROWN, evangelist, 621 Cot­ grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; R. JEFF HINES, from student, Nazarene tonwood, Ardmore. OK 73401 (405-223- one great-great-grandchild. Marriages Bible College, Colorado Springs. Colo., 2826), by Carl Summer, Southwest Okla­ HAROLD J. LANMAN, 84, Warsaw, Ind. to pastor, Pratt, Kans. homa District. Survivors: wife, Nina; daughters, Dorothy DAWN NOEL BIRT and CRAIG WILLIAM MAX T JETTON, from Sacramento (Calif.) HOWARD CASTEEL, evangelist, 2800 W Domagalski, Donna Duff; two grandchil­ ELROD at Marysville, Ohio, Sept. 25 Arden, to Broken Arrow (Okla.) First 6th St., Little Rock, AR 72205 (501-663- dren; two great-grandchildren; one broth­ JULIE CAGLE and NEIL BENNETT at South Pittsburg, Tenn , July 17 MARVIN A. JONES, from associate, Wood- 8109), by Hiram Sanders. Missouri Dis­ er bridge, Va., to associate, Nashville TRACIE LYNN GEIST and H. SCOTT trict. REV. VIRGIL MILBURN, 63, Carney, (Tenn.) College Hill ARNOLD at Colorado Springs, Colo., on MICHAEL COOPER, song evangelist, Okla., July 15. Survivors: wife, Carolene; HENRY W. KERN, from Coling, Mich., to July 19. 1307 Butler Dr., Harrisonville. MO 64701 sons, Wesley, Carroll; daughters, Nevada Ypsilanti (Mich.) Merritt Road RAMONA RENEE SIDES and KEITH (816-884-4444), by Keith Wright, Kansas Wayland, Cheryl; one brother; three sis­ JESSE D. KLINGAMAN, from Olive Branch, City District EDWARD MORGAN at Colorado Springs, ters. Ind., to Bluffton, Ind. Colo., July 30. JIM AND JANET CRIDER, song evange­ ALDA G. MILLER, 97, Merced, Calif., ROBERT E. LANIER, from Gary (Ind.) Uni­ lists, P.O. Box 284. Shirley, IN 47384 (317- PAMELA K. WADE and JONATHAN M. Sept. 6. Survivors: son, Donald; daughter, versal, to Springfield (Ohio) Central 737-6157), by John F. Hay, Indianapolis CHAMBERLAIN at Euless. Tex., on July 17 Jean Brown; six grandchildren; nine great­ DAVID L. LEAVENWORTH, from district- District. grandchildren assigned. Oregon Pacific, to pastor. RICK CURRY, evangelist, P.O. Box 276, ERNEST MUSSER, 49, Lawrence. Mass., Salem (Oreg.) First Camby, IN 461 13 (317-856-2903), by July 16. Survivors: wife, Linda; daughters, Anniversary LARRY W. LEONARD, from Hutchinson John F. Hay, Indianapolis District. Tammy. Carrie. Jolene. Cletus and Norma Franklin celebrated (Kans.) First, to Orlando (Fla.) Central HOWARD TRIPP, evangelist, 3820 Golf FRANCES I NORTON, 83, Almont, their 55th wedding anniversary Aug. 10. THOMAS LONG, from student, Kansas Village Loop, No. 4, Lakeland, FL 33809 Mich., Sept. 16. Survivors: husband, Stan­ They have one daughter, four grandchil­ City, Mo., to pastor, Westfield (Mass.) (813-853-8081), Gene Fuller, Central Flori­ ley; sons, Robert, Ronald; daughters, Mari­ dren, and four great grandchildren. Holy Cross da District.

D f x e m b k r 1993 43 Moving Missionaries WALKER. REV. DON and MARY, Zam ­ The 1993 North Carolina bia, Field Address: c/o P.O. Box 31766, BARTLE, REV. NEVILLE and JOYCE, District Ordinand class 10101 Lusaka, ZAMBIA Papua New Guinea, Field Address: Box 30. included (I. to r.): Gener­ WATSON. MISS JAN, Papua New Kundiawa, Simbu Province, PAPUA NEW Guinea. New Furlough Address: c/o P.O. al Superintendent John GUINEA Box 159. Guilford 2161, New South Wales, A. Knight, Rev. and Mrs. CHESSON, MISS MAREE, Papua New Kenneth Myers, Rev. Guinea. New Furlough Address: P.O. Box AUSTRALIA 159, Avildford 2161, New South Wales, WEBB, REV. LARRY and JUDY, Bolivia, and Mrs. Mark Burkey, AUSTRALIA Field Address: Casilla 5958, La Paz, and District Superinten­ CRUZ, DR. PEDRO and JUSTITA, Costa BOLIVIA dent Eugene Simpson. Rica, Field Address: Apartado 3977-1000, WHITE. REV. WALLACE and MONA, San Jose, COSTA RICA Solomon Islands, New Field Address: P.O. CUNNINGHAM. DR. FLOYD, Philippines. Box 712. Honiara. GP, SOLOMON APNTS, New Furlough Address: c/o NTS, ISLANDS 1700 E Meyer Blvd., Kansas City, MO The 1993 Illinois Dis­ 63131 trict Ordinand class DAYHOFF, DR. PAUL and MARGARET. DIRECTORIES included (I. to r.): Gener­ Africa Nazarene Theological College, Fur­ BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS lough Address: 2379 255th St., Oskaloosa, al Superintendent Ray­ Office- 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City. MO mond W. Hurn, Rev. and IA 52577-9124 64131. John A. Knight, chairman: Donald M0NTERR0S0. REV. GIOVANNI and D Owens, vice-chairman: William J. Mrs. David Sorensen, ELINA. Guatemala, New Field Address: Prince, secretary; Jerald D. Johnson, Rev. and Mrs. Roger A. Apartado 2064, 01901 Guatemala, James H. Diehl, Paul G. Cunningham Wooten, Rev. and Mrs. GUATEMALA, C A NOONAN, MISS JOAN. Argentina, Field Douglas K. Moore, and GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS EMERITUS: District Superintendent Address: Casilla 154, 1629 Pilar, Buenos George Coulter, 9310 Canterbury, Lea­ Aires, ARGENTINA wood, KS 66206; V. H. Lewis, 1406 Cam­ John J. Hancock. PERKINS. REV. DOUG and ELAINE. bridge, Olathe, KS 66062; Orville W. Jen­ Mozambique, Furlough Address: 514 N. kins, 2309 W 103rd St., Leawood, KS Marshall, Litchfield MN 55355 66206; William M. Greathouse, 1179 The 1993 Kentucky District Ordinand class included (I. to r.): Dis­ SHALLEY, REV. MICHAEL and JULIE, Rosewood Tr., Mount Juliet, TN 37122; trict Superintendent Crawford Howe, Rev. and Mrs. Virgil Bass, Namibia. Field Address: P.O. Box 23037, Eugene L. Stowe, 5555 S. Em poria Cir., 9000 Windhoek, NAMIBIA, AFRICA Rev. and Mrs. Ned Englewood, CO 80111-3635; Raymond W. SPRUNGER, REV JOHN and ROSE. Smith, Rev. and Swaziland. Furlough Address 7216 Dart­ Hurn, 7810 W. 118th St., Overland Park, Mrs. Doug Pavey, KS 66210. moor Ave., Greendale. Wl 53129 Rev. and Mrs. STRANG, MISS BARBARA, Papua New Lonny Karnes, Rev. Guinea, Furlough Address: c/o Rev. & Mrs. Correction Knights, P.O. Box 1345, Milton OLD 4064, and Mrs. Darrell AUSTRALIA A news story in the September issue of Karnes, and Gener­ STROUD, REV PAUL and NETTIE, the Herald of Holiness incorrectly stated al Superintendent Ghana, Field Address: P.O. Box 303. Nima- that a Ukranian girl sang "Jesus Loves Me” Raymond W. Hurn. Accra, GHANA. WEST AFRICA at one of the general NWMS convention SYVRET. MISS ELLEN, Papua New services in July. Alyssa Hayes, the daugh­ Guinea, New Furlough Address: 5 Sander- ter of Nazarene missionaries Dave and ling Way, Leeds LS10 3UH, Yorkshire, Shelly Hayes, was actually the singer. England. UNITED KINGDOM We regret the error.

The 1993 Kansas City District Ordinand class included: Edward D. Belzer, Ruth Cordova Carvallo, Monte D. Cyr, Mark Favazza, Richard Guilfoil, Sr., Kenneth Horning, Milton Karahadian, Bruce C. McCrite, Preston Miller, Raymond W. Moore, John W. Nielson, Mike A. Prince, Stephen P. Robinson, David N. Shelton, Shaun E. Sutton, Robert J. Tharp, Michael E. Uhl, and Les J. Williams; deacons: Patty Lou Hall, Richard W. House- L - = r - r ~ .> al, Jr., and Stephen A. Smith. Also pictured are the spouses of the ordinands, as well as General Superintendent William J. Prince and District Superintendent Keith Wright.

44 H e r a l d o f H ol in e s s Close to Home News About Nazarenes

BY TOM FELDER NAZARENE HONORED BY STATE ASSOCIATION . . . Wally Johnson, a member of the Northwest Nazarene College Board of Regents, w'as honored recently with the 1993 Presidential Cita­ tion Award by the Oregon Education Association. The award for unique perfor­ mance is presented annually to a faculty association presi­ dent at one of Oregon's com­ Tami Stinson (seated) evaluates culture growth as lab director munity colleges. was recently reelected as fac­ Paula Gramas looks on. Stinson was participating in a research ulty association president. He project at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. A 1957 graduate of NNC, Johnson has been an instruc­ has been a member of the NNC Board of Regents for project designed to perform tor at Treasure Valley Com­ SNU STUDENT PARTICIPATES 15 years. experiments on isolated blood munity College in Ontario. IN RESEARCH PROJECT . . . Johnson is pictured with A summer internship pro­ vessels from lab rats. The Oreg.. for 29 years. He is the award. gram provided an opportunity tests have possible implica­ chairman of the Mathematics to contribute to Alzheimer tions for Alzheimer research. and Science Department and research for a Southern In addition, a manuscript Nazarene University student. on their research will be pub­ COUPLES HONORED FOR ored along with the couples. Tami C. Stinson, a senior lished in an upcoming issue SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES During the luncheon. Pas­ biology/chemistry major at of Hepatology, The Journal . . . The senior adult min­ tor Rob McDonald inter­ SNU. participated as a lab of the American Association istry group at Bartlesville. viewed each honoree and technician in the Vascular for the Study o f Liver Dis­ Okla., First Church of the asked about the secrets of Pathology lab in a summer eases. Nazarene recently honored their long marriages. research program at the Uni­ A native of Jamestown, 13 couples for marriages of The longest marriage hon­ versity of Oklahoma Health N.Dak., Stinson is the daugh­ 50 years or longer. Six other ored was 66 years. Several of Sciences Center. ter of Laverne and Janet individuals who have been the couples had been married As one of six persons on Stinson. Rev. Stinson is pas­ widowed recently were hon­ for at least 60 years. the research team. Stinson's tor of Jamestown First efforts were centered on a Church of the Nazarene.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS . . . ship service and a reception More than 150 friends and that followed. In addition, family members gathered at greetings were read from Toronto, Ont., Emmanuel several government officials Church of the Nazarene to and Queen Elizabeth. celebrate the 100th birthday A longtime member of the of John Cross. Cross was Emmanuel Church. Cross has Thirteen couples were honored for marriages of 50 years or longer recognized in a morning wor­ served as a Sunday School during a recent luncheon at Bartlesville, Okla., First Church of the teacher, choir member, Nazarene. Six widows also were honored for long-term marriages. church board secretary, and Pictured (I. to r.) are back row: Dorothy Whaling, Johnnie Luinstra, member of the District Advi­ Bill Hartwig, Mervin Fesmire, Tom Burton, Bruce Ewers, Gilbert sory Board. Doggett, J. E. Schneider, Spurgeon Hendrix, Harold Bates, Rex Dodd, Cross currently lives with Lloyd Burpo, Ruth W illcott, and Myrtle Savage; front row: Vivian Ross, his daughter and attends Hazel Hartwig, Madelyn Willcox, Helen Fesmire, Helen Burton, Camille church on a regular basis. Ewers, Pearl Doggett, Audrey Schneider, Faye Hendrix, Florence Bates, Opal Dodd, Ruby Burpo, and Theobell Tate.

Do you know a Nazarene who has been honored? Do you know of a Nazarene church with a unique ministry? If so, please send information and photos to: Close to Home, 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131.

D e c e m b e r 19 9 3 45 O bserver at Large

Christmas at sacred is the Christmas story itself. It is as John wrote, "The light shines in the darkness" (John 1:5, NIV). So. inten­ tionally or not, there was a great Christ­ Harvard Square mas pageant being played out daily during Advent on the streets of Harvard JOHN C. BOWLING with greens, but no creche; with stars, Square. Christ was making himself but no star. known. There were certainly many learned I am sure this drama is being repeat­ people on the Square, but no sign of the ed today in neighborhoods from coast wise men. No one spoke of Jesus or of to coast and around the world. And the hope He bore to Bethlehem so long while many may miss His coming this ago. Christmas at Harvard Square was year. I believe, as it was that first simply a winter solstice celebration. Christmas, others will see the star and Yet, once in a while. I did observe hear the angels singing and begin to the true meaning of Christmas breaking search for meaning. They will join the John C. Bowling is president of Olivet through. I saw it first when Jill and I magi on a journey toward faith. They Nazarene University. went to the lighting of a huge outdoor will fall in step with the shepherds who Christmas tree at the Charles Hotel said to one another in wonder, “Let us plaza. A small stage was set nearby go . . . and see.” with a band and a singer. The musicians What an opportunity is ours to help welcomed the assembling crowd and make Christmas truly Christian. All of H a r v a r d U n iv e r s it y is in the City of began performing a series of holiday us who know Christ have a part in this Cambridge. Mass., just across the songs; "Jingle Bells," "Winter Wonder­ great pageant of the streets. Charles River from Boston. At the heart land." and so on. First, we are to receive Him afresh of the Harvard/Cambridge community When there was a delay in the light­ this year and allow our faith and our re­ is a spot called Harvard Square. Actual­ ing of the tree (I think one of the com­ lationships with Christ to be genuinely ly, it is not a square at all. but a small munity officials was late), the band and renewed. Then, we are to allow the In­ triangle formed by Massachusetts Av­ the singer suddenly had time to fill. The carnation to be seen once more as we enue, JFK, and Brattle Streets. vocalist asked of the crowd. “Any re­ enflesh His love and life in our daily The blocks bordering this intersec­ quests?” One after another, people be­ living. tion are all considered "The Square.” gan to call out Christmas Like a lot of places, this place is more hymns: “Silent Night," than just a place . . . it's a happening. It “Joy to the World." “O Lit­ is the hub of the Harvard community tle Town of Bethlehem." and has a culture of its own. Crowded Soon, all the Square had into this area are thousands of people forgotten its secular lean­ The invasion of the secular and dozens of restaurants, markets, bus ings and was singing "Joy stops, barbershops, street musicians, to the world! The Lord is by the sacred is the florists, newsstands, and some of the come. Let earth receive her Christmas story itself. finest bookstores in the world. King!" May God answer It is a fascinating, but thoroughly that prayer. secular, environment. Most of the peo­ I also saw the true mean­ ple there are irreligious. Among the few ing of Christmas in the ex­ who are spiritually minded, a great pressions of kindness shown to the What a difference it can make if the many of them do not believe in the de­ many homeless people who live on people of God, through word and deed, ity of Christ. I spent a Christmas season those streets. Hot meals, safe warm will once more give Christmas “pres­ at Harvard Square not long ago. and I shelters, and listening ears were living, ence" this year to those around us who was interested to note how such a secu­ compassionate expressions of God’s celebrate His birth but know little of lar community observes Christmas. love and message. His life and nothing of the wonder and At first glance, the observance ap­ And each December, the army in­ power of His transforming grace. May peared to be a prime example of the vades the Square— the Salvation Army. our lives reflect the Light to those who secularization of Christmas that has oc­ Their beautiful faces and carols faith­ still live in darkness. God is coming in­ curred in many quarters of this country. fully bear witness to the Christ. to the word again this Christmas— The streets and stores were decorated This invasion of the secular by the through us!

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December 1993 • Whole No. 3557 • Vol. 82, No. 12 Notes from an editor's journal by Mark Graham, Managing Editor Editor, Wesley D. Tracy

Managing Editor, Mark Graham CHRISTMAS YET TO COME

Administrative Secretary Judith Perry ecem ber is one of my favorite childhood only in our memories. We err months— and one of the saddest. when we pause too long to fret over these bygone experiences. To do so is to Director put an unwholesome emphasis on the Division of Communications It is the time when I celebrate past while neglecting the future— and Paul Skiles D my birthday, although, as I grow for us, as Christians, the future is the older, I find that there seems to be less brightest star to which we may hitch our General Superintendents and less celebrating every year. dreams and hopes. Jerald D. Johnson December is a month filled with My mother’s feeble J memories—of trips to body won’t allow her ohn A. Knight There will come a W illiam J. Prince find and cut red cedar to stand over a stove Donald D. Owens Christmas trees; of gar­ time when we all and cook the wonder­ James H. Diehl gantuan feasts prepared will be reunited to ful meals she once Paul G. Cunningham by my mother; of spe­ sit down to the prepared. My father is cial gifts, like a wood­ no longer able to stand en croquet set, a minia­ grandest of feasts. at the doors of the Bible Quotations in this issue: ture reel-to-reel tape church at the close of Unidentified quotations are from KJV Quotations recorder (cassettes the annual Christmas from the following translations are used by permis­ sion: h a v e n ’t been around play to pass out bags filled with apples, forever, you know); of oranges, nuts, and hard candy. My (NIV) From the Holy Bible, New International a battery-powered Ford back hoe that 1 brothers and I will never again rip open Version* (NIV®). Copyright © 1973,1978,1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of played with in the dirt for years after the our lovingly-wrapped packages on Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. steering mechanism wouldn't work any­ Christmas morning with the same inno­ more. cent joy and wonderment that we pos­ (NRSV) From the New Revised Standard Version, copyright © 1989, by Division of Christian Educa­ It is a month when I think of my fam­ sessed as six-year-olds. My grandmoth­ tion of the National Council of Churches of Christ in ily— of visits to the homes of my grand­ er can’t ladle the boiled custard into our the United States of America. mothers, who have been gone now for crystal cups anymore. (NKJV) From the New King James Version, copy­ many Christmases; of my mother and But a day is coming when we all will right © 1979,1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., father, who are in separate care facilities be reunited to sit down to the grandest Publishers. and w on’t be together this Christmas; of of feasts. There will be no pain, no sick­ my two dear brothers who live far ness, but there will be food, and I’m away; and of the brother who took his sure it will be better than turkey (and own life only days before Christmas in we won’t be worrying about choles­ 1971. terol). We won’t even have to clean the Through the years, old traditions have dishes. But the best part of all is that we Herald of Holiness (USPS 241-400) is pub­ given way to new ones. Cathy, Joey, will be forever united with the One lished monthly by the NAZARENE PUBLISH­ and I have developed our own set of ac­ whose birth we had celebrated all of ING HOUSE, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, tivities for the season. These range from those many Christmases. MO 64109. Editorial offices at 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City. MO 64131. Address all setting up and decorating the Christmas As Ebenezer Scrooge learned, Christ­ correspondence concerning subscriptions to tree in early December to walking mas Past is gone forever, but Christmas Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box through the neighborhood on Christmas Yet-to-Come— now that’s a holiday to 419527, Kansas City, MO 64141. Copyright Eve to look at the lights on the houses look forward to! 1993 by Nazarene Publishing House. POST­ MASTER: Please send change of address to and returning to hot cocoa. Then there’s Herald of Holiness, P.O. Box 419527, Kansas the opening of presents while I shoot City, MO 64141. Second-class postage paid hundreds of photos on Christmas morn­ in Kansas City, Mo. Canadian GST No. ing, along with the reading of the R129017471. Christmas story and the lighting of the Christ candle on the Advent wreath. Change comes with time. We can re­ turn to those grand Christmases of our D e c e m b e r 1993 47 Late N ews

SNU GRAD SHOT HAGOOD ELECTED AT NNC Pamela Krohe, 25, a 1993 three approached. She fell Richard A. Hagood, 51, was his role as that of custodian graduate of Southern Naza­ back into the car after she elected president of North­ of the campus, but of the rene University, was shot was shot. According to west Nazarene College by mission and purpose of the and killed as she returned police, the suspects took the NNC Board of Regents college,” Chitwood said. "He from work Oct. 17. A nurse some money from her purse Sept. 30. He was elected on is a committed churchman, at Mercy Hospital in O kla­ and fled the scene. the first ballot, according to and we have confidence that homa City, Krohe was shot A m em b er o f C alvary Monte Chit­ he will provide spiritual lead­ three or four times while Church of the N azarene in wood, board ership that is essential to the standing in front of her apart­ Oklahoma City, Krohe was a chairman. purpose of NNC.” m ent building in Bethany, native of Belleville, 111. Hagood A 1964 graduate of NNC. Okla. Krohe is survived by her had served as Hagood served as assistant Two juveniles and one parents, David and Lona vice president provost at Washington State adult male have been arrest­ Krohe; three sisters, Diane of institution­ University prior to coming to ed in the incident. Police sus­ Heibert. Debra Buffey, and al advancement for NNC NNC. He also holds degrees pect the three intended to Tina Krohe; and paternal since 1985. from the University of Illi­ steal Krohe’s car. Krohe was grandparents, Oliver and “I appreciate the confi­ nois and the University of out of her vehicle when the Betty Krohe. dence exhibited in me by the Oregon. board of regents,” Hagood Hagood and his wife. HOWE ACCEPTS SUPERINTENDENCY said. “I believe the future of Junella, have three children, Crawford Howe, 51, has intendent of the Kentucky NNC is very bright." Heidi Zickefoose, Holly, and accepted the call to serve as District since 1988. Prior to “Although Dr. Hagood has Lincoln. superintendent of the North­ this, he pastored Pompano provided extensive leader­ The election was prompted western Illinois District, Beach, Fla., First Church ship with regard to campus by the death of Leon Doane according to General Super- from 1985 to 1988; Ham­ development, we do not see in April. i n t e n d e n t mond, Ind., First Church Jam es H . from 1979 to 1985; Port NAZARENES RETURN FROM HAITI Diehl. Diehl Huron, Mich., North Hills A Work and Witness team enforced embargo will make made the ap­ from 1977 to 1979; Cedar from Salem, Oreg., and a cou­ it difficult for them to contin­ pointment in Rapids, Iowa, Oakland from ple working with Nazarenes ue their responsibilities. Perry consultation 1971 to 1977; and Gary, Ind., in Volunteer Service left Haiti works in the area of compas­ w ith the Aetna from 1970 to 1971. and returned to the U.S. Oct. sionate m in istries and the Northwestern Illinois Advi­ A graduate of Olivet Naz­ 17, according to John Snree, Blowerses serve as Work and sory Council and with unani­ arene University, Howe was mission services director. Witness coordinators. mous approval of the Board ordained in 1970 on the Three of the seven Naza­ The other missionaries will of General Superintendents. Northwest Indiana District. rene missionaries in Haiti also remain in Haiti for the present Howe will assume his new He and his wife, Sylvia, returned to the U.S. Angela time, according to Smee. responsibilities Jan. 1. have two sons, Clark and Perry returned Oct. 21. The Those include the Terry Howe has served as super- Craig. David Blowers family Ketchum family and the returned Oct. 23, Smee said. David Crofford family. The STEARMAN ACCEPTS CALL TO DENVER Perry and the Blowerses are missionaries are staying close Tim Stear- pendence, Kans., Church of returning because the U.S.- to the Nazarene mission. man, 45, has the Nazarene from 1980 to accepted the 1988. SYRIAN PASTOR JAILED call to serve He and his wife, Jane, as senior pas­ have two daughters, Staci A Nazarene pastor in Syria is reported to be in poor tor of Denver and Jamie. has been imprisoned, ac­ physical condition. First Church Denver First is the third cording to John Smee, mis­ Although Christian lead­ of the Nazarene. Stearman largest church (in member­ sion services director. Smee ers throughout the region was called to the post with a ship) in the denomination— said the pastor (whose name have been working for his vote of 641 to 92, Oct. 10. behind Bethany, Okla., First is being withheld) was jailed release, no progress can be He began his assignment (3,812) and Pasadena, Calif., on charges of bribery when reported. Nov. 21. First (3,076)— with a 1993 he tried to legally register a The family of the pastor Stearman had served as membership total of 2.640. piece of property. The prop­ and the Nazarene churches senior pastor of Tulsa Cen­ Denver First had been with­ erty was to be used for throughout the Eastern tral Church of the Nazarene out a senior pastor since July building a church. Mediterranean countries since Sept. 1990. Prior to 27, when James H. Diehl “The charges are false,” earnestly request Nazarenes this, he was director of Adult was elected to the Board of said Smee. throughout the world to pray Ministries at Nazarene Head­ General Superintendents by T he m an has been in for an end to this imprison­ quarters. He pastored Inde- the 23rd General Assembly. prison for several weeks and ment.

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