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Volume 81, Number 10 FEATURE ARTICLES OCTOBER 1992 2 24 Our Protestant When Parents Heart to Heart Heritage Grow Old T o m F e l d e r R o b L. St a p l e s M a r il y n F a n n in g

CONTINUING COLUMNS

7 The Family Album 26 Jerry and Lynda Cohagan Counting the Cost 9 General 20 of Care-Giving Superintendent’s “Honor Thy Father M a r y V a u g h n A r m s t r o n g Viewpoint and Thy Mother” John A. Knight B e t t y B e n s o n R o b e r t s o n 10 When You Pray E. Dee Freeborn 11 In a Woman’s Voice Rebecca Laird 33 Into the Word Roger L. Hahn 38 Close to Home Tom Felder 43 Observer at Large W. E. McCumber

DEPARTMENTS 30 8 Editor’s Choice A Book, A Burden, Wesley D. Tracy and A Blessing 12 The Readers Write E u g e n e L. St o w e 14- 18, 39-41 News Mark Graham Tom Felder 36 19 Words and Music Polishing 35 The Question Box Manuscripts and 42 Late News Mark Graham Perfecting Tom Felder Character 47 Marked Copy P a u l in e E. S pr a y Mark Graham OUR PROTESTANT HERITAGE Reflections for Reformation Day

BY ROB L. STAPLES, PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY, NAZARENE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

t was exactly 475 years ago ship in Protestant churches. pay for human sin. The underlying this October 31 that a Listen! Can you not still hear the theory was that Jesus and His saints young Augustinian monk, blows of Luther’s hammer? Or had accumulated a “treasury of with an ache in his heart have they grown dim across the merits” that was at the disposal of and fire in his blood, centuries? the pope, who could draw on it for walkedI up the steps of the Castle Our century has not spoken the benefit of those sinners who Church in Wittenberg, Germany. In much about “reformation.” Our were in arrears. his right hand he carried a hammer, times have heard more about In Luther’s time, an indulgence and in his left hand a long sheet of rebellion and revolution. permitted a certain amount of sin­ paper on which he had written 95 But the Church of the late Mid­ ning without penalty. It was also de­ theses, or propositions, which chal­ dle Ages was sadly in need of refor­ clared that an indulgence could end lenged the then current teaching mation. Christianity had become a the stay of a departed soul in pur­ and practice of the Roman Catho­ gatory. Pope Leo X needed money lic Church. to finish St. Peter’s C athedral in Pausing a moment at the top of Rome, then under construction. the stairs and drawing a deep The sale of indulgences offered a breath, Martin Luther placed a nail The indulgence traffic lucrative method of raising the into position, raised his hammer, was the bingo of the 16th funds. Yale University church his­ posted his theses on the church torian, Roland Bainton, described door, and set in motion the theo­ century. indulgences as “the bingo of the logical earthquake known as the 16th century.” Protestant Reformation. Into Germany there came a Do­ The passersby hardly noticed it. minican friar named John Tetzel, a It was a common thing for anyone means of saving the soul from hell, supersalesman hawking the pope’s with an announcement to make to rather than of “glorifying God” in wares and chanting a little jingle post it on the church door so the this life. The Church had become a that sounds like a modern Madison townspeople could read it as they sort of travel agency, selling tickets Avenue television commercial: came to mass. The church door to heaven. Grace had become a “As soon as the coin in the served as the community bulletin “substance,” a sort of “heavenly coffer rings. board. medicine” infused into the soul The soul from purgatory But the sound of Luther’s ham­ through the seven sacraments, springs.” mer blows echoed beyond that which themselves had become im­ Martin Luther could not stand churchyard and set up reverber­ personal. Justification was by silently and allow this corrupt prac­ ations that were eventually felt works. The Church was involved in tice to go on. He asserted that if the around the world and that shook politics and in the sale of indul­ pope really had the power to empty the very foundations of Christen­ gences. And in the matter of indul­ purgatory of sinners, he should do dom. Because Luther had the cour­ gences, we have one of the most so promptly, and without charge! It age to go on public record for what gruesome chapters in the history of was to attack this practice that Lu­ he truly believed, contrary as it was Christianity. ther posted his 95 theses, offering to to the accepted teachings of the in­ An indulgence may be described debate the doctrine of indulgences stitutional Church, you and I wor­ as a draft on the bank of heaven to with anyone who would accept the

2 Herald of Holiness Martin Luther, from a 1522 woodcut.

The Church had become a sort of travel agency, selling tickets to heaven. challenge. Who Was This Bold Challenger? Who was this little monk who dared to challenge the might of Rome? Note the following high­ lights of his spiritual odyssey. The preaching that Luther heard in his youth convinced him that God was a God of wrath to be feared—not loved. When told to love God, Luther replied: “I cannot love God; I hate Him!” When a close friend died sud­ denly, Luther realized that he him­ Deborah K. Smith self was afraid to die. Later, while a law student at the University of Er­ furt, he was caught in a violent gotten there.” to Rome, the holy city. He thought thunderstorm one night while But slowly the Holy Spirit began that in Rome he could amass good walking through a forest. He was to give him new insights. From the works and thus avert the wrath of knocked to the ground by light­ German mystics he learned that God. But he was sadly disillu­ ning. In fear, he cried out to the real religion must be a heart re- sioned. In Rome, 40,000 people lay Mother of the Virgin Mary, “St. in melancholy waste, the Church Anne, help me! I will become a apparently not caring. The pope, he monk.” Soon he entered an Augus- “If ever a monk could discovered, was a selfish politician. tinian monastery, telling his friends, There were prostitutes in the streets “You will see me henceforth never­ get to heaven by monk­ of this “City of God.” Luther was more.” ery, I would have gotten compelled to lament: “To live pi­ In the monastery he sought to ously, one must leave Rome.” save his soul and to win salvation there.” Yet in Rome, Luther said masses in the time-honored Catholic with the Italian priests. He visited way—by prayer, fasting, and mor­ the supposed burning bush of Mo­ tification. He kept vigil night after ligion. From Augustine he learned ses, saw the so-called coins col­ night; he submitted himself to all the meaning of sin and grace. And lected by Judas in his betrayal of sorts of privations; he pored over from Johann von Staupitz he Jesus, an alleged finger of John the the works of the Medieval theolo­ learned that the deepest penitence Baptist, and a vial of milk pur­ gians. All that the Church told him is awakened not by fear of a God ported to be from the breast of the to do, he did. Yet he failed to find who punishes sin, but by love of a Virgin Mary! He climbed the Scala pardon for his sins and peace with God who forgives sin. Sancta, the supposed 28 stairs from God. Later he said of this period of At the age of 27, Luther was sent Pilate’s palace, on his hands and his life: “If ever a monk could get to to Rome on business for the Augus- knees. But all to no avail. Of his heaven by monkery, I would have tinian Order. He had longed to go continued on page 5

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4 Herald of Holiness cious circle: The Law made de­ nerstone of the theology of the Ref­ Our Protestant Heritage ... m ands that he could not fulfill. ormation. continued from page 3 Luther had despised Romans Thus, faith takes on a completely 1:16-17. All he could see was this new meaning: Faith is not merely trip to Rome, Luther said: “I, like a word from the apostle Paul: “I am intellectual assent. Rather, it is a fool, carried onions there and not ashamed of the gospel ... for channel—the only channel—by brought back garlic.” therein is the righteousness of God which we begin to comprehend the Home to Germany came Luther revealed.” He could only see the mystery of God’s love. Faith, then, —still carrying his burden of guilt. stern wrath and judgment of God. begins with a sense of the need of He received his doctorate in theol­ Said Luther: “I am ashamed of the God, a sense of unworthiness and ogy and began to lecture at Wit­ Gospel.” inability to save oneself; it grows tenberg University. In a study cell His conversion came while labor­ into an unshakable confidence, a in a tower, he brooded over Scrip­ ing over the words, “The righteous complete trust, in the mercy of ture night and day, seeking a rem­ will live by faith.” He began to see God, and finally becomes a means edy for his troubled soul. that, if we have faith, God gives us of receiving forgiveness of sins By Grace Though Faith the righteousness He requires. He through Jesus Christ. We are justi­ The Medieval Catholic view was finally saw that forgiveness of sins fied sola fide, by faith alone. that righteousness comes by good is bestowed directly by God on all With this insight, Luther experi­ works, and that one is justified by who turn in faith to Him through enced a glorious freedom. He came doing sufficient good works to to love Romans 1:16-17. He was merit it. But how could one be sure free from the works of the Law. he had done sufficient works? He Faith was alive and active; it fulfills knew sin must be confessed. But itself in service. Faith produces how can we know we have con­ works—not with the idea of earn­ fessed all our sins? Sometimes, he ing salvation but rather out of love confessed six hours at a time, until of God and concern for humanity. his confessor grew weary. He was It was this new conviction that greatly troubled when he realized caused Luther to revolt against the that the deepest sins cannot be con­ sale of indulgences. It was this con­ fessed because they are not even viction that caused him—on the recognized. eve of All Saints Day, or All Hal­ He was impressed by Paul’s em­ lows Even, or Halloween, a day pre­ phasis on the righteousness o f God. cious to medieval piety, October 31, But how could one measure up to 1517, four and three-quarter centu­ the exacting requirements of God’s Not everyone appreciated ries ago—to nail his “Ninety-five Theses” to the church door. righteousness? Luther felt that to Luther. This woodcut, when take this righteousness seriously Do You Know the was to live in the horrors of hell. turned upside down, depicts Protestant Principles? His breakthrough began when he Luther as a fool, or clown. From the posting of these theses made the discovery that the righ­ and the events that followed there teousness of G od is not merely the were formulated the principles of demand of God but also the mercy Jesus Christ. It was not, as he had Protestantism. o f God. He saw this while reading supposed for so long, something Do we know what these prin­ Psalm 71:2, where the Psalmist human beings could buy or earn by ciples are? Are we Protestant prays: “Deliver me in thy righteous­ their own exertions. It was not a merely because we are not Catho­ ness.” He saw that deliverance and matter of merit but of grace, free lic, or worse, because we are anti- righteousness were not opposites, and underserved. Pardon for sin Catholic? The animosity between but that the righteousness of God is and the power to overcome it are Catholics and Protestants has the mercy of God. Instead of trem­ gifts of God available for all who sometimes been unchristian, es­ bling in fear before the judgment of put their trust in the love and grace pecially as we have seen it in Ire­ God, he saw that God’s righteous­ revealed in the life and death of land in recent years, prompting one ness is the means of our deliv­ Christ. person to say: “If only all the Cath­ erance. Here was a complete reversal of olics and Protestants in Ireland As a theologian, Luther had the medieval Catholic understand­ were atheists, perhaps they could learned from William of Occam ing of salvation by works. It re­ live together like Christians!” that the central force in the soul is sulted in the formulation of the The basic affirmations of Protes­ the will. Luther knew the law of the great Reformation doctrine of justi­ tantism are: righteous God must be fulfilled fication by grace through faith 1. Christ is the sole Head of the perfectly, but he knew he could not alone, a doctrine that not only Church, and He has not delegated fulfill it—he could not even will to marked the turning point in Lu­ His authority to any other person do so. He was caught up in a vi­ ther’s life but also became the cor­ or group of persons.

October 1992 5 2. The Scriptures — not the ten Word and reveals again in the sode in Luther’s life was his appear­ canon law of the Church—are the preached Word, and still again in ance before the Diet of Worms to all-sufficient authority for faith, the visible Word of sacrament. It is answer the charges of heresy. and every person has the right of the person of Jesus Christ who is Throughout history, institutional access to those Scriptures. the same yesterday, today, and for­ religion has often stoned its proph­ 3. Salvation is by faith alone— ever. It is the sovereignty of a God ets and crucified its saints. And this not by works nor intellectual assent who, in spite of what we may think is what the Church was attempting to a creed. Concerning salvation, or dream, is still in control and to do with Martin Luther. Assem­ L uther said, “He that made the grasps the reins of eternity within bled there before Charles V, the em­ heavens must do this, or it will re­ His hands and causes the planets to peror, and before all the pomp and main forever undone.” This reflects progress in their courses. Our God authority of the Church of Rome, the statement of Paul: “By grace is Ruler yet! And we must let God Luther was asked to recant and re­ you have been saved through faith; be God! pudiate the views he had expressed and this is not your own doing, it is Reforming the Church Requires in his writings. the gift of God” (see Ephesians 2:8). Courage John Eck, the pope’s representa­ 4. The priesthood o f all believers. In “letting God be God,” we can tive, said: “M artin, how can you as­ Here is the nerve center of the Ref­ find a worthy example in Martin sume that you are the only one to ormation. The soul can have direct Luther the man. understand the sense of Scripture? access to God. Salvation is not dis­ Would you put your judgment pensed by institutions as such, or above that of so many famous men found in creeds, or moralism, or It means that any and claim that you know' more biblicism, but in personal trust in than they all? You have no right to the living God and in the accep­ Christian—layperson as call into question the most holy or­ tance of His free grace revealed by well as clergy—has au­ thodox faith. ... I ask you, Martin Christ in the gospel. thority to represent God —answer candidly and without The priesthood of believers does horns—do you or do you not repu­ not mean that every person has an to others. diate your books and the errors inherent right to fellowship with they contain?” God (it is by grace). Nor does it The moment had come—the mean that one’s religion is solely a It is said that one of Luther’s op­ moment of truth. Luther had private affair; otherwise, Christ is a ponents once said to him: “Don’t reached the point of no return. He luxury, and the ministry of the you know that the pope has more replied: “Since your Majesty and church is superfluous. It does not power in one finger than all the your lordships desire a simple reply, mean that I am my own priest. princes of Germany put together? I will answer without horns and Rather, it means that I am my Where will you be, Martin, when without teeth. Unless I am con­ neighbor’s priest. It means that any the pope points that finger at you? victed by Scripture and plain rea­ Christian—layperson as well as Yes, tell me where you will be son, . . . unless my conscience is clergy—has authority to represent then.” Luther replied: “I will be taken captive by the Word of God, I God to others. It does not mean re­ then exactly where I am now—in cannot and I will not recant any­ ligious individualism but its exact the hands of Almighty God.” No thing, for to go against conscience opposite—the reality of the congre­ wonder he could write these words: is neither right nor safe. HERE I gation as a community, the “com­ A mighty Fortress is our God, STAND. I CAN DO NO OTHER. munion of believers.” A Bulwark never failing; GOD HELP ME.” The Reformation would remind Our Helper He, amid the flood Four hundred seventy-five years us that Christ does not invite us O f mortal ills prevailing. ago, a man stood by his conscience. merely to be good and stay out of The world needs women and A little m onk who had known the trouble. He invites us on a danger­ men who will dare to live by their horrible struggle of trying to save ous, exciting adventure to redeem conscience even at the cost of ev­ his own soul, had the courage to the world. Reformation is a call to erything they have held dear. risk his name, his reputation, his faith. In a changing world we need Such a man was Martin Luther. ministry, his future, yea, his very anchors upon which we may lay Oh, he had his faults and weakness­ life, for what his conscience and the hold in the midst of storm and tem­ es—many of them; but he also had Word of God told him was right. pest. qualities to offset them: courage, Against the might of Empire, and B ut w h at is changeless in a determination, a sincere desire for against the corrupt power of the in­ changing world, and even in a truth, and an outstanding gift for stitutional Church, he had the cour­ changing Church? It is the change­ expressing the gospel in the lan­ age to state his beliefs, and say, less need of the human soul for re­ guage of simple people. “Here I stand.” demption from sin. It is the need You and I have our faults too. Today, 475 years later, could I ask for the victory of Calvary. It is the But it is in hum an weakness that you a simple question on this an­ unchanging Word of Truth that God makes known His strength. niversary of the Reformation? God has revealed within His writ­ Perhaps the most dramatic epi­ “Where do you stand?”

6 Herald of Holiness THE FAMILY ALB Adventures in Christian Parenting

WAL-MART AND MERCY

JERRY AND LYNDA COHAGAN

ur son, Chase, recently about 10 pounds. saying something like “Saks” or “Dil­ I celebrated his second Another favorite word is “Gab- lards.” birthday. One of the essue” (God bless you). This follows And a word that has heralded more distinctive charac­ any sneeze he hears, even his own. It some of his masterpieces of modern Oteristics he has inherited fromalso hisfollows a cough, the blowing of a art: “mess.” This is proclaimed on a mother is his ability to carry on con­ nose, a belch, the clearing of a throat, daily basis, mainly at mealtimes after versations, even if no one else is or a dog barking. Chase grows tired of eating his vege­ there. We’ve marveled this past year And then there is “Moosee!” tables and finds it much more ful­ at our son’s language development, (Mercy!). He learned this from his filling to smear them on his tray or and most of the time we can even mommy. “Mercy” is her all-purpose to hurl them onto the nileoleoleum. understand him. Of course, there are word to express surprise or conster­ Or right after Mommy has unfas­ those moments when he’s repeating nation, as in “Mercy! That’s terrible tened his diaper and exclaimed something for the umpteenth time “Mercy!” he is quick to proclaim, (such as “Nileoleoleum! Nileole- “Mess!” oleum!” while stomping his foot for If we all had to go through life with emphasis) while Mommy and Daddy only a half-dozen words or so, these stare at each other with stupid, blank aren’t bad ones: mess, mercy, Wal- looks on their faces. Chase eventually If we all had to go Mart, sorry, and God bless you. And sighs and toddles off, shaking his it won’t be any time at all before head at our utter lack of comprehen­ through life with Chase is waxing poetic in full-blown sion. We finally figured out that he sentences. But before that happens, was referring to the kitchen floor only a half-dozen his parents wish to freeze this time which is, of course, linoleum. Most and remember the lessons he has of the time, though, he comes taught us in his simple exclamations: through loud and clear, emphasis on words or so, these 1. If you make a mess, call it a the loud. One of his favorite words is mess. “sawee” (sorry). We have to admit aren’t bad ones. 2. Be generous with your mercy. A that he didn’t learn it from us, fair share of mercy makes messes though. He learned it from his best that much easier to clean up. pal, Gordie, who has a penchant for 3. As for Wal-Mart, get out of the throwing things at Chase’s head. He’s house now and then. Either that or a pretty good aim, so Gordie’s news,” or “Mercy! When will this hu­ Chase wants us to buy American. mother spends most of her time say­ midity let up?” The occasion in 4. Be willing to say you’re sorry a ing to Gordie, “Tell Chase you’re which Chase has heard this word the lot, even if it’s not your fault. sorry.” Upon which Chase quickly most is when he’s lying prone on the 5. Say “God bless you” to at least says, “Sawee,” while Gordie usually changing table. Invariably what es­ one person a day. If that’s too un­ attempts to just hug Chase, which capes Mommy’s lips is “Mercy!” as comfortable, start with a dog and usually leads to a wrestling match, in . .. well, you get the picture. work up. which usually leads to “Sawee” For a few weeks, every morning Thanks for the lessons, Chase. again. At any rate, Chase says sorry when we’d open his bedroom door, We’re learning. now any time he bumps into a knee­ Chase would greet us loudly, ex­ Jerry Cohagan is one half of the com­ cap or a chair or a table leg or a door claiming, “Wamart! Wamart!” (Wal- edy/drama duo, Hicks and Cohagan. or a wall. He does this quite fre­ Mart). We’re not sure why he was Lynda is a high school English teacher quently, as he is overinflated by saying this, we’re just glad he wasn’t in Olathe, Kans. ^

October 1992 7 ’s Cho WESLEY D. TRACY

IS THAT A RATTLESNAKE UNDER YOUR SHIRT?

he time had come for a cer­ you where I may live in warmth surly selfishness veneered with an tain Native American boy and find food to eat.” outward smile. to prove that he was ready The boy, with goodness in his Still others invest a career, a mar­ Tto take his place among the menheart, of felt pity for the rattlesnake. riage, an institution, with god sta­ the tribe. It was decided that in or­ He put the snake under his shirt tus, worshiping something less than der for him to prove his valor, he and headed down the mountain. God and putting it in His place must scale the steep slopes of the When he reached the valley, he next to their hearts. For others, the highest mountain in the region. gently placed the snake on the snake in the shirt is an addiction to He put on a deerskin shirt, his ground. As he did, the snake bit alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, gam­ best moccasins, and began his jour­ him, injecting its deadly poison into bling, pornography, or lust for ney. After several hours of vigorous the boy’s chest. power. For some, it is a seething climbing, he reached the summit. “You promised!" the dying boy hatred of persons who have The scratches and bruises he col­ cried. “Why did you bite me?” “wronged” them, or for those of a lected en route quit hurting as he “You knew what I was,” said the despised race. savored his triumph. “I can see the snake. “You knew what you were Is that a snake under your shirt? whole world from here,” he said. doing. You knew you were putting a Yes, of course, I know what you Just then, he heard something at rattlesnake next to your heart.” should do about it. You should turn his feet. He looked down and saw a This old story (which I ____ rattlesnake. He started to jump encountered most recently back and grab a stone to smash the in David Armstrong’s Man­ snake’s head. But the rattlesnake, aging by Storying Around) almost reading his mind, said, teaches an old truth. Sin “Please don’t leave, and don’t throw carries with it the venom of H e put the snake under a stone at me. I’m so lonely, and it’s death. Evil itself will slay his shirtt next to his heart, very cold here, and there is no food the wicked, the Bible to eat. Please put me under your warns. A sin may seem piti­ and headed down the shirt to keep me warm, and take me able, friendly, harmless, down the mountain with you.” even precious, yet in the mountain. “I can’t,” the boy said. “I know end it will destroy you. The what you are. You are a rattlesnake. Bible says, “There is a way You will bite me and I’ll die.” that seems right to a per­ “Oh, no! I promise I will not bite son, but its end is the way to death” that sin over to the One who, ac­ you. You see, snakes are just like (Proverbs 14:12, NRSV). cording to Genesis 3, will deal the people—some are mean-spirited How many people who really serpent a deadly blow. Before it’s and hateful, while others are kind know better tuck a deadly sin under too late, surrender that sin to God, and gentle. I would never bite you, I their shirt, next to their heart? For the bruiser of the serpent’s head! ^ promise. Please save my life and some, it is a secret adultery. For oth­ take me down the mountain with ers, the snake next to their heart is a — ■ General Superintendent’s VIEWPOINT

Let the Church Be the Church BY JOHN A. KNIGHT, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT

he Church is “the Body of with personal Christian experience. creatures. These means may include Christ,” “the extension of the The Church must serve as inter­ music. Scripture reading, congrega­ Incarnation,” a “fellowship of preter of the gospel message. Old tional participation, prayer, certain Tbelievers,” an interdependence truths of must be put in new categories adaptable forms of worship (liturgy, members in which every member that are understandable to each suc­ drama, etc.), preaching, and the sac­ shares the life of the body and con­ ceeding generation. Failure at this raments. All serve a useful purpose, tributes to it. The Church is that point saps the Church of its vitality so long as they are considered means unique fellowship of sharing, created and relevancy. and not ends in themselves. by the power of Christ’s Holy Spirit. Proper instruction will not only in­ 4. Christian Fellowship. Christian It is the spiritual fellowship of all form the mind, but also move the fellowship is possible, not only be­ those persons who have committed will to act on disclosed truth. To ex­ cause of a common aim but primar­ themselves to the reign of God, hort, to excite to action, thereby ily because the true Christian is a whose word was made manifest in building Christian character, is a nec­ member of the Body of Christ. It is Jesus Christ. essary function of the Church. based on fidelity to the Word of God. But this lofty conception of the Among those in the Church there is Church is void of meaning unless an intimate relationship that defies modeled in the life of some organi­ The best road to description. zation that is a concrete expression Those of the Body of Christ need of the Christian faith. Thus, the orga­ the renovation of to commune with God and to do so nized Church, in spite of its obvious together. It is the task of the orga­ frailties, is necessary and desirable. society is to let the nized Church to provide the neces­ The purposes that the organized sary place, the media of communica­ Church ought to serve are those im­ Church be the tion, and all helpful symbols that will plied by its relationship to the spiri­ strengthen this fellowship. tual Church. What, then, are the func­ Church! 5. Inspiration. It is imperative also tions of the Church? that man’s will be inspired. Every 1. Evangelism. The commission of 3. Worship. A full awareness of the part of his being demands inspira­ Jesus is clean “Go and make disci­ transcendence of God must be found tion, and every part of his life must ples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19, in the Church. Man must come to be affected by the Church. The effec­ NIV). Therefore, the Church, to be sense his dependence upon God and tive Church plays a significant role in the Church, must be evangelistic. his unworthiness before Him. Where every phase of man’s life—his social The Church must be clear in it there is true worship, man stands in nature, physical development, rela­ pronouncements of the judgments of awe of God’s creative power and of tionships with those both inside and God and ruthless in its condemna­ His redemptive activity. Worship outside the Church, as well as his tion of sin wherever found, as well as gives recognition of God's eternal soul and mind. When the Church faithful in proclaiming the possibility character and of man’s creaturehood. succeeds here it enables man to over­ of forgiveness and the reality of di­ The Church must employ the best come his selfishness, to become vine love. suitable means to provide the right aware of the needs of society in gen­ 2. Instruction and Exhortation. If conditions and atmosphere in which eral and others in particular, and to those inside the Church are to pro­ man can commune with his Maker serve consistently until individuals claim its message to others, they and in which God can confront His are transformed and society is reno­ must be instructed. This means that vated. decisions regarding the proper con­ Only as it embodies these elements tent and materials of instruction are and fulfills these functions (as a mini­ inevitable. Such decisions must be mum), can the Church be the Church. made in light of the basic message of And these are derived, preserved, and the Christian faith and not in terms realized only as the Church sustains a of some narrow dogma that is extra­ right relation to its Founder and neous, irrelevant, or inconsistent Foundation—Jesus Christ! tq

October 1992 9 E. DEE FREEBORN

Healing for You

urt is everywhere! How A husband, late in his career, easy to forget the pain suffers near paralysis and physical and suffering as I dog­ debilitation from a devastating to the laity as well. In our reaction H gedly go about my daily “to do”poor self-image. In each under­ to past excesses, manipulation, and list. Errands here, phone calls there, taking, that image reminds him he silliness of some healing ministries, assignments and responsibilities will never succeed. It saps the life and under the subtle influence of a without end. But when I stop long out of his dreams, relationships, materialistic and mechanistic enough to listen, I hear it. and daily activities. Faith becomes worldview, we have forfeited a des­ You can’t get through a segment a struggle, success belongs to others perately needed ministry of the of CNN News without feeling the but never to him, hope for better Christian community of faith. It is thudding impact of human suf­ things begins to fade. The hurt runs not the only ministry, but it is an fering and world pain. Starving and deep. important one. neglected children, angry and vio­ The prayer ministry for healing This is not a call for the tail to lent youth, abused and damaged was never more needed than it is wag the dog. Rather, if the healing adults, pervasive pain everywhere today. The healing ministry of ministry through prayer is to be­ corrodes our spirit like a toxic acid Jesus occupies an amazingly large come an integral part of the waste dump. In order to get relief part of the Gospel narratives. church’s presence, there will need we turn off the TV or refuse to Nearly one-third of Luke’s Gospel to be some hard theological think- read the paper. alone deals with issues of In the silence we discover that healing. While teaching in pain is near us, in our own fami­ the synagogue, Jesus ap­ lies, spouses, children, and rela­ plied the stunning words of tives. It comes to us in quiet “con­ Isaiah 61:1-2 to himself: I n our reaction to the fidential’’ conversations, in prayer The Spirit of the Lord silliness of some healing requests in church, in our own is on me, because he has souls. anointed me to preach ministries, we have forfeited A young college student, re­ good news to the poor. spected and loved by his church He has sent me to pro­ a desperately needed and the community, is killed in a claim freedom for the ministry. senseless car accident. Companions prisoners and recovery in that car are injured, one left in a of sight for the blind, to lasting coma. The hurt runs deep. release the oppressed, to A home built on Christian faith proclaim the year of the Lord's ing in order to insure a balanced and ministry, for years a model of favor (Luke 4:18-19, NIV). approach. love and compassion, is shattered Later, John the Baptist’s disciples I have been a part of such a by the actions of a spouse. The come seeking Jesus’ identity and community, where sacraments and symbol is gone, the message and find Him healing many needy peo­ healing were a vital part of the on­ testimony are in jeopardy, the grief ple. In response to their question, going life of the church. It was a and sorrow cannot be measured. Jesus replies, “Go back and report part of our common life together. The hurt runs deep. to John what you have seen and Is it time for serious consid­ The wife knows her days are lim­ heard: The blind receive sight, the eration and implementation of ited because of the insidious on­ lame walk, those who have leprosy healing ministries that center on slaught of her disease. The family are cured, the deaf hear, the dead prayer, touch, and the sacraments? faces loss of work, loss of home, no are raised, and the good news is Is God calling you to such a minis­ place to go, rapidly diminishing preached to the poor” (Luke 7:22, try? I pray it is so. hope. Friends and loved ones of NIV). E. Dee Freeborn teaches practical many years are helpless. The hurt The prayer ministry for healing theology and spiritual formation at runs deep. belongs not only to the clergy but Nazarene Theological Seminary.

10 Herald of Holiness REBECCA LAIRD

Sharing a Spiritual Quality of Life

n June of this year, I caught a the boxes were stacked to the ceil­ nuclear reactor. renewed glimpse of the uni­ ing. The suggested name for this versal need people have for a As I talked with some of the mental health center is the Du- Iquality of life that offers both innerwomen, the conversation turned to khovnost Institute. While the spiritual hope and physical well­ their greatest needs. One mother closest English synonym is spiritu­ being. I joined 80 other volunteers told me a story I would hear from ality, this Russian word is multi­ and traveled to the former Soviet several others. Her diabetic son faceted in meaning. True dn- republic now known as Belarus. could get no insulin, as neither the khovnost leads to a spiritual quality Our task was to monitor 3,500 republic nor the people have the of life characterized by inner peace metric tons of flour, rice, cooking hard currency with which to buy of mind and heart and outer moral oil, powdered milk, and infant for­ the medication. Another mother, and social harmony with God, mula donated by the United States who had earlier lived in a village oneself, and one’s neighbors. Du- Department of Agriculture, distrib­ near the Chernobyl nuclear power khovnost is comparable in meaning uted by Citihope International, and plant, spoke of her child’s suffering to the Hebrew word shalom. designated for 135,000 families and with radiation sickness since the The people living under the dark 69 medical and social institutions. 1986 disaster. The stories were sad. and lingering shadow of Chernobyl The USDA experimented by utiliz­ I then asked, “What do you hope are doubly heavy-laden by the eco­ ing everyday Americans to ensure will happen in your republic in the nomic upheavals of their turbulent that the food got to needy citizens next five years? What will make a society. If ever there was a need for instead of into the pockets of black difference in your lives?” market profiteers. The majority of The women spoke volunteers were Christian people with clear eyes and resig­ who brought with them toys for the nation. “We are on the children, Bibles for the adults, and brink of disaster.” “There love for all we met. is no hope.” “Nothing L ove, presence, and hope Daily we were bussed to a huge can change.” “We hope parking lot filled with semi-trucks for nothing.” are as needed as filled with food that had been Then I knew how ap­ uncontaminated USDA food shipped across the Atlantic, rail­ propriate it was that our roaded across Europe, and trucked project was named Oper­ and economic aid. in from Poland. Two by two, we ation Nadezhda (Hope) were paired with the director of a Express. These people local charitable organization and needed hope even more sent off with a truck to count boxes than they needed food. and offer citizen’s diplomacy. Later that night my husband, spiritual hope and practical aid, it My third distribution point was Michael, returned from Gomel, the is now. Love, presence, and hope the Society of Invalids (the term largest inhabited city in the region are as needed as uncontaminated used to describe disabled people in contaminated by the radioactive USDA food and economic aid. Belarus). The director, an author­ fallout from Chernobyl. I told him Proving by our words and actions itative 70-year-old woman on about my day, about the women, that we stand with those who are crutches, led our truck to the cen­ and about their despair. suffering and offering the practical ter courtyard of a concrete apart­ He then told me of that day’s equivalent of a cup of cold water in ment complex where several hun­ progress made toward another Be- Jesus’ name are equally important dred people awaited us. A line of larusan project—the establishment ways of sharing the great dukhov- disabled men and some of their of a mental health center spon­ nost that God graciously avails to sons relayed the 992 boxes of food sored by World Vision. It will offer each of us. from the truck bed, up some un­ support group training, counseling, Rebecca Laird is a professional writer even steps, down a long, dark hall­ and pastoral care to some of the 2 and editor. She lives in San Francisco way, and into the tiny offices where million people still living near the and is a licensed minister. rq

October 1992 11 Applauds “What If” tape? . . . Perhaps the editor would have known more of the The July 1992 issue upholds the ongoing excellent work that story. . .. What if the editor hadn’t, with a single stroke of his the editor(s) and staff of the Herald are doing—great job! Please pen, labeled a community of people as “Seamy Valley”? What if keep on addressing the difficult issues that we must deal with if he had considered that some of them were as upset as the rest of our church is to be seen to be relevant to this current day. You the country at what happened? ... What if the editor, who isn't are doing a wonderful job of bringing the message of Christian a lawyer, hadn't criticized “government agents” for moving tri­ holiness to bear on our world in the 1990s! als to “lily white suburbs”? What if the editor of the Herald had 1 applaud your editorial in the July issue! You ask the ques­ asked us to pray for the policemen who put their lives on the tion “What i f ... ?” and I would simply say the equally search­ line for us every day? ... I don't deny that you asked some good ing and perhaps more disturbing question may well be, “What questions. ... Don’t misunderstand me. I abhor brutality and if our church does not face these serious questions?” Please ... oppression. In any form, they are wrong. However, I believe lilacs and roses, sunsets and seascapes are beautiful, but keep on what you have done is wrong as well. . .. “What if the Herald dealing with the “thorns” that always accompany the roses! editor stuck to sentimental editorials about lilacs and roses, sun­ Also, “a bouquet” to Dr. McCumber and the “Observer at sets, and seascapes?” If the editorial in the July issue is an exam­ Large” column. Well done. ... 1 wonder how many churches re­ ple of what happens when you depart from the sentimental, I’d ally would call Jesus to be their pastor! respectfully suggest you return to the garden. Ruth E. Lochary Rev. Doug Cooney Norristown. Pa. Red Deer. Alta. “What If” We Searched Our Hearts? Appalled at “What If” I have enjoyed the Herald for many years. Mr. Tracy joins an elite group of “jury bashers”: President I simply want to say thank you for the thought-provoking edi­ Bush, Governor Wilson, and Mayor Bradley, who ignore the fact torial in the July editorial. that a jury (any jury) has explicit instructions to weigh only the I pray that we will begin to search our hearts and face your evidence, and not base their verdict on emotion or hearsay. question, “Does Jesus really mean what He said?” While we’re asking, “What if?” what if Rodney King had Thanks, and may God be with you. complied with the original order to lie down, instead of smiling Mary Ball into the muzzles of the guns aimed at him? I was as outraged as anyone each time 1 saw the videotape. I We Could Take It proclaimed the officer’s guilt as loudly as anyone. However, I I loved W. E. McCumber’s article—especially the paragraph had the opportunity to watch all of the live TV coverage of the that reads—“Imagine the pastor at a church board dinner trial, and by the time the case went to the jury I was in full sym­ girded with a towel and carrying a basin of water." pathy with their predicament! The videotape was no longer suf­ At our mini-retreat (which is the only thing we could get ficient evidence. The defense presented a very persuasive case. worked in the schedule), our pastor, David Scott Hayes, did just The jury was already being intimidated by the “black commu­ exactly that. What a special time we had—when men and ladies nity” (via the news media) as to what the verdict had better be, were separated and we washed each other's feet, saying, “1 want or else. Yet, they followed their prime directive ... which was to to serve you and I want to serve with you.” Our pastor is as weigh only the evidence. much like Jesus as we will probably ever have the privilege of Yes, I believe the police did use excessive force, but the total having, and I have been in the church for 42 years and had picture of evidence does not support my belief. 1 might add, that many good pastors. while I worked at L.A. County General Hospital, I saw numer­ Now, our pastor and his family have been placed across the ous suspects brought in by the police, beaten worse than Rod­ ocean in a place called Kiev in the Ukraine, and I am sure ney King . . . but . . . they were white, and no organization many souls will be won to the Lord. speaks out for poor whites that get lost in the justice system. Vivian Taggart Mike Kitsko, Sr. Nashville, Ind. Cerritos. Calif. Appreciates the Herald Return to the Garden I want to say how much I appreciate the Herald. The issues Having just finished reading your editorial in the July issue, I that are addressed are relevant to the times. had to write ... I am numb. No, I am angry and I’m left with I have been in the Nazarene Church since I was 2 weeks old. I many “what if” questions. Let me ask a few. am now 65. God bless you as you continue with the good work. What if the editor of the Herald had sat through days of testi­ The Herald is probably the best that it has ever been. mony from dozens of witnesses and experienced the deliber­ Gerald L Myers ations of the jurors? ... What if the editor had seen the entire Mesa. Ariz.

12 Herald of Holiness Uncle Pek Encouraging News I have enjoyed the Herald for the past 30 plus years, and it is I want you to know that the Herald has been a big source of better now than ever. As soon as 1 get it, I start reading. This inspiration in my life. I am a senior in college and I enjoy get­ month’s issue is so refreshing. 1 really enjoyed Mark Graham’s ting your magazine. I have been pleased with the articles and story about Pek Gunn. What a privilege it would be to know hearing worldwide Nazarene news! As a Christian, I need en­ him. I also enjoyed the article written by W. E. McCumber ti­ couragement, and you’ve done a great job! tled, “Jesus for Pastor.” Please keep up the good work. I really Crystal Hamilton get fed with the good articles. Mount Vernon Nazarene College Wanda Wagoner Follansbee, W.Va. Real Blessing WASP Thank you so much for the Herald. It truly is one of m y fa ­ In the June issue of the Herald of Holiness, Dr. Wesley Tracy vorite magazines and, as 1 live away from my family, it truly is talks about his wife, who is a schoolteacher, and the difficulties comforting and a real blessing. she encounters with the city kids of Kansas City. He relates the Please tell everyone on your staff that they all are doing a story of a young black student who agrees to testify against bank wonderful job. robbers. However, his body is found in Swope Park with a bullet Sandra Dame wound in the head. Corpus Christi, Tex. I read this article and, with a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat, I handed it to Mary Lou and said, “This will remind you of Kansas City.” Dr. Tracy mentions that a white male has 1 chance in 30,000 of being shot, while a black male has 1 chance in 26. While working at KU Medical Center, we took care of the results of many of these shootings. . .. Then I thought of the Rodney King incident. Can you imag­ ine what would have happened if that had been four black po­ licemen savagely beating a white man? If 1 had beaten my dog THE HERALD OF HOLINESS like that and it was videotaped, 1 would be thrown in jail. But What’s In It for Me? Plenty! somehow this is excused because blacks are considered by many to be less than human. . .. Fill out this form and mail today to I don’t for one minute condone the burning, the looting, the start receiving the H erald o f violence that came about as a result of the Rodney King verdict. H oliness. For faster service, But I do understand their sense of despair. We talk of equal jus­ call toll-free 1-800-877-0700. tice .. . it’s just talk. Sign me a WASP who is not at all proud about the way we Enter my subscription for have treated black people. □ One year, $ 10.00 Ken Plopper Kennewick, Wash. □ Two years, $ 19.00 □ Three years, $28.00 Loves Kids—and Adults Too □ Enter a gift subscription at Just a note on my thoughts to Brenda Nixon’s article in the $ for year(s) and send to: June Herald, “Suffer the Little Children.” I am married and do not have children. I have nieces and Name______nephews and friends who have children, as well as church chil­ Address______dren's programs full of kids. I love and enjoy kids. I felt like Brenda rode roughshod over those of us who don’t City______State/Prov.______Zip. have children. My suggestion to all the Brendas in the church— □ Bill me When your ADULT Sunday School class wants to get together □ Enclosed is my check for $_____ periodically without the kids, stay home and watch an educa­ tional children’s videotape. To charge your order to Visa or MasterCard, call toll-free Timm Marks 1-800-877-0700. Flint, Mich. Name______Life Support Address______I applaud Chaplain Gerald Oosterveen’s article on life sup­ City______State/Prov.______Zip. port systems (“Decisions at Life’s End," July 1992). So many times Christians are like ostriches in the way we bury our heads Phone (_____) ______in the sand when it comes to social and political issues. Make checks payable to: Herald of Holiness I would also like to commend the Herald on publishing other social issues such as abortion and homosexuality. These issues The local Church of the Nazarene 1 attend is are often avoided by other Christian magazines. However, I Name of Church______sometimes feel that the articles are one-sided. When allowing such articles to be published, please make sure that the authors Address------remain neutral when writing their pieces. To alleviate some of City______State/Prov.______Zip the hostile feelings that some of the readers are experiencing, I feel that the articles should be more informative and not so If ordering by mail, clip and send to: opinionated. Keep up the good work; the Herald is a wonderful The Herald of Holiness magazine. Nazarene Publishing House Melanie Causey P.O. Box 41 95 27 • Kansas City, M O 64141 Stone Mountain, Ga.

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CUBA PROMISES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM The Cuban Central Committee of the Communist Party announced recently that the National Assembly intends to amend the constitution of that country to grant freedom of religion to all citi­ zens, according to James J. Hudson, Caribbean regional director. The announcement was made in Havana during a meeting between members of the Communist Central Committee and evangelical leaders, including Juan Vasquez Pla, who represented the Caribbean regional office. During the meeting, the evangelical First Secretary Lezcano of the Cuban Communist Party (second from right) receives a Bible leaders offered a prayer of invocation, from Cuban evangelical leaders. read from the Bible, and led in the singing of a hymn. Each member of the Communist Central Committee was presented with a personal copy of the Bible. During his visit to Cuba, Pla took the Cuba District Superinten­ opportunity to meet with Nazarene dent Arnaldo Miranda leaders. Pla also was able to make final Cuesta (r.) discusses a arrangements with Eduardo Ordaz, humanitarian medicine director of the psychiatric hospital in shipment provided by Havana, for a shipment of medicines Nazarene Compassionate provided by Nazarene Compassionate Ministries with the staff Ministries. of a Cuban hospital.

DEAF INTERPRETATION EVANGELIST HOSTS CRUSADE IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA TO BE OFFERED AT More than 5,000 people attended an closer to God," Baptiste said. “We are evangelistic crusade in Florida in August also trying to help Haitians organize GENERAL ASSEMBLY hosted by a Nazarene evangelist. Mathieu themselves socially and within the Following a positive response in 1989, Baptiste, a native of Haiti, hosted his American culture.” plans are under way to once again have eighth annual crusade in a football sta­ Baptiste, who also hosts a radio pro­ interpretation for the deaf at the 1993 dium in West Palm Beach, Fla. Ap­ gram in the area, likens his task to that General Assembly, according to Jack proximately 80 persons accepted Christ of the prophets in the Old Testament Stone, general secretary. for the first time during the crusade, books of Daniel and Ezekiel. “Just as Rick McClain, pastor of Oregon Baptiste said. At least 1,000 professed they were preaching to people in a City, Oreg., Church of the Nazarene, to have reaffirmed their relationship strange land, we are taking the gospel will coordinate the effort. McClain with God. to Haitians who are in a new country.” plans to assemble numerous inter­ Baptiste started the crusades in 1986 "God is doing something great with preters for this ministry. as a way of reaching the Haitian and this crusade,” said M. V. Scutt, superin­ A special section of seats will be American Black communities in South­ tendent of the Southwest Indiana Dis­ reserved in the Hoosier Dome for the ern Florida. Each crusade includes trict and former director of Evangelism deaf and hearing-impaired. All ser­ holiness preaching, music, and special Ministries. Scutt, who spoke during the vices and business sessions of the prayer. The prayer times this year were crusade, added, “This was such an inspi­ General Assembly will be interpreted. especially significant as the crowds ration to me. They are having an There also will be a registration area offered prayers for their friends and impact.” designated for deaf visitors to the family back in Haiti and for peace in Other speakers during the crusade General Assembly. This area will be their homeland. included Bill Kaufman, a Southern located in the main lobby of the newly Baptiste leads a special prayer time Baptist minister from Jacksonville, Fla., expanded Indiana Convention Center. each evening for a variety of needs, and Joe Laurore, a minister with the The 23rd General Assembly will be including youth, the United States, rest World Revival Temple in Tulsa. Okla. held July 21-30, 1993, in Indianapolis. and comfort, and praise for blessings. The next crusade is scheduled for "Our goal is to help people draw Aug. 8-15, 1993.

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BY MARK GRAHAM and TOM FELDER FRONTLINE OUTREACH RECOGNIZED AS POINT OF LIGHT Frontline Outreach, Inc., an Orlando- "This honor.is well deserved," said based ministry, has been recognized by Nathan Price, Central Church pastor. President George Bush as the 839th “We are pleased that he has gained this Daily Point of Light, according to Miah national recognition.” Homstad of the White House Press According to Price, Smith started his Office. The ministry was recognized for ministry at Central Church while still its involvement in establishing and working full-time as a local business maintaining a "decent, drug-free, and owner. Eventually, Smith felt led by the safe environment.” Lord to quit his business and go into this "We are honored to receive this new ministry full-time. recognition," said C. R. Smith, founder Through the years, Smith and Front­ and president of Frontline Outreach, Inc. line have received many honors, accord­ Bush recognizes a Daily Point of ing to J. V. Morsch, associate pastor at Light seven days a week, Homstad said. Central Church. “He has been honored The recognition is intended to “honor by President Carter, Walt Disney World, those who are making a difference in the the city and county, and many other lives of those in need and to urge every organizations,” Morsch said. individual, family, business, union, “C. R. Smith has influenced many Frontline Outreach, Inc., founder, C. R. school, and other institutions in America men who are now ministers in the Smith, and his wife, Estelle, with the Pres­ to make serving others central to their church,” Morsch said. "He got out of ident’s Point of Light Award. life and work." the pew and onto the streets." Founded 24 years ago by Smith, a Frontline Outreach involves more Nazarene layman, Frontline Outreach than 120 volunteers and 40 staff mem­ MUCCI IS ACTING ministers to more than 3,000 people bers in providing “a safe place for young each week through a variety of programs people and their families to meet off the PRESIDENT AT ENC including teen pregnancy rescue and streets,” according to Homstad. Dallas Mucci, 58, education, day-care, recreation, food and “Through its committed volunteers, superintendent of the clothing assistance, and counseling. Frontline provides an array of programs Metro New York Dis­ Smith received the award in a special to help people from low-income neigh­ trict, has been selected ceremony at Orlando Central Church of borhoods improve their social, educa­ to serve as “acting pres­ the Nazarene where he is a member. tional, and economic conditions.” ident" of Eastern Naza­ rene College, according REGIONAL DIRECTOR CELEBRATES END to Talmage Haggard, secretary of the OF PERSONAL MARATHON ENC Board of Trustees. Haggard said the unanimous action George Rench started running 25 years has a set of 52 Bible promises and was taken by the executive committee ago because a doctor warned him of numerous hymns that he reviews during of the ENC Board of Trustees follow­ each run. potential heart problems. Saturday, July ing the death of Cecil Paul Aug. 1. He 18, the Asia-Pacific regional director Rench started by running about a said Mucci will serve in the interim accomplished a personal goal when he quarter of a mile at a time. Over the post until a new president can be completed a total of 24,902 miles—equal years he increased the distance and now selected. to the distance around the earth at the averages about six miles at a time and at Mucci, who is chairman of the ENC equator. least 100 miles per month. After reach­ Board of Trustees, will work with the Thanks to meticulous record keeping, ing his goal he plans to cut back to about executive committee and the adminis­ Rench knows exactly how many miles four miles a few times each week. trative council of ENC to provide lead­ and where he has run over the last two He has run in 30 states and 27 coun­ and a half decades. He did not set out to tries. One of his most memorable jogs ership during the selection and transi­ run this distance, but after he had passed was during a trip to Athens, Greece. tion process. a few thousand miles he decided to set a While there, Rench ran in Olympic Sta­ Mucci said a major concern has been goal. dium, which was the site of the first to provide support for the family of Dr. “After I passed the 1,000-mile mark, modem Olympic games in 1896. He has Paul and to assure that ENC's fall my wife, Donna, made me a T-shirt,” also run in two half-marathons (20 kilo­ semester goes as smoothly as possible. Rench said. “After the 2.000- and 3,000- meters) in Indonesia. He won both The ENC Board of Trustees is sched­ mile mark Donna decided that I marathons in his age-group. uled to meet Oct. 16 to select a new wouldn't get any more T-shirts. So I Rench’s goal was reached July 18 president. decided to set a goal for my running.” when he jogged onto the grounds of Plans are to have a candidate for Rench utilizes his running time by Casa Robles, the Nazarene missionary election by the October meeting of the memorizing Scripture and hymns. He retirement home in Temple City, Calif. ENC board.

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NAZARENE TEENS PRAY AT THE POLE Nazarene teens joined more than a mil­ lion other Christian young people in prayer at school flagpoles throughout the U.S. Sept. 16, according to Fred Fullerton, NYI Ministries director. The prayer time was part of the second annual “See You at the Pole 1992,” a youth prayer emphasis sponsored by Sonlife and several denominations. "The focus of the event was to bring students together around their school flagpoles in prayer for spiritual revival,” Fullerton said. “The event provided an opportunity for students to take a stand for Christ and to link up with other Christians in their school.” “See You at the Pole” was estab­ lished in 1991 and drew more than 1 million students to the inaugural event. It is one part of a program called Oper­ ation Powerlink. The second part of this program will be "See You at the Party!” which will be held Mar. 6, 1992 Adult Curriculum Committee 1993. This is being billed as the “world's largest pizza party” and is SUNDAY SCHOOL OUTLINES DEVELOPED designed to provide an opportunity for A team of 25 Nazarenes, Wesleyans, Revelation), “Romans,” and "Questions Christian youth to share their faith with and Free Methodists met in Kansas City Christians Ask." The Bible studies on unreached friends. recently to create outlines that writers “Questions Christians Ask” will deal “‘See You at the Party’ could be the will use to develop adult Sunday School with such questions as “What does the greatest evangelistic event in the histo­ lessons during the mid-1990s, according future hold?” “Why should I care about ry of youth ministry in the U.S.,” to Phil Riley, Sunday School Ministries the poor?” “Where is God when 1 suf­ Fullerton said. director. fer?" and “How do I deal with aging?" For more information, contact: NYI Most holiness denominations are bas­ Free Methodists use the Adult Teach­ Ministries/See You at the Party, 6401 ing their lessons on Bible passages and er and Adult Student quarterlies pro­ The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131, or lesson topics identified by this commit­ duced by the Church of the Nazarene. phone: (816) 333-7000, ext. 2484. tee of pastors, professors, laymen, and The Wesleyan Church produces its quar­ editors, said Riley. terlies using Wesleyan writers. All three KENDRA IMPROVES During the meeting, the team devel­ denominations share the lesson oped outlines for Sunday School lessons resources of Illustrated Bible Life and Kendra Seaman, 18, daughter of to be used in churches beginning in the Adult Teaching Resources Packet. Nazarene missionaries John and Uinda September 1995. The themes include, Both of these products are edited and Seaman, continues to improve follow­ “Fife and Ministry of Paul,” “Good published by the Church of the Naz­ ing an automobile accident June 27. She News for Hard Times" (Advent and arene. was able to “dictate” a message to her parents to share at the Kansas City Dis­ trict NWMS Convention Aug. 19. HAITI EXPERIENCES GROWTH DESPITE TURMOIL “Kendra’s progress is terrific,” her The Church of the Nazarene in Haiti the country in small boats. father told the missionary convention. has received more than 4,500 new In addition to membership growth. “She is doing great, and no one can tell members and organized 18 new church­ Hudson reported that the South and us how far she will be able to come . . . es in the past year, despite the econom­ Central districts have achieved self-sup­ or what she will be like ... or if she'll ic and social difficulties the nation has porting regular status be able to live and function indepen­ faced, according to James J. Hudson, “Special prayer is requested for our dently. But we live with great hope and Caribbean regional director. valiant, committed Haitian Nazarenes,” expectation for the Uord is doing great Haiti is under an economic embargo Hudson said. “During a time of great things and isn’t finished yet.” imposed by the Organization of Ameri­ tribulation, the church continues to Messages may be sent to the Sea­ can States, its democratically elected grow.” mans at 1109 S. Clairbome. Olathe. KS president is in forced exile, and thou­ Haiti includes 314 churches and 66062. sands of Haitians have attempted to flee 33,512 Nazarenes on 8 districts.

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COLLEGE SHARES AGRICULTURE INFORMATION WITH MALAWI FARMERS A group representing M id America The group.taught the Nazarene College’s agriculture program farmers how to use the sys­ recently conducted a five-week course tem to fertilize plants. in Malawi that taught area farmers how The farmers also learned to produce vegetables in the drought- to identify and control stricken area. insect pests and plant dis­ Glenn Fell, associate professor of eases, make compost, grow agriculture at MANC, led the group, their own healthy seedlings, which also included Dave Balsbaugh, a keep crop records, estimate MANC agrimission student, and Beth net returns, and reinvest Adams, a 1989 MANC agrimissions returns to increase future graduate. production. The trio taught seven Malawian In addition to the practi­ farmers how to erect and use a simple cal training, each day began irrigation system to produce vegetables with the singing of hymns Alex Mkandawire, farm manager at the Malawi Nazarene during the dry seasons. The system and choruses and praying Vocational School, stands in a newly planted field. The consisted of a bucket on a wooden around a well in the garden. buckets on stilts are part of an irrigation system intro­ stand with plastic drip lines carrying “We called it the garden duced by a team from MidAmerica Nazarene College. water directly to each plant. According choir." Fell said. to Fell, filling the buckets once in the MANC offers degrees in morning and once in the evening is suf­ agribusiness and international agribusi­ beef cow operation, and small-scale ficient to water about 60 plants. The ness, according to Fell. In addition to agricultural systems and research farmers used the system to irrigate classroom instruction, the college oper­ involving crop varieties and pest con­ tomatoes, cabbage, eggplant, lettuce, ates a 147-acre demonstration farm, trol. It also serves as a demonstration sweet potatoes, peas, and mustard. which includes field crop production, a farm for the Soil Conservation Service.

CHAPLAINS TO BE HONORED DURING PASTORAL CARE WEEK STONE ACCEPTS NBC POST The Church of the Nazarene will join Specialized Settings, a coordinating Bryan P. Stone, 32, with other denominations in celebrating agency of religious groups and pastoral director of Liberation National Pastoral Care Week. Oct. 25-31, care organizations which seeks to pro­ C om m unity in Fort according to Curt Bowers. Chaplaincy mote spiritual values as part of the heal­ Worth, Tex., has Ministries director. The theme of the ing process. accepted an appoint­ week is, "Pastoral Care: Wholeness in "The Church of the Nazarene ment to serve as asso­ Healing." expresses appreciation for the ministry ciate professor in the­ "A broken arm may be healed, but of our Nazarene chaplains providing ology and Bible at Nazarene Bible the person may not be whole." Bowers pastoral care and support to world com­ College, according to Jerry Lambert, said. "When we look at persons we munities beyond the walls of our NBC president. sometimes only see a part of them. church," said a statement released by A graduate of Southern Nazarene What pastoral care emphasizes is seeing the Board of General Superintendents. University, Stone received a master of the whole person— body, mind, spirit, "So often this form of ministry occurs divinity degree from Nazarene Theo­ family, vocation, and the person's place when people are most vulnerable. Con­ logical Seminary and a Ph.D. from in society." gratulations to over 400 chaplains rep­ Southern Methodist University in Dal­ National Pastoral Care Week is spon­ resenting the Church of the Nazarene in las. sored by the Congress on Ministry in all forms of chaplaincy." Stone founded Liberation Commu­ nity in 1985. The inner-city ministry SNOWBARGER NAMED ACTING DEAN AT MANC provides direct aid, adult education, Willis Snowbarger has been appointed to joining the faculty of Point Loma employment assistance, housing, and acting academic dean at MidAmerica Nazarene College this summer. youth programs. Stone also planted Nazarene College, ac­ Snowbarger retired in 1989 as execu­ the Liberation Community Church of cording to Richard 1.. tive secretary for the Department of the Nazarene, a multicultural ministry Spindle. MANC presi­ Education for the Church of the to the inner city. He was ordained in dent. Snowbarger will Nazarene. Prior to that he served as 1988 on the West Texas District. serve in the position vice president for academic affairs at In 1987, Stone became director of until a replacement is Olivet Nazarene College. He is a grad­ Texas Nazarene Bible Institute, a named for Keith Bell. uate of Southern Nazarene University, multicultural extension training center Bell served as vice president for aca­ the University of Oklahoma, and the sponsored by NBC and the West demic affairs and dean at MANC prior University of California at Berkeley. Texas District.

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MULTICULTURAL LEADERS MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME Multicultural strategy groups have been operating within the Church of the Nazarene for several years, but a recent gathering marked the first time that all groups met together for planning and goal-setting. The Multicultural Coun­ cil. composed of the chairmen of each cultural strategy group, held its first meeting at International Headquarters in Kansas City. The purpose of the gathering was to work through the Division of Church Growth and Church Extension Min­ istries to formulate and plan an overall Bill Sullivan, Church Growth division director, addresses the Multicultural Council. Inter­ strategy for evangelism among multi­ preters (pictured left) translate for those who are hearing impaired. cultural groups, according to Michael Funk, Multicultural Ministries consul­ with the Church Growth Division and nese; Teklemariam Wubneh, Ethiopian; tant for the denomination. Church Extension ministries to develop Andres Valenzuela, Filipino; Luc “It was a moving experience,” Funk plans and goals for church planting, Pierre, Haitian; Rick McClain, Hearing said of the meeting. “To see these lead­ pastoral training, fellowship and net­ Impaired; Alejandro Sandoval, Hispan­ ers maturing and taking ownership and working, literature development, and ic; Yoon Kyu Chun, Korean; John responsibility for church planting with­ denominational relations. Nells, Native American; Taulima Oge, in U.S. and Canadian multicultural Those who attended the council Samoan; and Sokurt Sous, Southeast groups was exciting.” meeting included: Larry Lott, American Asian. In addition, Phyllis Perkins rep­ There are currently 15 multicultural Black; Jadella Ghrayyeb, Arabic; Habib resented the Japanese Strategy Commit­ strategy groups. Each group works Alajaji, Armenian; Samuel Chung, Chi- tee, and Charles Gates represented the Portuguese Strategy Committee. RETIRED MINISTER BECOMES 6,000TH TO RECEIVE John Nells, superintendent of the Navajo Nation District, was elected BASIC PENSION BENEFITS chairman of the group. Samuel R. Brown of Charleston, W.Va., Nearly $7 million in benefits is paid became the 6,000th recipient of “basic” annually to 3,672 ministers or their wid­ pension benefits recently, according to owed spouses, according to Wessels. Dean Wessels, director, Board of Pen­ This money comes from the Pensions sions and Benefits USA. The "Basic” and Benefits Fund, which is supported Pension Plan began in 1971 to provide by participating districts and local retirement income for U.S. Nazarene churches in the U.S. and Canada. ministers. “Without this support, many retired Brown began his ministry in 1952. Nazarene ministers would find it much He subsequently pastored churches in more difficult to survive in these days of Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky, Vir­ increased costs of living,” Wessels said. ginia, and West Virginia. “His churches "This is especially true of pastors of were very faithful in their support of the small churches whose limited salaries Pensions and Benefits Fund,” Wessels did not permit them to set aside personal said. funds for a retirement income.”

NEW SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED AT NTS A scholarship fund in honor of George The scholarship has been classified and Donna Rench has been established as a Ten Percent Special and will be at Nazarene Theological Seminary by used to assist missionaries and students 'Jhcmksgi\Ln^> Offering Los Angeles Highland Park Church of from world mission areas in attending the Nazarene, along with family and NTS. Jor World JFva^dism) friends, according to Ron Galloway, For more information, contact the assistant to the president for Finance Nazarene Theological Seminary Devel­ and Development. George Rench opment Office at 1700 E. Meyer Blvd., CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE serves as director of the Asia-Pacific Kansas City, MO 64131, or phone STEWARDSHIP SERVICES Region. (816) 333-6254.

18 Herald of Holiness Words and Music Reviews of recently released books and music

Making Friends with Your Father, Kay Marshall Strom, not just references but quotations of the passages them­ Zondervan Publishing House, paperback, 155 pages selves from the NIV. HH031-054-8918 $8.99 This is a helpful reference tool for teachers and preach­ What a find! In a time when the average number of years ers. Two cautions should be raised. Any “topical” assort­ spent with parents over 65 exceeds the average number of ing of scripture can unwittingly years spent with children under age 18, Strom’s book for encourage “proof-texting.” Too daughters truly addresses an urgent dilemma. Her most many folks are already victims of recent book, titled M a kin g this temptation to collect verses, Topical ANALYSIS OF THE Friends with Your Father, is in­ yanking them out of context and deed a timely resource to a 1990s thus mutilating their real mean­ Bible challenge. MAKING ings. This book does not deliber­ A rewarding relationship with FRIENDS ately encourage such things, it m . one’s father is a true joy that W IT H Y O U R just shares the inherent risk of a B most women do not experience. FATHER topical catalogues. In Strom’s own words, “Whether The second caution is that the 3 B Q or not you realize it, you have editor is a Wheaton College Cal­ Using the New International Version profound feelings for your dad, vinist. At times, his Calvinistic W alter A, Elwell EDITOR feelings that bridge time and dis­ A BOOK FOR assumptions, such as his belief in tance, conflict and change. DAUGHTERS eternal security, come through Strom, who is the author of Kay Marshall Strom loud and clear. Recommended, therefore, for mature several other books on family re­ teachers, ministers, and students who have made the NIV lationships, helps the reader an object of serious study. understand the past and the dynamics of the present. She Joyce Fellowes guides the reader to make changes that will help her father LADIES CHRISTMAS, Lillenas Publishing Company be her friend. Strom helps us understand problem dads and dads who weren’t there. She addresses problems of the HHMC-76 $5.25 Ladies Christmas is the newest in what is fast becoming a dysfunctional families, i.e., molestation, alcoholism, aban­ wealth of excellent listening musical presentations from donment, divorce, and stepfathers. Lillenas Publishing Company. The author devoted one chapter to God the Father in Of course, there is a book and accompaniment tracks which she deals with the idea that the concept of a heav­ for those of us who like to sing as well as listen; or for enly father is not as wonderful or magnificent as we might those who have a great ladies expect. As one of her interviewees exclaims, “I don’t be­ group and are looking for lieve in God anymore. The last thing I need is another some fresh arrangements of father.” traditional standbys as well Our experience with our earthly father greatly impacts as new songs. our concept of our Heavenly Father. She magnificently helps the reader to get beyond her misconceptions to sepa­ With arrangements done rate who our earthly father is from our Heavenly Father. by Tom Fettke, L a d ie s Christmas offers Latin and According to Strom, the daughter must focus on chang­ calypso rhythms, spirituals, ing the effect her father has on her. The reader is encour­ medleys of carols, and aged to give up old roles such as the pet, the scapegoat, the hymns not traditionally con­ peacemaker, the martyr, the rebel, or the helpless child. sidered Christmas (who As you read this book you will hear from women who thinks of “ Blessed Be the have troubled, painful relationships with their fathers as Arrangements for Ladies’ Trio or Ensemble Name” as a Christmas well as from women whose father-daughter relationships BY TOM FMTTKL song?), traditional carols are a source of joy and fulfillment. with “Hollywood” endings, Linda Harmon quietly worshipful numbers, and even a very nicely ar­ Topical Analysis of the Bible, Walter A. Elwell, Editor, Baker ranged a cappella piece. Book House, 1991, hardback, 894 pages. In other words, if you enjoy any style of music, you’ll HH080-103-2059 $39.95 probably find Ladies Christmas to your liking. It will This is a useful reference work organizing information make a wonderful addition to anyone’s library of Christ­ into about 15 categories and doctrines using the New In­ mas music. I plan to add it to mine. ternational Version of the Bible as the source. It presents Karen Phillips

October 1992 19 “HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER” An Interview with Betty Benson Robertson

etty Robertson took care of her parents during their last years on earth while raising her own children. It was like B living in a combat zone. The enemies she had to fight were radical change, fear, frus­ tration, fatigue, a sense of loss, and sorrow. The experience led her to write a book and launch a newsletter called Parent Care. The newsletter is designed to help the "Sandwich Generation” face their challenges "not somehow, but triumphantly.” We invite you here to share in our visit with Betty.

Wesley Tracy: My sister, who watches over my Find out a hero is really human and now has failing 82-year-old mother, faithfully reads your newsletter health is devastating. It hurts having to watch your every month. She thinks it’s great. Tell our readers “hero” fall apart and, in the grandchild’s eyes, “fail” about Parent Care. them. She wisely suggests, “Don’t avoid the grand­ Betty Robertson: The purpose of Parent Care is to parent while trying to avoid the problem.” inform and encourage adult children of aging par­ Tracy: W hen was Parent Care started? ents. Each issue contains informative articles on Robertson: The premier issue was October 1991. care-giving, useful tips, helpful suggestions, re­ Tracy: Where is your office located? sponses to questions sent in by readers, book re­ Robertson: I work out of my home, but my mail­ views, new product information, guidance for cop­ ing address is Box 216, Bethany, OK 73008. ing, and encouragement. Tracy: I used to work for your father, E. G. Ben­ We just added a new feature for grandchildren of son. I was his assistant editor when Nazarene Pub­ aging parents, written by Michele Buc. She addresses lishing House put out the Church School Builder. I emotions grandkids face, such as hurt, disappoint­ used to travel with him all over the country, putting ment, confusion, fear, and disillusionment. Michele on teacher training workshops. His ill health and draws from her own experiences and provides in­ that of your mother had something to do with the sightful, positive answers for some tough situations launching of Parent Care. Tell us about that. grandchildren face. Robertson: In order to answer this, I need to give For instance, Michele says that in some families you some background. My family and I spent five the grandparents are the heroes to the grandchildren years caring for my parents in our home. when both are younger. They spoil the children, play Daddy was afflicted with Parkinson’s disease and with them, teach them things, and send gifts. To became too weak to care for himself. Mother started

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Author Betty Robertson with her father, Dr. E. G. Benson, former coordinator of Sunday School promotions for the Church of the Nazarene. Mrs. Robertson cared for her father in her home until his death in March 1989.

C om stock regressing mentally with senile dementia and no Robertson: It certainly seems to be. I have dozens longer could make decisions or adequately care for of letters in my file. I’ll just share a few: my father. After careful deliberation, a decision was I am in the process of taking care of my made to move my parents in with our family. mother and father, so I find the information in I was certainly not prepared to become their mon­ your newsletter both helpful and needed (Dr. itor and care-giver. I had John Trent, author no training, information and vice president of on geriatric problems, or Seven million Americans spend Today’s Family). even a frame of reference I have found Par­ from which to operate. part of every day caring for aging ent Care to be infor­ I had no idea where to parents. mative and helpful. turn for help. My library Most of us in our contained only books on mid-50s are facing raising children. I was these kinds of prob­ not even aware that books had been written on par­ lems (Dr. Hiram Sanders, Missouri District su­ ent care. I often felt isolated, alone, and over­ perintendent). whelmed. Your periodical is an excellent resource that One day while watching a news report on “The looks to be a blessing to many adults of aging Aging Game,” I felt God prompting me to share parents, providing informative articles and with others my struggles of caring for my parents. I helpful encouragement to your readers (Bobbie spent months researching and writing a book titled Valentine, Focus on the Family). Caring for Aging Parents, soon to be released by Tracy: Do you offer any companion services Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City/Nazarene Publish­ along with the Parent Care newsletter? ing House. At the conclusion of this writing project, Robertson: Yes, I also provide books and re­ I felt God wanted me to develop a ministry for adult sources. Care-givers are busy people. They don’t children of aging parents through the vehicle of a have time to hunt up needed materials. monthly newsletter and other related activities. The responses have been most gratifying. I just re­ Tracy: Is there anything else like your newsletter ceived a letter from Jill Renich-Meyers that said, on the market? “Thank you for all the thought you have put into Robertson: No, there is nothing else available Parent Care resources. The “Meal Planner” is sim­ from a Christian perspective which is published on a ple and practical. I have used recipes from your regular basis. At one time, there were three secular “Quick and Easy Recipes” and found them deli­ newsletters available, but two of those have ceased cious. The “In Case of Death” is so practical to have publication due to high costs, difficulty in identi­ right at hand. And we really needed the “Funeral fying subscribers, and high turnover of subscribers. Planning Form.” When parents die, people don’t want to renew sub­ Tracy: How do you find subscribers? scriptions to a newsletter that reminds them of a Robertson: This has been a challenge! Seven mil­ painful time. lion family members spend part of their day caring Tracy: So how do you plan to keep your news­ for an aged parent. This care is either in their own letter business afloat? homes or in the form of doing essential errands and Robertson: This is not my ministry. It is God’s. I chores. pray daily that He will send in enough subscriptions But identifying these possible subscribers is diffi­ each month so that I can cult. One cannot pur­ produce another issue! chase mailing lists of Taped next to my com­ care-givers; such lists puter screen is a quote Many women will spend as many don’t exist! from Oswald Chambers, years caring for aging parents as My initial subscribers “We can ever remain they spend caring for their chil­ were sympathetic family powerless by trying to do members and friends, God’s work not in con­ dren. and people whom I knew centration on His power, were caring for an aging but by ideas drawn from parent. Then some edi­ our own temperament.” I have devoured books on tors and denominational leaders said nice things how to publish a newsletter and how to market. But, about the product—that helped. I’ve also used news rather than depending on my feeble abilities, I am wire services for help in spreading the word about attempting to concentrate on God’s awesome power. this new publication. Tracy: What has the response been to Parent Tracy: What kind of people can Parent Care help? Care? Is it meeting a need? Robertson: Those presently caring for an aging

22 Herald of Holiness parent; adult children who have parents over the age help! Regional conferences would benefit care­ of 65, so they will be prepared for the eventuality of givers, not only time-wise but in setting up a sup­ care-giving; and all who should minister to care­ portive network. givers—pastors, women’s directors, senior adult Ministry leaders are beginning to realize the age ministries leaders, and Sunday School teachers. wave has hit with hurricane force. Pastors, Sunday One women’s ministry leader wrote, “I am not in­ School teachers, women’s ministries directors, and volved in parent care myself. However, I feel 1 senior adult leaders need to prepare themselves for should be prepared to reach out to ladies who are effective ministry to children of aging parents. distressed because of the heavy burden that is inher­ Tracy: What motivates you to keep your parent ent with this added responsibility.” care ministry going? Tracy: I understand there is a National Parent Robertson: Six words from scripture, “Honor your Care Conference scheduled for October 10, 1992, at father and your mother” (Deuteronomy 5:16, NIV). Bethany First Church of the Nazarene in Bethany, Too often I hear such comments as, “I know I Okla. Are you involved with this? should write or phone or visit Mom and Dad more Robertson: Yes, this has been a dream of mine. I often, but it’s just impossible with my busy sched­ am working with Wayne Pittard, pastoral care min­ ule.” Or, “It would have been impossible for me to ister at Bethany First, in organizing this one-day care for Mother in our home. We simply found a event. There will be some exciting workshops: nice nursing home.” “Guilt and Those Other Terrible Feelings,” “Games Adult children are to honor their aged parents Older People Play,” “Understanding the Legal Lin­ with reverence, care, and support. Sometimes it is go,” “Missing: The Parents 1 Knew,” “Making Life too easy to hide behind the word impossible when, Easier: Ideas and Resources,” etc. in reality, it is simply not impossible but incon­ Tracy: Has a conference like this ever been done venient. I know the practical application of the before? scriptural mandate is a personal matter and will Robertson: Not that I’m aware of. It is my prayer vary in each situation, but the directive remains. that this event will serve as a model for other I was deeply moved by Bonnie Jamison’s story in churches. her book Take Me Home. She believes some Chris­ Those caring for aging parents are desperate for tians are influenced by the world’s thinking and that the problems of aging are viewed as unfair hardship. Bonnie found scripture speaks about caring for aging parents, C aring F or A ging Paren ts “If anyone does not provide for “Each of you must respect his his relatives, and especially for mother and father. ” (Leviticus 19:3) his immediate family, he has de­ nied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever” (1 Tim othy 5:8, NIV). When Mrs. Jamison read Are you prepared this verse, she said, “I under­ to “change places” stood clearly that the Lord was asking me to do something 1 with your parents? once thought impossible—move my mother in with us. Not one Ready to care of us was qualified to fulfill the for their needs? myriad of responsibilities, but God provided our strength. Though at times the challenges In her new release, Betty Ben­ A PRACTICAL GUIDE son Robertson discloses impor­ were painful, they never were re­ tant background information, grettable.” preparation guidelines, and en­ The w ord provide in 1 T im ­ couragement that will enable othy will not always mean bring­ you to cope with this tremen­ ing parents into our homes. It dous milestone of life. does mean lovingly meeting the HH083-411-4569 $8.95 needs of our aging parents to the BEACON HILL PRESS OF KANSAS CITY best of our abilities. I continually pray that my ministry will help 1-800-877-0700 adult children care for and meet P.O. Box 419527, Kansas City, MO 64141 the needs of their parents. ^

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BY MARILYN FANNING

don’t understand these with us since Dad entered a nurs­ sometimes we find a conflict, and words of Jesus,” my mother ing home. When both of them we’re more loyal to family than said, adjusting her glasses moved from New York State to to God. I think that’s what Jesus 1 as though she hadn’t read Virginia to be close to us, they means.” the words right. “He seems to say had moved into an apartment. Mother leaned back and closed that you have to hate your father her eyes. She wasn’t sure. Her and mother and your kids in or­ parents had always been the most der to be a Christian.” For children, the important part of her life, even I reached for my Amplified after marriage. Version and looked up Luke golden years often Now Mother was relying on 14:26. Sitting near Mother’s chair me, her only child, to replace her in our living room, I read: “If mean a new way of companionship with my father. anyone comes to Me and does loving. She seemed intent on her own not hate his [own] father and losses, unaware that my husband. m other [that is, in the sense o f in­ Bill, and I had suffered loss due difference to or relative disregard After Dad broke his hip, life to their dependence on us. At for them in comparison with his changed again. And Mother, who one time, we housed not only own attitude toward God] and had always gone to church, both parents, but also our son, [likewise] his wife and children showed new interest in Scripture his wife, and their baby. Talk ... and even his own life also, he as we studied the Word of God. about a loss of space and privacy! cannot be My disciple.” “Well,” I answered her, “the I had given up a part-time job, My mother had been living gospel deepens human love, but continued on page 25

24 Herald of Holiness How long has the six original departments continued un­ they plan together for the minister’s re­ Church provided til the 1980 reorganization which es­ tirement income. To meet the chal­ tablished the present five divisions of lenge successfully, any retirement in­ financial benefits for the General Board: (1) Church come plan must consider several retired ministers Growth Department, (2) Communica­ sources: participation in Social Secu­ and widows? tions Department, (3) Finance Depart­ rity; private pensions from job-related From its start. However, in the ment, (4) Sunday School Ministries De­ activities; and personal retirement in­ early days, “benevolence” was all partment, and (5) World Mission De­ vestments and savings. The Nazarene that the Church could provide. In partment. The Board of Pensions now Minister's Retirement Program takes 1919. the General Board of M iniste­ reports to the General Board through this into account by emphasizing four rial Relief was established to raise the Finance Department. retirement funding sources: (1) So­ funds from the churches to assist re­ The Board's membership is based cial Security, (2) the “ Basic” Pension tired ministers, ministerial widows, on regional representation. From nomi­ Plan, (3) the Nazarene Tax-Sheltered and orphans. Annuity Plan, and (4) additional per­ Even after becoming eligible for sonal savings through the Nazarene help, some individuals had to wait IRA Plan. months before receiving their The "Basic” Pension Plan is first monthly relief check. Am the part hy which the denomi­ pie funds sim ply were not nation provides every eligi­ available. Those in need ble minister a non-contribu- had to wait until some­ tory defined benefit one receiving a check plan based on years of no longer needed it. service. This plan, estab­ Today, Nazarene min­ lished April 1, 1971, isters have the opportu­ was never intended to nity of participating in a be the sole source of re­ professionally struc­ tirement funding for tured and administered Nazarene ministers. The retirement program. intent of the “Basic" Great progress has been Pension Plan always made since those early has been to provide a days when retirement “safety net” benefit re­ needs were met only gardless of the minis­ through “benevolence" ter’s income category or programs as funds were church size. Preceding it available. by 8 years was the Naza­ rene TSA Plan which was started in 1963 and which al­ Who makes ways has been the contributory pen­ the decisions nations of the Board of General Super­ sion plan of the church. Its benefit lev­ about pensions? intendents, the U.S. members of the els are determined by amount of con­ General Board elect one representa­ tributions accumulating at tax-de­ The present Board of Pensions and tive from each of the U.S. regions and ferred interest in the individual’s ac­ Benefits USA was incorporated in one member-at-large for a total of 9 count. 1952. However, a board to “ oversee members. No fewer than 4 of the mem­ the disbursement of funds to retired bers are to be ministers and no fewer Who pays the bill ministers” has existed since 1919 than 4 are to be laypersons. when the General Board of Ministe­ for the retirement rial Relief was established. In 1923, income of minis­ this board became one of the original What is the pension ters? six departments of the General Board: plan for Nazarene (1) Department of Foreign Missions, Ministers? This is a key question. Generally (2) Department of Education, (3) De­ speaking, many of the dollars can be partment of Publication. (4) Depart­ The Nazarene Minister’s Retire­ traced to local church contributions. ment of Church School, (5) Depart­ ment Program is composed of several However, the answer goes deeper ment of Home Missions, and (6) De­ elements. Taken together, they offer a since it is particularly important for partment of Ministerial Relief. funding approach which both the min­ ministers who may be called to sev­ Although the names changed, those ister and the local church may use as eral different areas of service during their lifetime of ministry. Specifically, years of coverage, with the exception What is the “ Basic” it is the employer who is responsible of the TSA plan. The TSA plan is vi­ Pension Trust for the total compensation package— tal in the local church setting but also Fund? salary and benefits, including a pen­ may be utilized by other church em­ sion or “deferred compensation.” ployers if they so desire. When a minister works for a local Certain federal regulations require How is money church, that local church is responsi­ that the pension funds be held “in raised for the trust.” This serves as a guarantee that ble for paying for the minister’s pen­ “Basic” Pension money contributed to pay the pension sion and Social Security which is re­ Plan? benefits which have been promised to lated to those years of employment. Nazarene ministers will not be used This responsibility initially is fulfilled The money for the “Basic” Pen­ for other purposes. through payment of S.E. tax and sion Plan comes from the Pensions and Benefits Fund which is supported Since 1971, churches have paid through contributions made to the Pen­ by local churches on U.S. districts. into the Pensions and Benefits Fund. sions and Benefits Fund which, asso­ This is the source that is used to pay The General Board and the General ciated with the contributions of 5,000 “Basic” Pension benefits to current re­ Assembly determine the formulas that other Nazarene churches in the U.S., are used to generate the income from tirees and also to make contributions supplies funds for the “Basic” Pen­ the districts. Local church allocations to the reserves in the "Basic” Pen­ sion Trust Fund. The Trust Fund is in­ sion Plan (the years-of-service are made by the districts. The primary vested prudently to make sure it con­ “safety net plan"). Contributions to formula was reduced by the 1989 Gen­ tinues to grow. Money cannot be dis­ this Fund pay for current benefit pay­ eral Assembly at the recommendation bursed from the Trust Fund except for ments to past ministers, evangelists, of the General Board in spite of a certain specific purposes such as bene­ and district superintendents who are re­ need to establish fully funded reserves fit payments and related administra­ tired now as well as pay for future for the “Basic” Pension Plan. tive, legal, and actuarial costs. benefits for those who will retire. The Would it be better further retirement income responsibil­ for a local church to Is the “Basic” ity of the local church for current work­ take the money they Pension Plan ers should be cared for through the would pay into the “fully funded”? TSA contributory plan. Pensions and When an employee changes from Benefits Fund and purchase an one employer to another, the respon­ Not yet. For a pension plan to be annuity for their pastor? How sibility for retirement income changes “ fully funded,” enough m oney must would this compare? to the new employer. For example, be held in reserve to equal the "pre­ when a minister leaves a local church To make this comparison, one must sent value" of all the benefits prom­ assignment to work as a missionary, keep in mind that paying into the Pen­ ised. When the plan was started in World Mission becomes responsible sions and Benefits Fund provides re­ 1971, it did a very rare thing. It recog­ for paying for that minister’s Social Se­ tirement benefits not only for the cur­ nized years of service for credit back curity and pension for those years of rent pastor but also for previous pas­ to the very beginning of the denomi­ missionary employment. When a min­ tors. In addition, the P&B Fund pro­ nation, even though no funds had ister works for Nazarene Publishing vides for the retirement needs of the been reserved or were on hand with House, NPH becomes responsible for district superintendent, past and pre­ which to meet those promises. This cre­ those years of NPH employment. The sent, as well as evangelists who have ated a large unfunded liability. How­ same is true when a minister works served the church. If a local church ever, good progress has been made to­ for a Nazarene college or the General tried on its own to provide a retire­ ward funding over the years. Each Board. ment benefit for all of these individu­ benefit increase has been voted only af­ At retirement, the minister may re­ als. a church with a P&B Fund budget ter careful analysis of funding pro­ ceive retirement income from differ­ of approximately $2,000 a year gener­ gress. The 1989 benefit increase ent plans to account for all the years ally would have less than $150 to nearly doubled the remaining un­ of employment. However, church spend on an annuity for the current pas­ funded liability. Unfortunately, this oc­ plans would not provide overlapping tor. curred at the same time the General

More Pension Questions and Answers Board and General Assembly reduced vestment of pension funds to the Gen­ When can benefits the formula by which local churches eral Treasurer. The Investment Com­ start under the are assigned pension fund allocations. mittee of the General Board works “Basic” Pension Of course, this resulted in a decrease with him in making investment deci­ Plan? in projected funding sources and de­ sions. These activities fall under the ju ­ layed the funding projections even fur­ risdiction of the Finance Division and A "Basic” Pension benefit may be­ ther. the Finance Department of the Gen­ gin at age 65 regardless of ministerial eral Board. status as long as application is made How much is needed and approved by the Board. This for the “Basic” Who is covered by means that the minister does not need Pension Plan to be to be granted “retired status” by the the “Basic” Pension “fully funded”? district in order to apply for “ Basic” Plan? Pension benefits. Here is an example. In order for the "Basic" Pension Plan to have been Can “Basic” "fully funded” as of January 1. 1991, Ordained and district-licensed Naza­ Pension benefits the amount required would have been rene ministers who are employed by a ever be received $101,277,504. However, the market church or district participating in the value of assets as of that date was Pensions and Benefits Fund are eligi­ before age 65? $70,179,342. This meant that only ble to earn Years of Service Credit. 69.29% of the amount needed to meet Such service is to be documented in Yes. An early benefit option may all current accrued obligations was their district journal. Associate pastors be requested as early as age 62. A dis­ available to do so. At the time of this and staff must have earned their full trict "retirement status” is required and the benefit is slightly reduced. printing, the 1992 numbers were not livelihood from church ministry to re­ Likewise, a disability benefit may be available. However, it is anticipated ceive credit. Evangelists receive a granted prior to age 65 if the applicant that when they are available, contin­ Year of Service Credit for holding serv­ has been determined to be disabled by ued progress will be shown. ices 30 or more Sundays per year in the Social Security Administration. Until “fully funded," it will be nec­ Nazarene churches on participating dis­ essary to continue using current in­ tricts. If a minister s come both to pay benefits to those pres­ Employees of Nazarene church agen­ spouse is also ently on the retirement rolls and also cies such as the General Board, Naza­ ordained, are both to add to the reserves in the trust fund. rene Bible College, Nazarene Theologi­ Once the plan is “fully funded," it entitled to a cal Seminary, Nazarene Publishing will be necessary only to add to the pension? House, or Nazarene colleges or univer­ Trust Fund each year that amount sities do not earn "Basic” Pension A pension is “deferred compensa­ which represents that year’s accrued credit for service to those institutions. tion” paid by an employer to an em­ service credit— the "annual normal ployee who has retired from active em­ cost.” ployment. It is not simply a recogni­ How are “Basic” tion of the length of time one has Who invests the Pension benefits been credentialed. Consequently, if a funds for the determined? husband and wife are both elders and “Basic” Pension employed by different local church em ­ Plan? ployers or by the same employer for Benefits are based on Years of Serv­ different functions, each individual The General Treasurer of the ice times a benefit rate factor. A mini­ could qualify separately for a pension Church of the Nazarene is responsible mum of 10 Years of Service Credit is provided they received separate full- for all General Church monies. Al­ required to qualify for a benefit. livelihood salaries. This principle ap­ though it is a separately incorporated Those having 50 years receive $360 plies to retirement benefits from So­ board, the Board of Pensions and Bene­ per month according to the current for­ cial Security, the "Basic" Pension fits USA, at the request of General mula for this part of the Nazarene Min­ Plan, the Nazarene TSA Plan, or from Church leadership, has assigned the in­ ister's Retirement Program. a combination.

More Pension Questions and Answers If the husband and wife serve as co­ fit increases after a person is retired. adds to the number of dollars needed pastors or co-evangelists and receive Usually whatever benefit is paid upon in reserve for eventual “ full fund­ one full-livelihood income between retirement is the benefit received for ing.” them, they will qualify for one pen­ life. In rare cases, some pension plans sion since, as far as the employer is provide long-time retirees with in­ What changes are concerned, there is one salary being creases as funds become available. being discussed paid. As has been disclosed many times, for the “Basic” the “Basic” Pension Plan always has How does the “survi­ Pension Plan? been in an "unfunded” position. This vor’s benefit” paid means that, to date, there never have The 1989 General Assembly cre­ by the “Basic” Pen­ heen enough assets in reserve to equal ated a Com m ission to Study Church sion Plan compare the “present value” of the benefits Related Pension Plans "with the goal to Social Security? promised. of harmonizing and equalizing, where Social Security pays a combined Professional actuaries, who annu­ feasible, pension plans that come un­ benefit based on separate factors for ally review the plan, indicated last der the authority of the General the hushand and wife who qualify. year that “Basic” Pension benefits Board." Recommendations will be pre­ When either of them dies, the survivor have kejyt up with the cost of living (in­ sented to the 1993 General Assembly. no longer receives the combined bene­ flation) since its start in 1971. In other God certainly has helped the Church fit but receives a benefit based on words, current purchasing power for make great progress in providing pen­ whichever factor was larger. Gener­ those receiving benefits today is as sion and benefit programs for Naza­ ally, this results in the survivor receiv­ great or greater than it was in 1971. rene ministers and church employees. ing approximately 662/s percent of the The actuaries indicated this is a rare With His strength and guidance, and former combined benefit. accomplishment for a pension plan with the cooperation of G o d ’s people, The standard survivor's benefit that is not fully funded. the challenge to continue improve­ paid by the “Basic” Pension Plan is During 1991, over 3,700 retirees ments in these com ing years will be 60 percent. However, ministers may were served by the "Basic" Pension met successfully. choose a 100 percent survivor’s bene­ Plan, with total annual benefit pay­ fit option at the time of application for ments exceeding $6.7 million. pension benefits. This option pays a slightly lower monthly benefit in re­ turn for the 1(X) percent survivor bene­ How many raises fit. Since it is optional, each couple have been given can make this very personal decision under the “Basic” based on their own specific circum­ Pension Plan? stances. About 400 participants have chosen this method of benefit pay­ ment since 1982. Since its beginning in 1971, there have been over 30 improvements. 7 of Why are regular which have increased the benefit for­ cost-of-living mula. Each raise profited all current increases as well as all future recipients. This not given to has been a unique feature of the plan. recipients of Most plans give raises only to those who retire after the date of the for­ “Basic” Pension benefits? mula change. However, each increase The majority of U.S. pension plans in the benefit formula not only takes contain no provisions for periodic bene­ additional current funding, but also

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015TP/XX/052792 II #11111 continued from page 24 longer being in control of her life. Mother’s health, both physical my own privacy for reading and and mental, deteriorated. I was writing, and time alone with my her only crutch, a link with the husband. past. Now I dealt not only with Although Jesus had become her requests but also with her very real to me a few years before personal care. From morning un­ my parents’ move, and though til night she needed attention, Scripture took on new meaning and I still visited my father twice as I yielded to the Holy Spirit, I a week in the nursing home. fought resentment toward my Weariness never left me. but mother’s demands on my time what really concerned me was the and energy. She might call me effect all of this had on my hus­ from one end of the house while I band, who had always loved and was in the midst of a difficult cared for my parents. He had chore just to show me a particu­ been hospitalized for heart and lar person in a soap opera. Or she pulmonary problems, and I ob­ might keep changing her mind served the strain of Mother's care about what she wanted for lunch upon him. even though I had it prepared. One morning, after a very dif­ She would call me to cover her ficult day for all of us, including legs with her afghan, a task she could see that my response to a visit to see Dad, I took my could do herself. No wonder I felt preposterous demands need not prayer station. Sitting on the sofa resentful and weary! But whose be anger or rebellion. If the Holy that faced a window, I opened my fault was that? It was my prob­ Spirit was in control o f my life, Bible and read, “I will stand on lem, because I did not take a the response could be patient and my guard post and station myself stand. kind; it could also be a firm “No.” on the rampart; and I will keep Day after day, as I dealt with “No, I am busy now. You may watch to see what He will speak her requests in addition to taking come and get yourself a glass of to me, and how I may reply when her to the nursing home to see milk if you wish.” I am reproved” (H abakkuk 2:1, Dad, I felt resentment rising. “1 cannot write that letter to­ NASB). One night, I had a dream that day. I’ll do it for you tomorrow.” I needed reproving. I felt angry expressed my problem. Mother “Is there anything you need with my mother, trapped by her and 1 had gone to a Christian right now? I shall be busy for the demands. Bill and I had little Women’s Club luncheon and had time to talk or share alone; and if left the table to go to the rest Mother turned on her television, room, which was located on an After Mother’s it was so loud that our conversa­ upper floor overlooking a park­ tion competed with the sound of ing lot. Mother pointed out the outburst, I left the screeching wheels from a TV window to my car, which was show. Asking her to close her parked at the farthest end of the room. I felt so door offended her. Yes, I felt lot. In a gentle voice she asked, depressed, so trapped between pleasing my “Would you go out to the car and mother and being the wife God get me a little glass of goat’s unappreciated. intended me to be. milk?” As I sat before him that morn­ Even in the dream, 1 felt resent­ ing, I asked God to help me. ment rising. Here I had taken her next couple of hours and can’t be Once an energetic, well-balanced to a nice luncheon (with spiritual disturbed.” woman, I had become shaky, as well as physical food), and she Why was it so hard for me to tense, irritable. “Father, forgive was not satisfied. She wanted me assert myself, to be firm, to say me,” I prayed. “I am afraid for to walk all the way to the car for no? I believe it was because Moth­ Bill’s health. I want wholeness for a glass of goat's milk! To get er never let me forget that she all of us.” goat’s milk symbolized her pre­ had given up so much to move. I God knew my heart. He knew posterous requests. Just as I was tried to replace all those things— I had thought about Mother be­ about to “let her have it,” a friends and family, church, home, ing with Dad in the same nursing woman appeared and smilingly furniture—by responding to her home. She needed more help said to me, “The word for today unreasonable and frequent de­ than I could give her. Of course, is kindness!" mands. I am sure Mother herself the Ford knew my heart. When As I meditated on this dream, I was unaware of her anger at no continued on page 24

October 1992 25 COUNTING THE COST

y mother-in-law was 93, dirty, and slowing down. Her home was almost unlivable. After our son married, we moved her into our home so we could do our best M for a wonderful person that we loved and respected. She would be warm, clean, and cared for until she died. Very simple, or so we dreamed.”

Maybe you feel just like Mary tions could become a memory. One of the reasons she’s living Lou Sprowle. You love your fail­ Cost No. 2: Chronic Fatigue with you is because she couldn’t ing relative. You want to do the The care-giver is almost always manage very well on her own. So right thing for everyone, but it’s bone tired. A good night’s sleep you can’t leave her to fix her own all getting more and more con­ (if she can get it) will recharge her dinner. Anyway, that’s not very fusing. One day you feel like ar­ battery only for another 24 hours. sociable. You would order in the ranging your loved one, all cozy Much of her life gets put on hold. pizza—and she’d probably love and warm, right in the middle of Unanswered letters pile up. And, it—but the spices upset her stom­ your family. The next morning a should she find an hour when she ach, and she’s not supposed to friend asks you to bring two have salt. So much for that. By dozen cookies to Vacation Bible the time you fix creamed tuna School and you burst into tears. Hundreds of and Jell-O for dinner, engage in Deep inside, you’re afraid of some conversation, and try to act this care-giving business. You absences from interested, you’re too tired to read sense it might require a 180-de­ anything. You go to bed and hope gree turn in your life, and you’re things you value tomorrow will be different. less than thrilled. Things won’t take a toll. Your Cost No. 3: Isolation get better or return to normal, As the demands of care-giving you’re realizing. They’ll get more excursions become grow, the leash shrinks. Where difficult. two years ago a couple could slip Care-giving is expensive in kitchen to bedroom away for an hour or so, the day ways that have nothing to do to family room to may come when they’re afraid to with money. If you decide to go leave. Or if one goes, the other ahead with it, you’ll stand a far laundry room and stays home to be sure Dad better chance of success if you ex­ doesn’t fall out of bed or decide amine its hidden costs now. back to kitchen. to repair the dishwasher dial. Cost No. 1: Loss of Freedom Isolation gradually tightens its Most people list loss of free­ could answer them, she’ll use it to grip. Your loved one asks to stay dom as the most expensive part sleep. home, fearing the exhaustion, of care-giving. Because there are Even when a loved one is ori­ embarrassment, and stares from so many additional things to do, ented and able to care for him­ going to public places. Reluc­ there is far less time for every­ self, fatigue shadows, the care­ tantly, you agree. Your participa­ thing else. A simple trip to the giver. Suppose you’ve had a day tion in the garden club, Bible grocery store becomes a nerve- at the office that would tax the study group, or even simple visits racking task if Mom is likely to angel Gabriel himself. When you continue to decline. set fire to a tea towel or decides get home you must talk, whether Missing once or twice isn’t bad. to visit the neighbors—wearing you feel like it or not. After all, But hundreds of absences from only her curlers. An overnight poor Mom’s been cooped up in things you value take a toll. Your getaway may be impossible. Vaca­ the house by herself all day long. excursions become kitchen to

26 Herald of Holiness OF CARE-GIVING

BY MARY VAUGHN ARMSTRONG

Your desire is to honor your father; mother; spouse, or other relative. But honoring is a matter of spirit, not geography.

bedroom to family room to laun­ dry room and back to kitchen. Cost No. 4: Role Reversal Sometimes dependent loved ones retain control of their men­ tal faculties. They know who the care-giver is, and they express gratitude. But more frequently, physical illnesses alter and decrease brain function. The parent whose clothes you proudly wore to play grown-up now undresses herself on the sidewalk. The parent be­ comes the child. The child, re­ gardless of age, becomes the parent: coaxing, wheedling, en­ couraging, scolding. All care-giv­ ers find this reversal of lifelong roles extremely uncomfortable. Cost No. 5: Permanent Change in Household Routines When somebody needs on­ going assistance, he probably re­ quires special equipment, sched­ ules, and procedures. Care-givers rarely examine this costly price tag. One morning they suddenly realize that everything in their house is different, and they panic. An honest assessment now may reduce shock later. All that equipment must go somewhere. Medicines must be safely stored away. Somebody must administer them each day. Mom’s or Dad’s special diet and favorite foods must be available.

27 Grandma may be in the way when your grounded teenager stages a heated try for the family car. Or she may wander into pri­ vate rooms startling, frightening, or embarrassing family members inside. Reality is harsh: once care-giv­ ing begins, former household rou­ tines and relationships won’t re­ turn to the way they were. Rou­ tines and procedures can be streamlined only so much. The hospital bed, lift, wheelchair, walker, commode, recliner, and other necessary equipment are there to stay. Grandma lives there now, and that reality affects every part of the household. Cost No. 6: Disapproval This hidden price tag always Harold M. Lambert comes as a jolt. Your heart is large and loving, or you wouldn’t Bed becomes a haven for one few care-givers admit it, many even consider care-giving. You thing—survival. shadowbox with another un­ think and pray about it, roll up Cost No. 9: Unspoken Fears spoken dread: If Mom or Dad got your sleeves, and plunge in. But As one season blends into an­ this disease, will I get it too? sooner or later you get criticized, other, the care-giver grieves the These fears can be profoundly often by family and close friends. approaching loss of her loved disturbing. Disapproval usually springs one. But there is a flip side to her Cost No. 10: Emotional and Phys­ from the soil of concern for the feelings: She also grieves for her- ical Abuse care-giver, but not always. What­ A few months after Penny ar­ ever its origin, it hurts. rived, her toenails needed cutting. Cost No. 7: Guilt This may be the first Her toes were almost impossible to separate, twisted from the tight Guilt is the care-giver’s uni­ pointed-toe shoes of the 1920s. form wherever she goes. If she time in their lives Her toenails were thick and hard. leaves her loved one, she feels that adult children First, 1 took care of her bed guilty. If she stays with him and bath, rolling her from side to side, wishes she were somewhere else, come to grips with a rubbing her back, combing and she feels guilty. No matter what braiding her long hair, applying she does, her heart tells her it is singular reality: If lipstick and cheek color, and try­ not enough. Mom and Dad don’t ing to make conversation. Then I Cost No. 8: Sexuality live forever, I won’t set to work on her toenails. It was Does care-giving for the mar­ a bright Saturday morning and I ried couple mean celibacy? Quite either. longed to be gardening, running possibly. At best, it means a with the dog, or enjoying a cup of greatly diminished physical rela­ coffee in the warm summer sun. tionship between husband and self. Adult children mourn two So I rushed—and accidentally wife. losses: the treasured parent or cut one toenail too close to the Even if the love between a care- spouse and their own childhood quick. Penny flinched, jerked her giving husband and wife deepens, and youth. Caring for Mom, Dad, foot away, and cried, “Ouch!” its physical expression is not or a spouse in the home mag­ At that point I got frightened likely to return to normal until nifies both bereavements. because I didn’t care. I was sorry the rest of their lives do. Husband This may be the first time in I’d hurt her, but a side of me felt and wife in dual care-giving roles their lives that adult children she deserved it. I wanted to be have only so much emotional come to grips with a singular re­ outside, not working in her hot and physical energy. When it’s ality: If Mom and Dad don’t live room while she lay there like a used up on Grandpop, it’s gone. forever, I won’t either. And though dowager queen.

28 Herald of Holiness I wrapped a small bandage around her toe and carefully fin­ ished the job. As I worked, I came to grips with the fact that I’d hurt Penny and didn’t feel one MEMORIES for Sale bit sorry. Me, an abuser? Almost. I knew I needed help. Right away. It wasn’t long until we arranged for homemakers to give Penny t looked like the mother of golfer. Or softball trophies for a her bed bath and personal care all yard sales. An array of disbanded team of aging former several times a week. I looked for­ tables displayed plates and colleagues. ward to those days like a child on Ipitchers, record albums, and And what kind of person Christmas Eve. Reader’s Digest condensed would buy a used trophy? How Take a hard look at the patient books. An old bicycle leaned would you display a trophy you and yourself. If you get tired against a dog house and a box of bought? You would have to dis­ enough and your loved one is dis­ rusty tools. Clothes of many col­ play it high enough on the shelf agreeable enough, is there a po­ ors, styles, and sizes hung on the that admirers would not be able tential for abuse? This care-giving front porch, flapping in the to read the small print. price tag is very costly, and there breeze. An artificial Christmas I have wondered about that are no returns. tree and a lawn mower with a sale a number of times, and what Cost No. 11: Heartbreak two-horsepower Briggs and it signified about life for many Care-giving is precisely what the Stratton engine blocked the side­ people. The dreams and accom- word suggests: giving care. But walk. Empty houseplant holders, plishments that had once there comes a time when nothing a set of tire chains, two bird feed­ seemed so important and worth­ more can be done. Despite family ers, and a wedding dress hung while have a way of diminishing support, medicine, laughter, exer­ from the limbs of a catalpa tree with time and changing interests. cise, and m egadoses o f love, the in the front yard. There ought to be beloved relative goes downhill. To But what I saw on some things that last. those left at the top of the slope one table stunned There ought to be this is the most painful part of all. me. On that table, a some trophies we dozen large trophies keep, that we display A point is reached where there What values, is nothing more to adjust, noth­ glittered in the on the lower shelves ing more to fix. The heartbreak morning sun. Why memories, of our lives as the ex­ would anyone want pression of hard- of care-giving is one of its steep­ dreams, or est costs. to sell their trophies? fought battles won, Your desire is to honor your fa­ What does it say trophies of significant sacri­ ther, mother, spouse, or other rel­ about the person would you fices that have paid who is discarding off, and of disci­ ative. But honoring is a matter of put up for spirit, not geography. The most those symbols of plined endeavors important thing right now is the whatever accom­ sale? that met a desired appraisal of what you are con­ plishment they rep­ end. templating. resented? The trophies that You may decide, for many rea­ Maybe the tro­ matter most are not sons, that you must say no to phies didn’t really made of brass. They home care-giving. From there represent much. are the relationships you’ll move into a new kind of Maybe they were overly extrava­ in which we have invested, the honoring—bringing food, flow­ gant awards for relatively inaus­ values by which we live, the like­ ers, games, and bushels of love picious accomplishments. ness to Jesus that characterizes into the place you select for your Maybe they just didn’t stand for our attitudes and actions. loved one. much. Invest in the good stuff. And “Father, I just want to take care Or maybe what they stood for keep it! of Dad the way he always took was no longer of interest or value —Jesse Middendorf care of me. But I feel so weak.” to those to whom they had been Pastor First Church of "My daughter, it is I who will awarded. Maybe they were bowl­ the Nazarene become your strength. ” ing trophies for a now avid Kansas City “Even in this, Lord?” "Even in this. ” Excerpted from Mary Vaughn Armstrong's book, Caregtvmg for Your Love d O nes (David C. Cook Publishing Co). Used by per mission h i

October 1992 29 A Book, A Burden, and A Blessing

BY EUGENE L. STOWE, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

he Psalmist had never heard of Robert word that goes out from my mouth: .. . will not re­ Raikes who organized the first Sunday turn to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire School in England. He knew nothing and achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (NIV). about the “Go ... Teach” emphasis in The Bible is not just another book—it is the the Church of the Nazarene in 1992-93 Book—God’s written, fully inspired Word. Sunday which sharpens the focus on the Sunday School.School But success is totally dependent upon having a Tin Psalm 126:6 he points up the three essential ele­ core curriculum that is scripture-centered. Teachers ments in successful Sunday School education and who faithfully sow good, gospel seed will not suffer evangelism: crop failures! Some seed will eventually fall on good He who goes out weeping, soil and in God’s time produce a bountiful harvest. carrying seed to sow, My father was pressed into service to teach a class will return with songs of joy, of junior boys. He was not trained for the task and carrying sheaves with him (NIV). did not possess the ability to make the lesson live. The only reason why he was given the class was that It all begins with no one else would take it! He loved the Bible and A Book had committed many portions of it to memory. Ev­ Harvest is always dependent upon sowing the ery week he painstakingly copied scripture memory right seed. “Carrying seed to sow” sounds like one of cards that he gave to each boy. Much of the class pe­ the most familiar stories told by Jesus. The Gospels riod was dedicated to repeating these verses over and of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record this “Parable over until they could say them “by heart.” For all the of the Sower.” Luke heard the Master specify that world it looked like this m em orization never really “The seed is the word of God” (Luke 8:11, NIV). reached the hearts of these wiggling, patience-trying Whatever may go wrong with the spiritual harvest youngsters. After several years of what seemed like is not the fault of the seed. The King James Version unproductive teaching, he willingly gave the class to calls it “precious seed.” God’s Word is dynamic, liv­ another teacher. ing seed. Listen to the promise of Isaiah 55:11—“my Ten years went by. Our nation was at war. One

30 Herald of Holiness “I hated memorizing those scriptures ... B u t... with bombs falling all around me, ... some o f those verses came back to me.”

day, Dad received a V-Mail letter from the South Pa­ transmit knowledge to their pupils. They have a per­ cific. It was from Jack—one of his junior boys. On a sonal concern for each one. When they’re absent, scale of 1 to 10 for worst behavior, Jack would have they call to find out why. If absences continue, they scored an 11! In the letter, he apologized for his con­ refuse to drop them from the responsibility list until duct. He w ent on to say, “I’m in the arm y now, and they’ve exhausted every possible effort to get them something wonderful has happened in my life. I’m back. sure you thought that I never got anything out of the Their greatest burden is for their spiritual welfare, class. I only went because my folks made me go. I not just their attendance. The Bylaws of the Sunday hated memorizing those scriptures and thought I School state it very clearly: had forgotten them. But a few days ago, I was in a “The purpose of the Sunday School is threefold: front-line foxhole with bombs falling all around me. “1. To teach the Word of God effectively until pu­ For the first time in my life, I realized how much I pils are saved, sanctified wholly, and maturing in needed God’s help. Suddenly, some of those verses Christian experience. came back to me. They told me how to find the “2. To help Christians grow spiritually by in­ Lord. I asked the Lord to save me, and I'm a Chris­ volving them in a reaching, teaching, and soul- tian now. Thanks for making us memorize those Bi­ winning ministry. ble verses.” “3. To locate and visit unchurched people until Yes, the Book is very good seed! they become enrolled and regular in attendance.” Some class members seldom, if ever, attend evan­ A Burden gelistic services in the church. Their first (and per­ Farmers would like to have the ecstasy of harvest haps last) best hope for salvation rests with teachers without the agony of plowing, cultivating, enduring who give intentional time and effort to presenting drought, and surviving destructive storms. But you the claims of Christ and giving opportunity for stu­ can’t have one without the other. dents to accept Him as Savior. Every Sunday School And in the work of the Sunday School, weeping is classroom on occasion should become a prayer essential to reaping. Real teachers do more than room. Chairs make great altars. Nothing brings

October 1992 31 more excitement to a morning worship service than said. “You used to come out into the country and to hear the pastor report that several children, teens, pick up my sister and me and take us to Sunday or even adults have been saved during the Sunday School.” Then she introduced the handsome young School hour. This should happen often when teach­ man by her side. “This is Wally Roeben, my hus­ ers and supervisors make certain that education and band.” Then it all came back to me. Wally’s family evangelism are given equal emphasis. And this inev­ had owned the large ranch where Helen’s father had itably results in worked. She went on to tell the thrilling story of A Blessing bringing Wally to Sunday School and church after This is the proper order—first, seed sowing; then, they began to go together. He had accepted Christ as burden bearing; and finally, harvest blessing. The Savior and united with the church. Now he was one rigors of plowing and planting and long, hot sum­ of its most active members and financial supporters. mer days of weeding and watering are all forgotten Several more years went by. One day I picked up when the farmer “come[s] rejoicing, bringing in the the morning paper and read the story of a tragic sheaves.” At Thanksgiving season, city-dwellers join highway accident involving a minibus. It had been their rural friends in singing, taking children home from Sunday School when it Come, ye thankful people, come; collided with another vehicle. Several children were Raise the song of harvest home. hospitalized and the driver had been killed. His But even more blessed is the harvest of souls that name was Wally Roeben! We called Helen and is assured after gospel seed is sowed and then wa­ shared her grief long distance. Through her tears she tered with weeping. The Psalmist sounds this note of testified, “I can’t understand why this happened. certainty when he says, “They But thank you for taking me to that sow in tears shall reap in Sunday School and showing me joy” (Psalm 126:5). No doubt how to find the Lord. Then I about it! There will be joyful could help Wally to find Him reaping. too. I know he’s in heaven to ­ In our first pastorate, we in­ day, and I’ll meet him there one herited a Sunday School bus A minibus loaded of these days. In the years that route—without a bus. Our ven­ he’s been Sunday School super­ erable seven-year-old car made intendent, he’s brought many one or two trips every week to with Sunday School other children to Christ.” bring in children and, once in a M ore years w ent by. My wife while, an adult or two. I must children had and I were speaking at a district confess that the romance ran pastors’ and wives’ retreat. A very thin when the temperature crashed. The driver young lady came up and intro­ under a blazing San Joaquin duced herself by saying, “You Valley sun rose to 100 degrees brought my sister, Helen, and and above (and air-conditioning was killed. me to Sunday School during was unheard of). Many of the your first pastorate.” I asked, children rode the “bus” sporad­ “Are you Connie?” She said that ically, but two girls were there she was. The rest of the story every week when I pulled up in was that she had married a fine front of the small tenant young layman. He had provided farmer’s house where they lived. They loved Sunday a lovely home for her—something she had never School. When Vacation Bible School came, they had before. They were actively serving the Lord. were there every day. When I invited boys and girls Then one day he told her that God had been dealing to come forward and invite Jesus to come into their with him about becoming a minister. He had finally hearts, they did—and He did. When I announced a said yes to the call. They sold their home, packed a pastor’s membership class, they asked to attend. few things in a U-Haul trailer, and set out for Naza­ When they finished the catechism study, they joined rene Bible College. Now they were pastoring their the church. first church. God was blessing their ministry, and Years went by. We were called to another pastor­ Sunday School attendance and church membership ate—and another—and another. One day, an invita­ were growing rapidly. “Thanks, Brother Stowe,” she tion came to hold a revival in that first church. We said, “for taking us to Sunday School. That’s where went back and were delighted to see the changes that it all began.” had taken place. A beautiful new building had been I can still hear my good friend, Gordon Olsen, say, built to house the rapidly growing congregation. “Sunday School is big business!” It really is. Sow­ Children had grown up. A fine looking young lady ing—weaping—reaping. A Book—A Burden—and came up and introduced herself. “I’m Helen,” she the greatest Blessing of all. ^

32 Herald of Holiness e ROGER L. HAHN Affirming the Faith in Amos Great Expectations

Hear this word that the Lord has Amos clearly thought that God The idea of God visiting His spoken against you, children o f Is­ would come for His inspecting visit people occurs throughout the Bi­ rael . . . You only I have known to Israel with great expectations. ble. When John the Baptist’s father, from all the clans o f the earth. “You only I have known from all Zechariah, spoke of Christ in Luke Therefore I will call you to account the clans of the earth,” was Yah- 1:68, he sang, “Blessed be the Lord, for all your sins (Amos 3:1-2).* weh’s opening statement. That sen­ the God of Israel, for He has vis­ tence reveals both God’s love for ited and accomplished redemption reparation for company is Israel and the special status of His for His people.” The coming of usually a whirlwind of ac­ people. The Hebrew word trans­ Jesus was good news for the world. tivity at our house. lated “known” was used in the Old His coming also is the basis of WhetherP it is cleaning or cooking Testament for the act of making God’s great expectations for His (usually it is both), there is always love. It was also used as a synonym people. something urgent to do before the for the word “chosen.” The Lord The thought of God coming to guests arrive to visit us. Our guests had loved and chosen Israel. His visit and inspect us can be a terri­ are not the inspecting type. We’ve acts of love included the Exodus fying or a comforting idea. Actu­ never caught them checking the and many miraculous victories in ally, He already knows how we are corners for cobwebs or running the conquest of the land of Ca­ living. The visitation will be a call­ their finger along the windowsill to naan. Only with Israel had God en­ ing to account. That can be good see if any dirt remains. Our prepa­ tered into a covenant relationship news as long as there is still time to rations are not to present a false that specified His expectations for clean house. picture. We just believe our guests the lives of His people. expect a clean house and good However, great privi­ food. In fact, we expect the same, lege means great respon­ and their visit helps motivate us to sibility. God visited Israel live up to our own expectations. with expectations of jus­ W o nwrd that a visitor is In Amos 3, the prophet an­ tice and mercy. The nounced to Israel that the Lord whole Book of Amos an­ coming can be good news was coming to visit, a fact that is nounces the coming vis­ not clear in most English trans­ itation of Yahweh. The — as long as there is still lations. In Amos 3:2 and twice in prophet was sure Israel time to clean house. 3:14, Amos declares that the Lord would not pass inspec­ is about to visit Israel. Most ver­ tion. In chapter 3 he sions use the word “punish” to mentions oppression translate the verb, though in verse (verse 9), violence (verse 14 the King James Versions has 10), and excessive luxury (verse 15) For further study: 1. Read Leviti­ “visit” and the New English Bible as examples of the injustice that cus 19 as a list of God's expecta­ has “deal with.” The Hebrew word the Lord would not accept from tions for His people. List the areas (paqad) is notoriously difficult to His people. Amos grimly an­ o f life about which God is con­ translate. Its basic meaning is “to nounced the punishment that cerned. 2. Read Zechariah’s song in carefully attend to” or “to take care would come because of Israel’s sin. Luke 1:68-79. What purposes of of” It was often used in the Old The announcement of God’s Christ’s coming appear in this Testament to describe God coming visit of inspection was also a word song? How do they apply to you? to visit His people with the inten­ of hope. The inspection was still in 3. Ask the Lord to show you some tion of seeing how they were living. the future. There was still time for areas of your life that need atten­ If the context of their lives was pos­ Israel to change her ways and to re­ tion before His final visitation. itive, the visit was positive. If Israel store justice and righteousness in Roger L. Hahn teaches New Testa­ had been disobedient the visit the land. There would be a calling ment at Southern Nazarene Univer­ would bring painful consequences. to account, but perhaps God’s peo­ sity. Where sin was present, the idea of ple would shape up and be able to punishment is a correct translation. pass muster once again. 'Scripture quotations are the author's own translation.

October 1992 33 When Parents Grow Old... the wheelchair. “We’ll go out­ side,” I announced. “There’s a continued from page 25 lovely breeze.” The time of caring for parents friends said, “Oh, it’s so hard for is a difficult one, but it provides you—your mother living with an opportunity to exercise our you and your father to visit too!” faith, stretch ourselves toward I felt fleshly self-pity rising like a wholeness, and become more lov­ fresh batch of dough. Other peo­ ing and accepting of others. In ple saw the outward appearance, turn, if we are not called home but the Lord saw self-pity, resent­ early, we, too, will take our places ment, anger, and rebellion. 1 among the elderly. could not hide anything from Both my parents died in their Him. 90s, and I praise God that I have Then peace began to flow no regrets about their care. I through my body, as I seemed to learned some things that helped hear the question, “Who is first? me through those not-so-golden Your husband or your mother?” I years: dialogued with God: “Lord, I’d 1. Spend time daily in prayer like Mother in the room with and Scripture. Listen to the guid­ Dad. Then I could visit them to­ ance of the Spirit. gether, and Mother would be visited my parents, my mother 2. Give thanks in all circum­ with her husband, and I with attacked me angrily: “Where stances. Two of my care-giving mine. I trust You to give me the have you been?” friends reacted differently to their right answer. Free me from self- Since she had been cheerfully parents’ demands. Marian raised pity, fill me with Your Spirit and responsive two days earlier, I was her hands in a gesture of denial Your wisdom.” deeply hurt. My father, far more when she said, "No way can I be I sat a little longer. No sound confused, would often say, “I thankful for this mess we're in!” came from Mother’s room. “Oh, haven’t seen you in three She went about her duties re­ Father,” I prayed, “if this is Your months!” But I could kid around sponsibly but grimly, caring for a will, please let there be a room with Dad, bringing him back to selfish and demanding father. available when I call the nursing reality when he would laughingly Diane smiled, praised the Lord home.” I phoned the adminis­ acknowledge his confusion. loudly, sweetly telling others how trator and the doctor. There was easy it was to be “Mother’s help­ no room available. As I hung up, er.” Later she confessed that she I felt disappointed, yet I knew I had given up a wept at night, beating her fists from the peace in my heart that against her pillow in frustration. God is faithful. I could trust Him. part-time job, my I don't think either of these re­ A few minutes later, the phone sponses is what God intended rang. “Mrs. Fanning?” It was the own privacy for when He told us to honor our administrator. “I was mistaken. reading and parents. None of us feels thankful The man in the room with your all the time, nor can we be thank­ father has just been checked out, writing, and time ful for all circumstances, but we and the bed in his room is avail­ can be thankful in them . Nor is it able. alone with my right to sound good and be bitter That morning, after Mother husband. inside. had finished her breakfast, I ap­ Real thanks in all things in­ proached her quietly and told her cludes recognizing God's sov­ of my decision, my talk with the After Mother’s outburst, I left ereignty and the constant pres­ doctor and the administrator. “I the room. I felt so depressed, so ence of the Spirit. Allowing Him just can’t handle it anymore, unappreciated, so weary, that I al­ to walk ahead of us, beginning Mom,” I told her, my insides rub­ most left for home. What did it each day by turning it over to bery. To my surprise, Mother matter, 1 thought, since she didn’t Him, and yes, thanking Him looked right at me. “You’re tired, know how often I came, if I came daily and consciously, improves I know. And so is Bill. It’s all at all? I shut my eyes and prayed, our relationship with Him. right.” “Jesus.” Calmness flowed through 3. R em em ber the words a doc­ The move to the nursing home my body, removing anger and tor offered me: “You can provide solved some of my problems; hurt. I returned to the room and for your parents' comfort, but not others remained. One day when I asked the aide to get Mother into for their happiness." A lthough

34 Herald of Holiness The QUESTION BOX Conducted by Wesley D. Tracy, Editor

Our evangelist said from the pulpit that for years he was as we live. These limitations include impaired reasoning, mad at denominational leaders and jealous of other evan­ imperfect judgment, and imperfect behavior when ex­ gelists but through it all his spirit remained sanctified. He hausted or sick or troubled, etc. John Wesley taught us that went on to say that a person may retain anger, even hatred, these “fallings short" need the blood of Jesus and indeed are in his heart and still remain sanctified. Is this what the redeemed in the faithful. Church of the Nazarene teaches? In harmony with Wesley’s teaching the Church of the If what you reported to me is accurate, the teaching you Nazarene has always taught that a heart made perfect did describe is far different from traditional Nazarene doctrine. not mean that performance or conduct would be perfect. A This kind of teaching has surfaced here and there recently. pure heart does not automatically produce astute mental in­ The references to it that I have encountered were efforts to sights, mature judgment, or even good manners. Thus, there address the tension or the gap between purified hearts and is and always will be some sort of gap between the state of less than perfect conduct. the sanctified person’s soul and a perfect standard of con­ The Scriptures clearly teach that the blood of Jesus Christ duct. This certainly does not mean, however, that one can cleanses us from all sin. The problem comes up when peo­ consciously carry hatred, jealousy, and unjust anger in his ple who have been sanctified wholly, perfected in love, or heart and still be sanctified. made pure in heart experience a “less than perfect” per­ Recently, some in the Pentecostal movement, I am told, formance. They indeed fall short in conduct. It seems that have tried to deal with the “perfect heart—less than perfect the conduct and spiritual status do not match. conduct” gap by saying that the “spirit” is sanctified while I am not speaking of outbroken sin when 1 refer to less the body and soul or mind are not. This seems to me to be than perfect conduct. Rather, I refer to what the Wesleyan a dangerous teaching. One wonders just what sinful deeds tradition calls infirmities. We are (though redeemed by the unsanctified “body” would be excused for under this grace) still members of a fallen race. That fallen state brings scheme. human limitations and frailties that will be with us as long

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October 1992 35 Polishing Manuscripts and Perfecting Character

BY PAULINE E. SPRAY

riting, it has your Father which is in been said, is 1 heaven is perfect” (Mat­ percent inspira­ thew 5:48). tionW and 99 percent per­ Furthermore, to assist us spiration. W hen it comes in carrying out His com­ to polishing manuscripts, it mand, apostles, prophets, can be 100 percent of the evangelists, pastors, and “Count latter. teachers have been ap­ I wonder if the Divine pointed “for the perfecting it Author doesn’t feel some­ of the saints” (Ephesians what the same way about 4:12). all perfecting His creations. Most importantly. He Take me, for instance. Will has given us His Word so I ever shape up? Is He “that the man of God may joy tempted to despair? To rel­ be perfect, throughly fur­ egate me to file 13? nished unto all good when I’ve been editing m anu­ works” (2 Timothy 3:17). scripts for 30-odd years, Sooner or later, each of you but God has been cor­ us arrives at “Wit’s End recting my faults much Corner.” Through His fall longer than that. And He Word, God can show us still has a way to go. That’s how to handle problems into why, in His love. He allows and deal with difficult cir­ troubles to come. His chil­ cumstances. He reveals what?” dren improve by over­ new truths and shares His coming rejection and ad­ secrets. Prayer releases not HOLINESS versity, by humbly only His wisdom but also IN EVERYDAY LIFE submitting to the cutting His comfort and blessings. and refining process. Each I cherish the message Author George Lyons offers a time we triumph over a Rev. C. L. Bradley in­ biblical, sound, yet simple ap­ difficulty or disappoint­ scribed in my autograph proach to holiness. He not only ment, or learn from an ex­ book when 1 was a child. emphasizes the need for our perience, our character is With warmth and fond­ belief but also challenges us to improved a bit more. ness, 1 rem em ber this lum ­ put our faith into action. This The Bible says Noah was bering hulk of a man, a book helps to bridge the gap perfect (Genesis 6:9). Job dearly loved minister and from understanding the mean­ was also (Job 1:1). Surely, family friend. One year he ing of scripture to the applica­ no one could accuse these reported to assembled tion of its principles in today’s men of achieving victory ministers: “There have world. It provides a look at the without a struggle. been trials and perplexing practical meaning of holiness And consider Jesus. “It things enough to confront for today’s disciples. became him, for whom are me, to make prayer easy HH083-411-4321 $3.50 all things, and by whom and sweeter and victory so Prices subject to change plus postage are all things . . . to make complete over every diffi­ the captain of [our] salva­ culty, that my trials have To order your copy call tion perfect through suf­ been a help, rather than a BEACON HILL PRESS ferings’’ (Hebrews 2:10). hindrance.” And He expects the And, strangely enough, 1 - 800 - 877-0700 P.O. Box 419527, Kansas City, MO 64141 same of us. “Be . . . per­ I’ve arrived at the same fect,” [Jesus said,] “even as conclusion. While I was

36 Herald of Holiness passing through the “fire and patience. and flood,” the Lord di­ “The trying of your rected me to David’s faith,” said James, “work­ words, and I leaned heavily eth patience.” And pa­ on them for many months: tience leads to maturity “Though I walk in the (1:3-4). midst of trouble . . . The Paula Deimling has said THE CRYSTAL SEA SAMPLER one can’t become a writer Lord will perfect that features a unique mixture of simply by keeping a diary. which concerneth me” timeless hymns and gospel (Psalm 138:7-8). Neither can Christians be­ songs. This collection makes Since then, I’ve changed come all God wants them for enjoyable listening while my attitude toward hard to be without submitting enabling you to experience a places. I’ve learned to thank to His workmanship. God for these experiences. After all these years of variety of Crystal Sea record­ 1 honestly believe He is do­ polishing manuscripts, I ings. Included in the ing me a favor when He al­ still find so much more to Sampler are 15 favor­ lows me to “walk in the learn and so much room ite selections available midst of trouble.” He left for improvement. to you for under $2.00 a works through adversity to However, I see no place, cassette. improve my Christian nor do I have any inclina­ character and to fulfill His tion, to stop striving for ex­ Plus, each Sampler in­ purpose for my life. cellence. cludes a coupon for $1.00 Not long ago, I also felt The same holds true off the purchase of any Crys­ directed to some verses in concerning my Christian tal Sea Recording featured on the first chapter of James. experience. Thank God for the Sampler. To my amazement they ex­ His patience and persever­ Take advantage of this oppor­ actly complemented Psalm ance. Despite the discom­ 138:7-8). fort, I ask Him to continue tunity to enjoy the refreshing “Count it all joy,” the working on me until I Christian music now available writer said, “when ye fall come into His presence in the Crystal Sea Sampler. into divers temptations; “perfect and entire, want­ knowing this, that the try­ ing nothing.” THE best buy in ing of your faith worketh Like many others, I once Christian music today patience. But let patience pooh-poohed the idea of have her perfect work, that thanking the Lord for af­ ye may be perfect” (1:2-4). fliction. Certainly, I dislike “Count it all joy’?’ Re­ hurting. And yes, I kick, ally? But, why? squirm, and struggle trying God knows what we can to escape it, but yet, I’m become if we “endure grateful for everything He temptation.” He wants to allows. Furthermore, re­ make us complete, mature, joicing has opened the Cassette hhta-4015C O nly $ 1 .9 9 more excellent, and stron­ windows of heaven and ger than we are presently. rained down blessing even Compact Disc h h d c - 4 0 1 5 O nly $ 3 .9 9 Therefore, He permits test­ when I was bleeding. ing because we need the “And we know that in TO ORDER YOUR COPY exercise that comes with all things God works for resisting Satan. Stretching the good of those who love CALL one’s faith muscles devel­ him” (Romans 8:28, 1-800-877-0700 ops both perseverance— NIV). *

October 1992 37 Close to Home News About Nazarenes

BY TOM FELDER CHURCH PROVIDES MIRACLE OF HEARING . . . Members of Honolulu, Hawaii, Kaimuki Church of the Nazarene have been setting aside 10 percent of church income for years to help others. But, recently, they found a way to use that money to meet a need closer to home. The church tapped the Other Sheep Fund to help purchase a hearing aid for . . . North Sponsored by the Wester­ FLOAT WINS AWARD church member E ileen Lee ville Rotary Club, the parade land Church of the Nazarene (pictured right). Now, Mrs. in Columbus, Ohio, was hon­ used the theme, “500 years— Lee can hear church services ored with the Grand Mar­ A Discovery of Freedom.” as well as participate in con­ Kristi Brown, a member shall’s Award for its entry in versations on a daily basis. port Bresee Institute in Los of the Northland Church, the city’s annual Fourth of The Other Sheep Fund pro­ Angeles and the Institute of July parade, according to Pas­ dressed in costume as vides money for a variety of Human Service in Honolulu. Christopher Columbus and tor (iene Million. The win­ compassionate ministry pro­ The church has also sent rode the float during the ning float (pictured above) jects, according to S am uel funds to support a child parade. More than 2,000 fli­ featured an eight-foot replica C h ian g (left), pastor. The through the denomination's ers providing information of the Santa Maria and a funds have been used to sup­ Child Sponsorship Program. large cross. The float carried about the church were dis­ a banner that read, “Discover tributed along the parade Freedom in Jesus Christ.” route. Maine District 1992 Ordinand Class (I. to r.): District Super­ intendent Clarence C. Hildreth, Rev. Gregory Gates, and Gener­ al Superintendent John A. Knight.

Northwestern Illinois District 1992 Ordinand Class (I. to r.): General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe, Rev. and Mrs. Ronald McKee, Rev. and Mrs. William Boehm, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Mansfield, Rev. and Mrs. Stephen Shotts, District Superintendent F. Thomas Bailey, and District Secretary Wesley Burns. Cullman, Ala., First Church of the Nazarene dedicated its new Family Life Center recently, according to Greg Story, pastor. The 11,500- square foot facility includes a large educational wing, conference room, large kitchen, and full-size gymnasium. General Superinten­ dent John A. Knight delivered the dedication message.

Eastern Michigan District 1992 Ordinand Class (I. to r.): Newly elected District Superintendent Stephen T. Anthony, Rev. and Mrs. Mike Kempton, retiring District Superintendent Marselle Knight, Rev. and Mrs. Richard W. Mearns, Rev. and Mrs. Terry Turner, Rev. and Mrs. Larry Crum, Rev. and Mrs. Paul W. Brashaw, Rev. and Mrs. Larry V. Betz, and General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe.

38 Herald of Holiness NEWS OF RELIGION

MEXICO RATIFIES NEW RELIGION LAW Mexico's new law on Reli­ sponsor nonprofit institutions gious Associations and Pub­ that provide assistance, edu­ lic W orship took effect in cation, and health services. July, making all religious The law also allows reli­ groups equal under the law. gious groups to own proper­ Evangelicals hope the new ty, although they are limited constitutional amendment to print media for mass com­ will end discrimination munication. Only with prior against non-Catholics in that approval can groups broad­ predominantly Roman Cath­ cast religious programs on olic country. Article 2 of the radio. law says an individual “can­ Worship services "ordinar­ not be the object of discrimi­ ily" should be held in church nation. hostility or coercion buildings, the law says. Christians from former Yugoslavian states Slovenia, Croatia, because of his religious Groups must notify the gov­ Macedonia, and Serbia put aside their differences and worshiped together in Budapest, Hungary, recently. The gathering was part beliefs nor be obligated to ernment two weeks in of a training conference sponsored by the Billy Graham Evange­ declare regarding those advance if they wish to hold listic Association. The conference was held to prepare local beliefs.” activities outside the church Christians to assist in Graham’s Mission World satellite extension The Roman Catholic building. No political meet­ throughout Europe Mar. 17-21,1993. The satellite program will Church had asked the gov­ ings may be held in church­ be broadcast to more than 1,000 locations in more than 40 lan­ ernment for special privi­ es. guages. leges, but the request was While the law may seem rejected. restrictive to Christians in the COACH HOSTS NATIONAL MEN’S CONFERENCE Under the new law, reli­ U.S., Mexican evangelicals Approximately 22.000 men sored by Promise Keepers, a gious groups will be free to see it as an improvement .attended the National Chris­ nonprofit ministry McCart­ organize freely, designate over previous Mexican law. tian Men's Conference in ney founded two years ago. their own ministers, and Boulder, Colo., recently. According to McCartney, the The conference, hosted by conference is about men AMERICANS GIVE MORE TO RELIGION Bill McCartney. University learning to become leaders of Americans dug deeper and a percentage of gross domes­ of Colorado football coach, their families, churches, and gave more to the church last tic production was the high­ featured numerous speakers communities through God. year according to a report re­ est since 1959 and represent­ who challenged the men to "I'm not going to tiptoe leased recently by the Ameri­ ed the highest percentage of reach out to one another around, men," he told the can Association of Fund- personal income in 21 years. across economic, racial, and group gathered in the Uni­ Raising Council (AAFRC). Half of the money given to denominational lines. versity of Colorado football The report. Giving USA, stat­ religion is spent for sacra­ "We’ve got to come stadium. "If you feel like I ed that giving to religion last mental or evangelical func­ together." McCartney said. do, we’re going to retake our year amounted to $67.59 bil­ tions, according to the report. "We are men of God. We nation." lion, up nearly 7 percent The remainder is used to pro­ love Jesus. Nothing else M cCartney believes at from the previous year. vide services in such areas as matters." least 50,000 men will attend The report says religion health and education. The conference is spon- the conference in July 1993. received 54 percent of the $124.77 billion donated to all LEADERS MEET TO STRATEGIZE FOR WORLD EVANGELIZATION causes, including education, Bill Bright. Campus Cru­ around the world, and strate- into 6.(XX) regions of l million health, human services, arts, sade for Christ International gize. According to Bright, people each called Million social, and environmental president, met with directors the objective is to give every Population Target Areas concerns. of ministry operations in person in the world the (MPTAs). The saturation with Almost all of the contribu­ each continent recently to opportunity to say. "Yes." to the gospel of each MPTA is tions came from individuals, discuss strategy for the battle Jesus Christ by the year 2000. spearheaded by a New Life with only a small part from for billions of souls. The strategy, called New- Training Center using mass foundations. Virtually none Once a year the Interna­ Life 2000. revolves around evangelism techniques such as came from corporations. tional Director's Council— evangelism plus discipleship, the Jesus film and personal Despite the recession. 46 leaders representing 154 mobilization, cooperation, and evangelism and discipleship. Americans were more gener­ countries and 97 percent of training of men and women The Jesu s film is a full- ous than usual. Martin Gren- the world's population— of all denominations and para- length motion picture on the zebach, AAFRC research meets to fellowship, pray, church groups. The strategy life of Christ taken directly director, said 1991 giving as hear what is happening includes dividing the world from the Gospel of Luke.

October 1992 39 VITAL STATISTICS four sisters; too brothers; four grandchil­ Anniversaries Panorama City, Calif. dren. NICHOLAS L. HANSON, from Ballinger, ORVILLE AND INA KEITH. Lawton, Deaths DONALD E. PARNELL. 57, Las Vegas, Tex., to Waurika, Okla. Okla., celebrated their 50th wedding ANNIE BROWN BASKETT, 99. Nev., June 3. Survivors: wife, Doris; son, ERNEST A. HINSON, from Rossville (Ga.) anniversary July 26 They have two chil­ Greeneville, Tenn., June 26. Survivors Kalani; daughter, Debbie Vassar: foster Fairview, to Manchester, Ga. dren and three grandchildren. daughters, Lena Colyer, Lola Boone; 8 son, Bill Hooper; one grandson; mother; GARY L. HUTCHESON, from Leesburg REV AND MRS. JOHN LAWWILL, grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 1 one brother; one sister; two stepbrothers. Fla., to Lake W orth (F la ) First Nashville. Tenn.. celebrated their 50th great-great-grandchild. BETTY M. (POWERS) RUNYON, 62, BRUCE W KENNARD. from pastor. Colum­ wedding anniversary June 28 with an open J. A. BIGGS, 81, Lewisburg, Tenn., July Smith Center, Kans., July 8. Survivors: bus, Nebr., to associate. Vancouver house given by their daughters, Glafre 6. Rev, Biggs was a pastor for almost 50 husband. Rev Francis: daughters, Char­ (Wash ) Liberty Bible of Hazel Dell Offut and Renee Lawwill. The Lawwills years and mayor of Lewisburg, Tenn., for 8 lotte Runyon, Joanna Runyon; one sister. TIMOTHY MILLER, from associate. have pastored for 50 years. years. Survivors: wife, Bessie; daughters, FLORENCE V SHAHAN, 72, Hemet, Susanvllle. Calif., to associate. Oak Har­ ROBERT AND ROSA LEA SHAFFER, Melba Martin. Ethelene Klepfer, Shirley Calif., June 28. Survivors: husband, Ger­ bor, Wash Romney, W.Va.. celebrated their 50th wed­ Riley, Carolyn Gray, Lynn Hambrick; sons, ald; son, Mel; daughter, Janet; four grand­ GLENN NEWTON, from student, MANC, children ding anniversary Sept. 2. They have three Olathe, Kans . to pastor. Grand Forks. James. Wayne. Randall, Donnie, Mike; 1 daughters, seven grandchildren, and one brother; 5 sisters; 12 grandchildren; 12 PAUL MILFORD SODOWSKY, 75, Okla­ N.Dak. great-granddaughter. great-grandchildren homa City, Okla.. former pastor and former LARRY J. POPOVICH, from Sacramento DAVID AND VIRGINIA SPITTAL, DOROTHY I. EMBICK, 72, Edwardsville, headquarters employee. June 19 Sur­ (Calif.) Orangevale. to Rapid City vivors: wife, Kathleen; daughters, Linda Chesterfield, Ind.. celebrated their 50th (S.Dak.) First III , July 4. Survivors: husband. Dean; wedding anniversary July 6. sons, Gary, Gregg; daughters, Kay Brown­ Stamps, Paula Anderson; seven grandchil­ RICHARD C. RIVAS, from Houston (Tex.) ing, Rebecca Kendall; 13 grandchildren. dren; one brother; stepmother; one step­ Southwest, to Orlando (Fla.) Colonial GERTRUDE FRALEY, 94, Medford, sister. RICHARD ROBERTSON, from student, SARAH KATHRYN STEWART, 87, Erie, Oreg., July 24 Survivors: son. David FOR THE RECORD NBC, Colorado Springs, Colo., to pastor. Pa., July 21. Survivors: husband, Ken­ daughters, Thelma Mead, Janet Jackson; Sun Valley (Nev.) Shepherd of the Valley neth; daughters. Joan Mohney, Dolores Moving Ministers 15 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren STEPHEN S RUSHING, from St. Charles Mohney. Doretha Morosky; sons, John SKYE W. ALISON, from Smyrna, Ga.. to ETHEL MAE GRIFFIN, 70. Burnaby, B.C., City. Md„ to Seattle (Wash ) North William, Robert; 3 sisters; 1 brother; 19 Dublin (Ga.) First Feb. 16 Survivors: one brother; two sis­ S. C STEVENSON, JR.. from evangelism grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren GERALD A AUSTIN, to pastor. Barrhead, ters; nieces and nephews. to pastor, Corpus Christi (Tex.) First RUFUS E SULLIVAN, 68, Nashville, Alta. ALVA J HAILE. 89 Denair. Calif., May M. DANIEL STROUD, from Atlanta (Ga.) Tenn.. Apr 12 Survivors: wife, Ruth; JEFFREY P BAKER, from student to asso­ 12 Survivors: daughters, Marjory Walker. Brookhaven, to Fort Valley, Ga son. Ralph; daughters, Beverly Embry, ciate. Lethbridge, Alta. Mae Jean Hedberg, Marie Starn, Maxine JOSEPH STURGEON, fro m Union Gap, Glenda Dillman, Linda Oltman; two sisters; R. DALE BARNETT, from Cleveland (Miss.) Kisling, Marlene Fleeger. Myrle Wall: son, Wash., to Susanvllle, Calif. one brother: nine grandchildren. First, to Huntsville (Ala.) Mastin Lake STEPHEN L. THOMAS, from Panorama Wayne; stepchildren, Carol Schendel, Jack ELIZABETH WIGGS. 91. Nashville. DENNIS B BAYLOR, from Rapid City (S Dak.) City. Calif., to El Monte Calif Schendel. Doris Libby; 2 brothers; 2 sis­ Tenn., July 1. Survivors: son, John Paul, First, to Rapid City (S.Dak.) Skyline GARY L. TUCKER, from associate, Lees­ ters; 24 grandchildren: 24 great-grandchil­ Jr., daughter, Frances Fahl; 1 brother: 4 PAUL E BENTLEY, from Redmond, Wash., burg, Fla . to associate. Lake Worth dren. grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. to associate, Fairbanks (Alaska) Totem (Fla.) First WILLARD LOYD HAWKINS. 94. Empo­ ELWOOD 0. WILSON, 87, Farmington. Park DOUGLAS S WEBB, from student to pas­ ria. Kans.. Aug. 2. Survivors: wife. Bessie: Maine. June 29. Survivors: wife, Mar­ JERRY E. BUSH, from Parkersburg tor, Melfort. Sask. sons. Darrell, James, Willard. Jr.: daugh­ garet; daughters, Nora Therrien, Rosanna (W.Va.) Broadway, to Oak Hill, W.Va. PAUL WHITEFORD, from Springfield ters Maurine Myler Naomi Neal Kingsley. Evelyn Corson: stepsons, Roger EULALIO M. CERDA, from Tucson. A riz . to (Ohio) Maplewood, to Marysville, Ohio VERDA HOPKINS. 87. Kankakee. III., Hood, Malcolm Hood; 1 brother; 11 grand­ Los Angeles (Calif.) Elysian Park LARRY K. WINCHESTER, from North Hol­ Apr. 22 Survivors: son, Harlow; one children; 10 great-grandchildren; 2 great- DAVID CHANDLER, from Wellington. Tex . lywood, C a lif. to Casa Grande. Ariz. grandchild; too great-grandchildren. great-grandchildren. to Abilene (Tex.) Trinity MYRON G. WISE, from Princeton (Fla.) BESSIE HOWLAND HULL, 73. Dawson, JONATHAN CUBING, from student, NTS, First, to Huntsville (Ala.) First Minn, Feb. 13 Survivors: husband. Ray­ Kansas City. Mo., to pastor, Seattle DARRELL YEAGER, from associate. Terre mond; sons. Ray, Jr., Lewis, Robert. Har­ Births (Wash.) Beacon Hill Haute (Ind.) First, to pastor, Evansville lan; daughters, Rebecca, LaNell; four to MICHAEL AND TAMMY (BRANNAN) DWIGHT DENEGLEY, from Belleville (Ga.) (Ind.) Diamond Valley grandchildren. ANGIER. Portland. Oreg.. a boy. Joshua Trinity, to Rossville (Ga ) First FUNG S. LEE, 65. Montebello, Calif., Quincy. July 23 D. FLETCHER DIGBY, JR.. from Doug- July 2 Survivors: daughters. May Wong, to CRAIG AND LINDY BEALS, Fort lasville (Ga.) First, to Wrightsville, Ga Announcements Claudia Tom, Clara White; son. George; Worth, Tex., a boy, Cameron Alan, Nov. 15 MICHAEL E. FARMER, from Rossville (Ga.) OAKLAND (CALIF.) BAYVIEW FELLOW­ four grandchildren. to GREG AND JOY (LEACH) BOWES. First, to Savannah (Ga ) First SHIP will celebrate its 90th anniversary VERA NANCY LEWIS. 78. San Antonio. Guthrie. Okla.. a boy, Nicholas Alexander JOE W. FARROW, from pastor, Spokane Nov. 13-15. Lunch on the grounds will fol­ July 8 Tex., July 5. Survivors: daughter, Asta (Wash.) Bethel, to associate, Spokane low the Sunday morning service. to JOHN AND CAROL BRAATEN. Jean Curtis; too granddaughters; two sis­ (Wash.) Valley All former pastors, members, and Bethany. Okla.. a girl, Leigha Joy, Mar. 17 ters; too brothers. ARTHUR C. FISHER, from Covina, Calif., to friends are invited. For further informa- HAROLD N. LITTLE, 69, Beaverton, to JOHN AND LORI (RUPNOW) CHAP­ Oreg., pastor for 39 years, June 29. Sur­ MAN. St. John. Mo., a boy. Sean Andrew, vivors: wife, Mary; daughter. Linda Min­ July 16 ion; two granddaughters; mother, Marie to REV. KEVIN AND DONNA (CLARK) PUBLISHING HOUSE Little; one sister; one brother. KIDD, Trenton, Fla., a girl, Amber Olivia REV. ERNEST B MARSH, 91. Colum­ May 6 EMPLOYMENT bus. Ohio, pastor of 46 years, Jan. 9. Sur­ to DAVID AND CATHY MASENCUP. vivors: wife, Martha; daughters. Paula Madison, Tenn., a girl, Shelby Leigh, Sept. OPPORTUNITY Jones, Leah Stoll; three grandchildren; two 20 to JEFFREY AND ROBIN SCHLUMPF. great-grandchildren. The Nazarene Publishing House has an opening for a KENNETH JAMES McNULTY, 82, Ba­ Braintree. Mass., a girl, Holly Merrill. June 25 kersfield, Calif., Mar. 3. Survivors: wife, Maintenance Mechanic with hydraulic repair experi­ Rosetta; daughter. Mary Kevorkian; sons. ence. This is an exceptional opportunity for Kingdom John, Floyd: five grandchildren. Marriages service through the church. Qualified applicants should LOUIS W. MORGAN, 52. Fortville. Ind., PHYLIS DEANE GOLDSTON and JAMES Jan 11 Survivors: wife, Kaye; son, E. HADLEY, May 9 reply to: Shawn; daughters. Rachelle Baker. Kim­ EVA RUTH MALONE and BARRY TIMO­ berly Morgan, Heather Morgan one grand­ THY HULLETT at Kansas City. Mo , May 30 Director of Human Resources son ROSEANN ORLANDO and KENNETH Nazarene Publishing House REV JACK M. MYERS, SR.. 66 JAMES SCHNEIDER at Somerville, Mass., Nashville. Tenn . pastor of 36 years. Apr. June 6 P.O. Box 419527 20. Survivors: wife. Willie Mae; daughter, JANICE SAY and REV. STEVEN STONE, Kansas City, MO 64141 Lmzett Newman, sons. Jack, Jr., J Mark; June 27

40 Herald of Holiness tion, contact the church at 4500 Redwood Recommendations Avenue, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, DIRECTORIES Rd , Oakland. CA 94619, or phone (510) REPUBLIC OF IRELAND The following have been recommended BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS 531-2067. STOTLER, REV. DALE and PAT, South by their respective district superinten­ Africa, Furlough address: 84 Wendell Office: 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO ORLANDO (FLA.) FIRST CHURCH w ill cel­ dents: Ave., Wollaston, MA 02170 64131. Raymond W. Hurn, chairman; ebrate its 60th anniversary Oct. 10-11. BEN HILL, evangelist, 908 E. Rich Ave., SUNBERG, REV. CHUCK and CARLA, Rus­ John A. Knight, vice-chairman: Donald D. Rev. Larry Leeper will speak in the Sunday DeLand, FL 32724, by Edmond P. Nash, sia, Mailing address: Postfach 1217, Owens, secretary; Eugene L. Stowe, Jerald morning service. A homecoming dinner North Florida District. Postburo, 8207 Schaffhausen, SWITZER­ D. Johnson, W illiam J. Prince. DON SCARLETT, SR., evangelist, 1620 will be held Saturday a t 6 p .m . All former LAND pastors, members, and friends are invited Lonsdale Rd., Apt. 102, Columbus, OH WHITE, REV. WALLACE and MONA, Papua GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS EMERITUS: to attend or send greetings. For more 43232, (614) 577-1949, by John F. Hay, New Guinea, Field address: P.O. Box George Coulter, 9310 Canterbury, Lea­ information, phone (407) 859-1353 or Indianapolis District. 1587, Rasbaul, PAPUA NEW GUINEA wood, KS 66206; V H. Lewis, 1406 Cam­ (407)295-6666. WILSON, REV. ALLEN and ELIZABETH, bridge, Olathe, KS 66062; Orville W Jenk­ Moving Missionaries Dominican Republic, Furlough address: ins, 2309 W. 103rd St., Leawood, KS SHREVEPORT (LA.) FIRST CHURCH will ALLISON, MR. DAVID and SANDY, c/o Keith Bottles, 239 E. Anderson St., 66206; William M. Greathouse, 1179 celebrate its 80th anniversary Oct. 23-25. Bangladesh, Furlough address: R.R. 4, Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Rosewood Tr., Mount Juliet, TN 37122. All former pastors, members, and friends Markdale, ON, NOC 1H0 CANADA are invited to attend or send greetings. For ANDERSON, REV. MARLY and MARY, Ire­ more information, write the church at 8429 land, Stateside address: 1756 Cumulus Kingston Rd., Shreveport, LA 71108, or Ct. N.W., Salem, OR 97304 phone (318)687-9467. BROMLEY, MRS. MARGARET, Papua New GRIGGSVILLE (ILL.) CHURCH w ill cele­ Guinea, Furlough address: c/o Rev. G. brate its 75th anniversary November 28- Thompson, 3 Akora St., Slacks Creek, Queensland 4127, AUSTRALIA 29. A reception will be held Saturday at 7 COOPER, MR. DAVID and JODI, Costa p.m. A basket dinner will follow the Sunday Rica, Furlough address: 120 N. morning service and a praise service will Buchanan, Olathe, KS 66061 Guaranteed be held at 2 p.m. COURTNEY-SMITH, MISS FRANCES, Former pastors, members, and friends South Africa, Furlough address: c/o are invited to attend or send greetings. For Rev. Eric Courtney-Smith, 6355 Oak more information, contact the church at Ave., No. 12, Temple City, CA 91780 P.O. Box 462, Griggsville, IL 62340, or Income GILBERT, REV. RONNIE and DIANA, phone (217)833-2747. Ghana, Furlough address: 612 Ellen Dr., NORTHRIDGE (CALIF.) COMMUNITY Goodlettsville TN 37072 GRIFFITH, REV. MARSHALL and DELLA, CHURCH (formerly Van Nuys and Granada Dominican Republic, New furlough Hills) will celebrate its 65th anniversary for Life! address: 4509 N. Redmond St., Sunday, Oct. 4, with an all-day celebration. Bethany, OK 73008 All former pastors, members, and HEAP, REV. STEPHEN and BRENDA, Our annuity guarantees us friends are invited to attend or send greet­ Brazil, Field address: Rua Jose Por- ings. For more information, please contact tolana. 171, Jordim da Imbuias, 04829 an annual supplemental the church at 10650 Reseda Blvd., Sao Paulo, SP BRAZIL Northridge. CA 91326, or phone (818) JAK08ITZ, REV. ARLEN and JOYCE, India, income, as well as a giving 368-0700. Field address: Washim, Akola District, Maharashtra 444 505, INDIA plan that fits our needs. ST. MARYS (OHIO) CHURCH w ill cele­ KROMER, DR. LARRY and MRS. LARK, brate its 50th anniversary Oct. 11. A din­ ENBC, Field address: Postfach 109. ner w ill be held follow ing the 10 a.m. w or­ CH8201 Schaffhausen, SWITZERLAND ship service. A special service will begin at MAXWELL, REV. JOHN and CHARLOTTE, Write today for help with planning a Gift Annuity! 2:30 p.m. South Africa, Stateside address: c/o All former pastors, members, and Weins, 976 N. Clinton, Olathe. KS 66061 friends are invited to attend or send greet­ NOONAN, MISS JOAN, Argentina, Furlough Rev Mr ings. For more information, contact the address: c/o Mr. and Mrs. Paul Noonan, church at Indiana and Hickory Sts., St. Mrs 520 E. Ohio St., Blutfton, IN 46714 Miss Marys, OH 45885, or phone (419) 394- PERRY, MISS ANGELA, Haiti, Field 8701 o r(419)394-4833. address: Language Study, Centre Mis- sionaire 50, rue des Galibouds, 73200 DECATUR (ILL.) TRINITY CHURCH w ill A ddress. Albertsville, FRANCE celebrate its 50th anniversary Oct. 25. The PORTER, REV. WILLIAM and JUANITA. morning service will be followed by dinner Venezuela, New furlough address: 1229 C ity ____ and an afternoon music service. N. Glade, Oklahoma City, OK 73127 All former pastors, members, and STANTON, REV. DARYLL and VERNA, Tan­ friends are invited to attend or send greet­ zania, Field address: P.O. Box 20025, S tate . -Zip. ings. For more information, contact the Nairobi, Kenya, EAST AFRICA church at 1645 S. 44th St., Decatur, IL STEVENSON, REV. HENRY and GRACE, 62521, or phone (217) 423-4264. Ireland, Field address: Cooleven, Manor Telephone (

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HURRICANE ANDREW AFFECTS NAZARENES IN FLORIDA/LOUISIANA “The entire city of Home­ loss, Princeton would be trict Superintendent Spear tures that have been dam­ stead, Fla., is gone,” accord­ number one, followed by within days of the hurricane. aged.” ing to Nazarene pastor Good Samaritan Hispanic, “It will be a long time before Persons who wish to be W illiam L. Cham bers, Jr. Homestead, and Goulds. The things are back to normal in involved may contact Naz­ Chambers pastors the Home­ Goulds Church, which was a South Florida,” Nees said. arene Compassionate Min­ stead Church of the Naza­ converted home, was totally "Personal property losses are istries or Work and Witness rene. His community took a destroyed. enormous. Every family at Nazarene Headquarters. direct hit from Hurricane Spear said no Nazarenes here has been affected to The phone number is (816) Andrew Aug. 24. were seriously injured. some degree. Many are liv­ 333-7000. extension 2508 or “The one thing that saved The Nazarene churches in ing with holes in their roofs.” 2321. us was the speed with which the area were immediately "The main thing we need Contributions may be it went through,” said Cham­ put into service as distribu­ is building supplies, 5/8 inch made to assist the church's bers. He said the storm tion centers for their commu­ plywood, 30 pound roofing outreach to South Florida. shook his home and ripped nities, according to Tom paper, plastic sheeting, and They are an approved Ten off the top layer of shingles. Nees, director of Nazarene generators," said Nees. “We Percent Special and should His church and fellowship Compassionate Ministries also need able-bodied people be sent to General Treasurer, hall will need a new roof and Canada and the U.S. for the who can do the hard physical marked for Hurricane An­ all new windows and doors. Church Growth Division. labor involved in clean up drew Relief, 6401 The Paseo, "It looks like an atomic The school at the Princeton and repair of the many struc­ Kansas City, MO 64131. blast,” said Chambers. “Pine Church was used as a medi­ trees are shattered, the grass cal center. BOWMAN IS NEW SUPERINTENDENT in my yard is flat, no fences Nazarene churches across OF LOS ANGELES are left standing, and my the U.S. organized efforts to R oger B ow ­ ies at Nazarene Theological neighbor’s travel trailer is on take loads of supplies into man, 61, has Seminary, the University of my roof.” the stricken communities. been appoint­ California Riverside, and The gymnasium at Prince­ Work teams have also been ed superinten­ more recently at Fuller The­ ton First Church of the busy assisting those affected dent of the ological Seminary. He is Nazarene was used as a shel­ by the hurricane. Los Angeles currently a candidate for a ter during the storm. Rev. The Church of the Naz­ District, ac­ master of ministries degree Jim Spear, pastor of the arene in New Iberia. La., cording to General Super­ at Point Loma Nazarene Princeton Church, said the became a refuge for a num­ intendent Raymond W. College. roof on the west side of the ber of persons as Hurricane Hurn. Hurn made the Bowman and his wife, sanctuary was ripped away, Andrew approached that appointment in cooperation Marlene, have four children: exposing the sanctuary to community Aug. 25, accord­ with the Los Angeles Dis­ Suzanne, William, Daniel, wind and rain. Also, all of ing to Ralph West, Louisana trict Council. Bowman and David. the church’s windows were District superintendent. accepted the call. “Having observed the life blown out. The sanctuary West said the church sus­ After serving pastorates in and ministry of Brother had to be bulldozed after one tained some water damage, Mississippi, San Diego, and Bowm an in the pastorate of the supporting walls buck­ but those staying in the Los Angeles, Bowman came and in a close working rela­ led. In the meantime, the building kept mopping up the to Nazarene Headquarters as tionship in the Department church is meeting in its old water throughout the night. a special assistant to the of Home Missions, I believe sanctuary. “As far as I know, our director of Home Missions he brings to this position Spear said every family in churches and people escaped in urban/ethnic ministries. unusual skills, insight, and his church was affected by major damage,” said West. He was a pioneer leader in knowledge,” said Hurn. the storm, but he estimates “God protected us in a the deployment of college “Los Angeles District pre­ 30 percent suffered heavy beautiful way,” said Rev. students in urban projects in sents one of the greatest losses. The Princeton Chambers, who was in good the United States as a coun­ challenges in America Church is the largest on the spirits, despite what his com­ terpart to the World Mission today. Brother Bowman Southern Florida District, munity had suffered. He said ambassador program. Since will bring to the assignment with an average Sunday he has been amazed by the May 1990, he has been on administrative skills as well morning attendance of about efforts that are being made to the staff of Nazarene Bible as a deep passion for the lost 450. The church’s properties help by neighbors and fellow College as a professor of that should find us fulfilling are valued at more than $3 Nazarenes. “I am proud to biblical studies and church the Great Commission in an million. be part of a church that cares growth. even greater manner in the Southern Florida District for one another.” A graduate of Nyack Mis­ days to come.” Superintendent Robert H. Tom Nees toured the sionary College, Bowman Bowm an replaces Paul Spear said in terms of dollar South Florida area with Dis­ did advanced graduate stud­ Benefiel who retired in May.

42 Herald of Holiness Signs of the Times: Vacancy

othing frustrates a weary miliar with the words of Jesus in traveler like a “No Va­ the King James Version of John cancy” sign. W hen Joseph 14:2—“In my Father’s house are love, and hell is furious hatred, Nand Mary reached Bethlehem, many mansions.” “Mansions” is symbolized in Scripture as “gnash­ “there was no place for them in the misleading. The Greek word means ing of teeth.” God is life, and hell is inn.” Consequently, Jesus was born “abiding places,” and is better ren­ “the second death.” in an animal shelter. dered as “rooms.” Some commen­ Hell is crowded, but not crowded God always puts out a “Vacan­ tators have likened heaven to the out. It is populated by the multi­ cy” sign. With Him, there is always temple with its many chambers, or tudes who “forget God.” A descrip­ room for one more. He is like a the king’s palace with its many tion of those who abide in hell is shepherd, restless and unsatisfied apartments— a single building con­ furnished in the closing chapter of when even 1 sheep is lost and un­ taining a multitude of rooms. In the Bible. Hell sounds like a place sheltered, though 99 are safe in the any case, there will be room for the where no one would care to visit, fold. people of God from all nations and much less to live. Foolish men who In one of His parables, Jesus lik­ ages to dwell together as one great boast, “I will have lots of company ened the gospel to a banquet invi­ happy family. in hell,” will find that company no tation. Some on the guest list made Isaac Crooks, an eminent Meth­ solace, only a means of increasing foolish excuses and refused to at­ odist preacher, was once comment­ their torment. tend. The host insisted that his ser­ ing on the size of the New Jerusa­ No one is coerced into hell or vants scour the streets and lanes lem, described by John and bring in the poor, blind, and as 1,500 miles long, crippled. When they had done so, wide, and high. He said, they reported, “still there is room.” “What then means this They were sent next to the “high­ unthinkable vastness, but N o one is coerced into hell ways and hedges” to invite others. a hope for countless or heaven. God forever Nothing but a full house would myriads of immortal content the banquet-giver. souls saved from sin.” respects the freedom o f The father didn’t rent out or The vastness of heaven close up the prodigal son’s room. advertises the vastness of choice bestowed upon His He kept it ready for the lad’s re­ divine hospitality. There human creatures. turn. The room in the father’s is room in heaven for ev­ house was a symbol of the room in ery redeemed person. the father’s heart. God opens His The parable of the arms of forgiveness and peace to banquet, however, contains a sober­ heaven. Each person makes a sinners who repent and return to ing and negative note. Those who choice, and God forever respects Him. “Whosoever will may come!” excused themselves from coming the freedom bestowed upon His Carlos P. Romulo, discussing ra­ angered the host. Speaking of human creatures. cial hatreds fostered by colonial­ them, in the awful words that close Calvary is G od’s “Vacancy” sign, ism, told of signs in Shanghai’s the parable, he said, “I tell you, the assurance that He loves and parks that read, “Dogs and Chinese none of those men who were in­ welcomes each of us to His saving not allowed here.” God’s heart has vited shall taste my banquet.” fellowship. To the end of history never carried such ugly signs. He It is sadly true that hell, like there will be room in the heart of “desires all men to be saved.” W ho­ heaven, carries a “Vacancy” sign. God for all who wish to be part of ever the sinner, whatever his sins, Groundless hostility to God will His redeemed and adopted family. God loves and welcomes him. exclude one from His fellowship, W. E. M cCum ber is a preacher, Heaven, like the heart of God, and that is hell. G od is light, and teacher, author, and former editor of carries a “Vacancy” sign. We are fa­ hell is “outer darkness.” God is the Herald of Holiness. ^

October 1992 43 HEART TO HEART Nazarene Physician Leads Massive Airlift for Russian People

BY TOM FELDER

A s the huge transport plane lifted remodel a YWCA. Two years later, tions World Vision and City of / \ off the runway at a small the group sponsored a trip to St. Hope. Their goal was to assess the A jL Johnson County, Kans., air­ Croix where they rebuilt two mar­ situation and to make preparations port, hearts also soared. A group of kets destroyed by Hurricane Hugo. for some type of project in that dedicated men and women had “We thought it would be meaning­ region. worked for more than a year for this ful for Christians of other faiths to “We toured hospitals and clinics moment. They had planned, negoti­ be a part of this type of project,” and noticed that they were running ated, inventoried, stocked, and out of medicines,” Morsch worked to gather 90 tons of said. “Economically, things medical supplies and infant were falling apart. Of course, food for the people of Russia. we had no idea that a few Led by Nazarene physician months later the Communist Gary Morsch, the Olathe, government would fall.” Kans., Rotary Club accepted The assessment group the challenge of organizing returned from the Soviet the massive airlift. Morsch Union with an even greater was inspired by images he had burden for the people there. seen during previous trips to But, this project would need to the former Soviet Union. As a be more than relief for victims physician, he was appalled at of Chernobyl. They wanted to the condition of hospitals and provide something the people pharmacies in that nation. He needed immediately— medi­ decided to do something cines, syringes, and baby for­ about it. The result was the mula. largest airlift of its type in "We knew this project U.S. history. would be something that Helping others is nothing would go far beyond just one new to Morsch and other small community or club," Nazarenes in the Olathe Morsch said. "It would take Rotary Club. They are a part involvement on a massive of a denomination that scale.” believes in action through And it was a massive proj­ such programs as Nazarene ect. According to Morsch, Compassionate Ministries, thousands of persons were Work and Witness, Youth In involved in the planning, Mission, and Nazarenes In coordinating, and gathering of A four-year-old patient holds a piece of gum given to her by a 90 tons of medicines and for­ Volunteer Service. Their hope member of the Heart to Heart delegation as her mother holds was that they could bring that her. The young girl has a congenital heart condition and is mula. In addition to individu­ kind of vision to a little com ­ awaiting surgery in Moscow. (Photo: Bruce Buchanan/0/aMe Daily Afeirs) als, the group received help munity club. from grocery chains, radio sta­ When Morsch joined the tions, schools, pharmaceutical Olathe Rotary Club several years Morsch said. “In addition, we were companies, and groups from across ago, he and other Nazarene mem­ able to work with Nazarenes in both the Kansas City metropolitan area. bers such as Ray Mattix, builder; areas in impacting their communi­ Marion Merrell Dow Foundation, a and Jim Kerr, pharmacist, had a ty-” Kansas City-based company, donat­ dream of their club getting involved In May 1991, Morsch traveled to ed 55,000 pounds of medicines. The in some type of “work and witness” the Chernobyl area in what was then foundation’s president, John Dead- project. Their dream turned into a the Soviet Union with a team from wyler, traveled with the group to reality in 1987 when they led a the club and representatives of the distribute the supplies. The project group from the club to Belize to compassionate ministry organiza­ also received a boost from the U.S.

44 Herald of Holiness Members of the Heart to Heart delegation who flew with the supplies on the C-5A included (I. to r.): Wendall Anschutz, anchor, KCTV; labil Garza, cameraman, KCTV; Pat Stockwell, producer, KMBC; Dick Kaspar, cameraman, KMBC; Bruce Buchanan, editor, Olathe Daily News; Lesle Frost, reporter, Olathe Daily News; Mike Walters, anchor, KMBC; Darcie Blake, KUDL radio; Jeff Roberts, KUDL radio; Chris Ostran­ der, KUDL radio; John Deadwyler, president, Marion Merrell Dow Foundation; and Gary Morsch. They were joined in Moscow by other team members Barbie Moore, Ray Mattix, Jim Kerr, and Dean Flemming. (Photo: Jim Kerr) government. The State Department Roy and Carolyn Campbell, the first time a U.S. military plane agreed to provide the military’s Nazarene laypersons working with had landed in that area. But, instead largest aircraft— the C-5A cargo the Nazarenes In Volunteer Service of bringing bombs, this plane was plane— and to underwrite the program in Russia. Some went to bringing help. $500,000 it would cost to fly the Kiev through the Welchlys. Still Despite meticulous planning on shipment to Russia. Since only 76 more went to Volgograd where the the part of Ray Mattix, logistics co­ tons would fit on the plane, the State Church of the Nazarene is consider­ ordinator, the group ran into some Department shipped the rest by sea. ing starting a church. problems when they landed. The Another key player in the airlift After three days of traveling, the equipment that was to help unload was the Church of the Nazarene. giant U.S. plane landed in the heart the plane had broken. They would From the beginning, Morsch wanted of Russia. Morsch recalls vividly his either have to wait for repairs or to tie the project in with what the feelings as the plane landed in what unload it by hand. They decided denomination was trying to do in the had been his country’s greatest they could not wait. Morsch and former Soviet Union. The first enemy for most of his life. This was members of the Rotary Club began Nazarene missionaries, Jim and to unload the 76 tons of medicines a Donna Welchly, had been sent to box at a time. They were joined by Russia and were in the early stages American servicemen, Russian sol­ of establishing a work in that nation. diers, and local citizens. Morsch “Early on in this project I spoke watched in wonder as former ene­ with Steve Weber (Nazarene Com­ mies worked side by side to unload passionate Ministries international the cargo and transport it to area coordinator) about channeling some hospitals. Many traveled hundreds of the supplies through Nazarenes in of miles to rural hospitals to help Russia,” Morsch said. “Fortunately, deliver the medicines. because we had an infrastructure Morsch traveled with a load of already in place there, we were able supplies destined for Kiev. These to do that. Otherwise, we would were distributed through the have had to go through other Welchlys and a physician in that groups.” area who is associated with the Gary Morsch (center) meets with two Rus­ Approximately one-third of the sian doctors at the Bobrov Hospital. church. Dr. Alexander Pristupyuk, supplies were distributed through (Photo: Jim Kerr) chief endocrinologist in the local

October 1992 45 hospital, was responsible Russian soldiers joined their for providing medication American counterparts and to the diabetics in that members of the Heart to Heart delegation in unloading 76 tons area. He told Morsch that, of m ed icin es from the C5A when the medicines from cargo plane. Most of the sup­ the airlift arrived, they plies were unloaded by hand were down to a one-day because of equipment break­ downs. (Photo: Jim Kerr) supply of syringes. The Heart to Heart airlift pro­ vided enough syringes to second airlift. last six months. Morsch has also cut his Before returning to the private medical practice U.S., Morsch joined back to three days a week Franklin Cook, Eurasia so that he can devote more regional director; Her­ time to the Center for Lay mann Geschwandtner, M inistry, a project he has Eastern European Ministries coordi­ Morsch has decided to use the airlift established with the Church of the nator; and Ron Lush, pastor of as an impetus for even greater Nazarene. The center, located in Phoenix, Ariz., Biltmore Church of things. He and others in the Olathe Olathe, will work to “enlist, equip, the Nazarene, at the A.D. 2000 con­ community have established Heart and empower laypeople to find and ference in Riga, Latvia, where to Heart International, a nonprofit fulfill their mission and ministry in Morsch spoke. He also traveled to group that intends to continue with their church and in the world.” several cities where the Church of such endeavors. The group will also Morsch intends to work with lay­ the Nazarene has started or is con­ work to assist others around the persons from across the country and sidering new works. The team country who want to establish air­ around the world and help them to assessed the needs in those areas. lifts and relief efforts. The State bring their visions into reality. If “It humbles you and brings tears Department, stating that Heart to things go as planned, one such to your eyes to think that one little Heart was the most organized proj­ major project could take place in community can rally around a ect they had ever worked with, has Indianapolis prior to General dream and a vision and do some­ already offered to provide another Assembly next summer. thing incredible and unbelievable transport plane and the funding for a “My hope is that Nazarenes like this,” Morsch said. “To around the nation who are A young Russian boy recovers from surgery to correct a congenital think that we could raise mil­ members of community heart problem. The bear and balloon were given to him by comedian lions of dollars in medicines, Yakov Smirnoff, who helped the Heart to Heart delegation visit hos­ groups and clubs will see get the U.S. government to pitals. (Photo: Bruce Buchanan, Olathe Daily Atenrs) that God can use them, provide its largest plane and not just through the local half a million dollars to fly it church but also through into what used to be enemy their involvem ent in the territory is beyond belief.” community,” Morsch said. But, the dream did not end “ G o d can use them to for Morsch when the airlift mobilize resources in was over. their community and “I realize more than ever where they work. Our that no matter who you are mission doesn't have to or where you are, God can be limited to what we can use you to make a differ­ do through the offering ence,” he said. “This project plate. T he resources are impacted our community and everywhere, and God can church in a tremendous way. help us to find them. It has changed the way we “Our airlift helped feel about ourselves. Even thousands in Russia and though it was not a church saved many lives. But, 1 project, it has also changed also k n o w th at it has our local church (Olathe, helped many people in Kans., College Church) by my church and communi­ giving us a greater focus and ty. It has show n us that, helping us to become world with G o d ’s help, together Christians.” we can make a differ­ Rather than a climax, ence."

46 Herald of Holiness Herald of Holiness m arkedcopy^ October 1992 • Whole No. 3556 • Vol. 81, No. 10 Notes from an editor’s journal

EDITOR by Mark Graham, Managing Editor Wesley D. Tracy MANAGING EDITOR Mark Graham On Rabbits and Responsibility ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Judith Perry t was late Sunday afternoon. We white body was stiff. needed 20 minutes to get to I ran and grabbed a hose to spray DIRECTOR church and it was 25 minutes Bonnie down. I knew that it was too DIVISION OF Itill six. late for her mate, but maybe I could COMMUNICATIONS “Did you check the rabbits?” 1 keep her from succumbing to the Paul Skiles asked my wife. I thought that by this heat. She didn’t like the spray, but it time of the day their cage was proba­ probably kept her alive. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS bly in the sunlight—and Bonnie and I ran inside to tell Cathy that Clyde Eugene L. Stowe Clyde, our Dutch Dwarf bunnies, had died and that she should keep Jerald D. Johnson didn’t like direct sunlight. We usually Joey inside until I could bury the John A. K night would move them from under the body. Raymond W. Hurn deck to beneath the shade of the ma­ It was difficult digging that little W illiam J. Prince ple tree as the afternoon sun blazed hole. I stared at Clyde's lifeless body across our backyard. and thought, “If only Donald D. Owens But on this particu­ It’s a mixed-up world that I had taken a mo­ lar afternoon Cathy finds a man sobbing over ment to move the was in a hurry, and I pen. It wouldn't have Bible quotations in this issue: a rabbit when there are so really didn’t want to ta k e n m o re th a n a Unidentified quotations are from KJV. take the time to go many hurting neighbors, minute or two. God, I Quotations from the following trans­ family members, and lations are used by permission: around and move the wish I could have an­ friends. (NRSV) From the New Revised Stan­ pen. Being a procras­ other chance." dard Version, copyright © 1989 by the tinator from an early Then I thought. Division of Christian Education of the age, I thought to myself, “We'll only How often do I neglect those God- National Council of the Churches of be gone for a little while. They’ll be given opportunities to say a kind Christ. Published by Thomas Nelson, fine.” word, to perform a simple kindness, Inc. Cathy was hustling to get Joey and or to praise God for what He is doing (NIV) From The Holy Bible, New Inter­ his things together. Like myself, she in my life? How often do 1 neglect be­ national Version, copyright © 1973, 1978. 1984 by the International Bible felt that we should do something ing Jesus to someone else by offering Society. about the rabbits, but she didn’t have my time or my ear because “I don't (Amp.) From the Amplified Old Testa­ time either. have time right now”? It’s a mixed- ment, copyright © 1962, 1964 by Zon- “They'll be all right,” she said. “We up world that finds a man sobbing dervan Publishing House. From the need to go.” over a rabbit when there are so many Amplified New Testament, © 1958 by Church concluded shortly past hurting neighbors, family members, the Lockman Foundation. seven. We chatted with friends for a and friends. Cover Photo: Comstock few minutes before heading home. What kind of world would it be if Upon arriving. I walked around to we Christians would live each day as the backyard. Bonnie was panting, if it were our last or as if it were the Herald of Holiness (USPS 241-400) is her white muzzle glistening with last day of those we meet? I’m not published monthly by the NAZARENE sweat. I looked at Clyde. He seemed sure, but I think our priorities might PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2923 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64109. Editorial too still for the frisky little bunny be rearranged. “Things" wouldn’t offices at 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, that I had watched performing 180 count for much, but relationships MO 64131. Address all correspondence degree turns in the backyard. would. concerning subscriptions to Nazarene I lifted the rabbit pen into the May God help us to appreciate Publishing House, PO. Box 419527, shade, but it was too late. No cool­ how precious is the time we give to Kansas City. MO 64141. Copyright 1992 by Nazarene Publishing House: ness of shadows was going to refresh those around us. POSTMASTER: Please send change of Clyde. I raised the top of the hutch address to Herald of Holiness, PO. Box and reached in to pick him up. “I’m 419527, Kansas City, MO 64141. SUB­ so sorry, Clyde. I’m so sorry,” 1 SCRIPTION PRICE: $10.00 per year. Second-class postage paid in Kansas sobbed, as if it would make up for City, Mo. Litho in U.S.A. my negligence. His glazed eyes didn’t blink. His pretty black and

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