August 2020
Beacon Feature
Matthew Cordella-Bontrager

The Urgency of Patience

Soon after I bought my first house, I awoke early on Resurrection Sunday to plant fruit trees. Although I was breaking traditional Sabbath boundaries, I was planting these trees for a special reason. God had given me a glimpse of Eden restored. The risen Jesus

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Beacon Feature
Paul (Tap) Ware

Unity Lives

As a person of color in America, I have experienced racism, unfair treatment by police officers, and prejudices from Christians. Despite growing up in a Christian home, I can remember being in grade school and the other children not playing with my brother and me

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Beacon Feature
Phil Swartzentruber

Ministry of Reconciliation

As I write this article, we are a nation in turmoil—with separation caused by the pandemic and unrest caused by the painful deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others. But the problem goes much deeper. In Genesis 3, sin entered the world

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Beacon Feature
Sharon Hazen

COVID-19!

March 2020! We found ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic caused by a virus named COVID-19. I have seen what it is capable of…I call it a “Beast!” We have dealt with contagious airborne diseases before, but never, in my 38-year career as

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