Merrimack Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church

Surviving a Job Loss
Like five million other Americans, you or someone you’re close to may be singing the pink-slip blues. But losing a job doesn’t have to be all gloom and doom. Sometimes great opportunities can arise from initially discouraging... [Read]

Best of Breed
I am a dog-lover. So recently when friends invited me to accompany them and their dogs to a dog confirmation show I jumped at the chance. We left early Sunday morning because judging the retriever class... [Read]

365 Days
At the beginning of 2009, Pastor Dave Ferguson went to a Kinko’s store with his Starbucks drink in hand. One of the employees joked, “Hey, where is mine?” Dave responded, “What do you want? I’m buying!” He noticed two... [Read]

He'll Carry You
I will always remember my first week as a single mom. My own mother had given me the money to rent an apartment and escape with my two small children from an abusive husband. [Read]

Attitudes and Success
On a recent trip to our local shopping mall my attention was arrested by the myriad of pithy sayings boldly displayed on T-shirts proclaiming adolescent attitudes and values. Some were funny; others were really pathetic. [Read]

The Skater
“Hey!” I shouted as I was shoved into the front door of my new school. "Next time, get out of the way!" growled a guy wearing skater pants and a baggy red shirt. Spying the tattoos that peeked out from under his shirtsleeves... [Read]

A Study in Love
For those young people who thought they knew everything about love, now there’s a college course about it. The Univeristy of Sioux Falls, S.D. is now offering a class entitled “Finding Dates Worth Keeping.” [Read]

Fear
I used to hear my grandmother quote this, "We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we forget the way the Lord has led us and His teaching in our past history." [Read]

Walled-In Hearts
Years ago a man purchased a remote castle in Spain. Vandals were destroying the old building, so the man hired a builder to put a protective wall around the castle. Weeks later the man checked on the builder’s progress and... [Read]

Who Are You?
There comes a time in our lives when we need to define who we are—when we need to figure out what defines us. But, wait. Who is the doing the defining? The Bible tells us in Job 9 that God can move mountains... [Read]

Amazing Grace
It all happened many years ago in the small town of Granger, Washington. And I’ll never forget it. There was a weekly event that took place during the summer months. A group of boys, myself included, would round up a wild... [Read]

Look Up, Lifted Up
Ally is eighteen months old and is loving life. Surrounded by people who are always ready to read her a new book or share a new experience with her, she is almost constantly embracing fresh experiences. [Read]

February Slump
Although February is the shortest month of the year, it mysteriously seems to be the longest. Actually, for those of us who live in cold areas, it's not mysterious at all. The truth is, by the time February comes around, winter... [Read]

Winter on the Road
You don’t have to be a meteorologist to recognize that this winter is already off to a frigid start. Sub-zero temperatures and copious amounts of blowing and drifting snow dominated weather reports all across the United... [Read]

Obesity and Cancer
If your New Year’s resolution is to lose excess weight, you’ve made a good choice. Possibly a life-saving choice. Researchers with the American Institute for Cancer Research released a report last November which states... [Read]

Are You SAD?
Depression affects about 15 to 20 million Americans a year. The colder, shorter days of winter trigger seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a state of depression that lasts for weeks. [Read]