Category: Articles

Comparing Myself to Others

March 27, 2015 How often do we say to ourselves when we are critical of someone:  Well, at least I don’t do THAT!?  At least I’m not an adulterer.  At least I’m not a liar.  At least I’m not a murderer.  At least I’m not a crooked politician.   The list could go on and […]

Spontaneous Generation and Evolution

February 18, 2015 Encyclopedia Britannica: “Spontaneous Generation, the hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from nonliving matter; also, the archaic theory that utilized this process to explain the origin of life. According to this theory, pieces of cheese and bread wrapped in rags and left in a dark corner, for example, were thus thought to produce […]

Member Interview: Meet Kathy

We would like to introduce you to Kathy, one of our photographers, bloggers, and nature watcher. Interviewer: Kathy, tell us a little about yourself. Kathy: I have five children and seven grandchildren. I work for Walmart Corporate and I am the wife of Greg Sanny. Interviewer: What do you think is the most important lesson […]

Member Interview: Meet Kelly

We would like to introduce you to our webmaster and media technician for the UCG-NWA website, Kelly. Interviewer: Kelly, please tell me about your background. Kelly: I am married and have two children. I am a horticulturalist; I raise flower bulbs and sell them on the internet. I received my AA degree in Theology in […]

Grace and Losing Weight

September 27, 2014 I was in a failing battle to lose weight for many years. I’d take one step forward and ten steps backward. I just couldn’t figure out how to lose weight and keep it off. I’d start a weight loss program and then overeat and give up for days or weeks or months […]

The Ice Bucket Challenge

September 5, 2014 Who on this planet has not heard or seen the in-your-face ice bucket challenges to raise money for ALS? I know my friends, cousins, and co-workers from almost every state in the United States, along with many celebrities’, have been caught up in bringing this most debilitating disease to light. I have […]

Why I Keep the Saturday Sabbath

August 27, 2014 Why would anyone keep the Saturday Sabbath in the year 2014 and in Northwest Arkansas even? Isn’t it an archaic law that was done away with? These are the reasons why I keep the Sabbath holy and attend Sabbath services every week in Cave Springs, Arkansas: 1. Because it was instituted at […]

Thoughts On, “Iron Sharpens Iron”

August 12, 2014 Proverbs:27:17 reads, “As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” Many quote this scripture to say you are using abrasion to smooth off each other’s rough edges. A deeper look shows that may not be what the Proverb is saying. We tend to see this scripture in […]

Only Christ Saves!

June 11, 2014 If penance can save you, Christ died for nothing. If our works can save us, Christ died for nothing. We’ve already earned the death penalty; our obedience can’t save us… so what should our response be to having our sins taken away by Christ’s death? Should it be to just casually accept that […]