We must equip one another by sharing our indi­vidual stories of how God is constantly working to build His church. A true story. One that needs to be happening all over Christ's Church.

By Dr. Thomas Whiteman. When most people think about divorce, they usually conjure up images of the embittered parents, the emotionally torn children, or maybe even the crafty legal posturing of the lawyers. Yet there is another drama that unfolds that we typically hear very little about. It is the plight of the par­ents of the divorcing couple.

Prayerfully, we determined to: continue giving 10 percent of our gross income as the tithe; begin giv­ing an additional one percent as an offering; and by God's grace, increase our offerings by one percent each year.

By Walter Wood, Jr. There seems to be some­thing perverted about scheduling one's life so efficiently and rigorously that one is too busy for think-time and unhurried people-time. There is nothing unproductive about those pursuits. In fact, they may even be biblical pursuits. This is the purpose of sabbatical.

Will the family survive? Will the Church survive? Christian traditionalists and boomers alike must understand how crucial it is to reach the busters with the biblical message of hope in Christ.

By Charles W. Anderson. Dad Chisholm was in a class by himself. An excellent manager and a superb surgeon, he was honored by being named to both the international College of Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons. His main interest, however, was evange­lism. Mom Chisholm was a missionary in her own right. Her first concern, of course, was the spiritual welfare of her children.

By Howard Eyrich. A necessary component in understanding aging is the demythologization of our cultural folklore about "old people." Demythologization is a fancy way of saying that is important to investigate current assumptions about aging in our society and compare them with the facts. Furthermore, it means that our individual and collective behavior must be adjusted to the facts.

By Matsu Crawford. The process of growing old has been going on since the first living thing appeared on Planet Earth. We should look upon it as a natural, inevitable process.

By Lee Taylor. It never fails! Just at the moment when the world adopts something from the church arena, we back away from it! Today we back away from the word "laity."

By Lee Taylor. Godly men and women are complex resources. They are definitely underutilized! But we must be careful with that term or we quickly buy into the prevailing world view.