by Robert Brown | Dec 10, 2017 | Challenging Times, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley December 2, 2017 Nowadays we go to church, dressed up nicely. If anyone doesn’t like our church, they might give us a look. How different that is from the early days. The week that I joined the church, my spiritual father was kidnapped by...
by Robert Brown | Nov 26, 2017 | Blessing, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley November 25, 2017 When we were in our separation period (remember those?) I was lecturing in Washington, DC and she was touring Russian students around the States. We would see each other every three months or so, which was normal for that time. So...
by Robert Brown | Nov 19, 2017 | Church Businesses, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley November 19, 2017 Theme: “Fallen world normal” and “Moonie normal” We were determined not to do anything to the ‘fallen world standard’. So our normal was not everyone else’s normal. When I first did a mall booth at Christmas for...
by Robert Brown | Nov 11, 2017 | Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley November 11, 2017 (Veteran’s Day) This Veteran’s Day, many countries take time to honor those who fought in WWI and WWII. Let us do that, and as we do let’s take time to honor those who fought in WWIII, the silent spiritual battle that...
by Robert Brown | Nov 1, 2017 | Blessing, Children, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley October 27, 2017 Some dreams don’t come true, some nightmares get worked out and never return. This is a story of how that worked in our blessing. Part I When our first child was born, it was a big moment. I had dreamed of it, prayed for it and it...
by Robert Brown | Oct 24, 2017 | Challenging Times, Sam's Weekly Thought, Spiritual Experiences
by Sam Harley October 20, 2017 In the early 90s, when I was state leader of South Carolina, I got a phone call from a church sister. She told me about her younger sister Rebecca, who had joined the church, struggled a lot and left. Since then she had been married and...
