Gabriela Garver |
December 14, 2018 |
Blog Collegate & Student Education & Clergy Development
Michaela Wickham was in her second year at Southern Wesleyan University (SWU) when she had to miss the division of religion’s annual weekend retreat. The reason was poignant: her parents were getting divorced. Wickham went home to Columbia, South Carolina, to be with...
Ed Rotz |
October 31, 2018 |
Blog Featured Blog
I’m beginning to wonder if I have adult onset of ADD — attention deficit disorder. My vulnerability to distraction seems to increase substantially. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been working on the laptop and need to find a document or double check an...
Rebecca Nicol |
October 25, 2017 |
Colleges News
Each year, Kingswood University sends out a group of students from their Evangelism and Compassion program, who minister in the nitty-gritty places of New York City. God often uses them in mighty ways to reach people for him. Nathan Trouten, B.A. in Ministry (Pastoral...
Tricia Rife |
October 24, 2017 |
News
When violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 during a clash between white supremacists and counter-protestors at the “Unite the Right” rally, Cornerstone Community Church (CCC) took action. While church leaders and congregants began engaging in...
Jimmy Tomlin |
September 9, 2017 |
News
Here is an article written by Jimmy Tomlin of the HP Enterprise on Pastor Jonathan and his trip to Puerto Rico during Hurricane Irma. When Hurricane Irma makes her presence known in High Point this week, one local man will be seeing the storm for the second time....
Becca Coffin |
August 22, 2017 |
Every Tuesday 2 pm 15-30 min Multiethnic Prayer Call Join us for a multiethnic prayer call every Tuesday! Our prayer focus will be… Unity Racial Reconciliation Join Us!...
Santes Beatty |
August 16, 2017 |
News
… if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land (2 Chronicles 7:14, NIV). On Monday, August 14, just two days...
Dave Higle |
July 16, 2017 |
Blog
“Speed and efficiency” is a tagline that could easily be applied to North American culture. The faster, quicker, and more productive the better. However, certain things in life are better done slowly. Soul care is one. While God can change our hearts in an...
Jeff Eckart |
June 9, 2017 |
News WesLife News
As the National Observance of the National Day of Prayer ended, a gentle rain fell on the city of Washington D.C. My wife, Arianna, and I exited this sacred assembly and we walked through the gentle mist, which became a downpour the next morning. Could this rain be a...
Global Partners missionary* in India |
April 3, 2017 |
News
It was a busy afternoon at our house—three families were visiting from another town. The afternoon cooking had just been finished. All the kids were outside playing. All the adults sat down to visit before having lunch. This is when we heard a call from outside for...
Kerry Kind |
March 22, 2017 |
News
A large number of students gathered on March 15 to pray for a totally new type of living community that is being constructed at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, S.C.. The students and other community members hoped to anchor the new residence spiritually,...
Kimberly Gladden |
February 2, 2017 |
Blog
I was given directions to go from my office to a location some miles away. The directions were thorough, but led through winding back roads. Being directionally challenged, I got lost. There was nothing wrong with the directions, but I needed a more direct route (read...
Kerry Kind |
January 20, 2017 |
News
On this inauguration day, even in the midst of glaring political divisions, we are united by belief in our Constitution and in the freedoms which our system of government provides. Even more importantly, we who humbly acknowledge Jesus Christ believe that God is the...
Wesleyan Information Network |
October 28, 2016 |
Blog
With my “Tarzan” Fotizo language, I told my language teacher, “Ask him. Ask God to reveal himself to you. He can even reveal himself to your husband and son. He is a big God!” We wrap gifts before giving them in order to build anticipation. We...
Tammy Darling |
October 16, 2016 |
Blog
After a season of loneliness, God showed me how I prolonged the loneliness by dwelling on it and then He gave me some insight into loneliness that I had never considered before. I realized that God uses these times of loneliness to draw me closer to Him. And I’m...
Wayne Schmidt |
September 30, 2016 |
Blog
The church I grew up in didn’t just meet on Sunday mornings. They met on Sunday nights. It seemed like every day there was something going on at the church building. They met every night at times too, for fall “revival services” for more than a week,...
Olivia Eckart |
July 26, 2016 |
Blog
A generation that gets it. July 16, 2016, was a historic date for America. It is a historic date for our generation. A historic date for the Church. In Washington, D.C., there was a gathering of hundreds of thousands of young people who desire to see change in our...
Wayne Schmidt, General Superintendent |
June 16, 2016 |
News
Lord, we are shocked and heart-broken over this senseless tragedy in Orlando, Florida. Our hearts ache over the mind-boggling scale of this loss, the largest mass shooting in our nation’s history. We cannot believe this even happened in a place so many of us...
Nancy Sleeth |
May 26, 2016 |
Blog
It was like a scene out of a movie: Last Saturday, I was washing my hands in the ladies’ room when I overheard a woman exclaim to a gaggle of her friends, “Oh my, that doctor speaker! Usually I hate sitting through graduation ceremonies, but . . .”...
Kerry Kind |
May 13, 2016 |
News
This spring, Wesleyan Life magazine had a touching article about “The Forgotten of Bangladesh.” It was not lost on a little boy at LaOtto Wesleyan Church where Aaron Lee (and wife, Jennifer) pastor. They gave permission to show this picture of their son,...
Rev. Mark O. Wilson |
March 16, 2016 |
News
I received word recently that the great missionary saint, Dr. Wesley Duewel, passed away March 5, 2016, at the age of 99. His devotional classic, Ablaze for God, is one of my favorites. I have read and re-read it many times, and it has been a tremendous source of...
Ken Schenck |
January 19, 2016 |
Blog
Paul suggests that we do not know how to pray as we should (Rom. 8:26). The Holy Spirit has to intervene for us with groanings that words cannot express. I’m sure you have sometimes felt this way. There was a recent incident where a person was on life support,...
Ken Schenck |
January 19, 2016 |
Blog
Pablo sugiere que no sabemos cómo orar (o pedir como conviene Romans 8:26). El Espíritu Santo santo tiene que interceder por nosotros con palabras que no podemos expresar (gemidos indecibles). Estoy seguro que alguna vez te has sentido así. He aquí un reciente...
Tricia Rife and Kerry Kind |
January 8, 2016 |
News
On the mystery of prayer: is the purpose of prayer as simple as talking to God because he wants to hear from us? In the winter issue of Wesleyan Life, Cheryl Mansell shares a touching story of how she prays in her everyday life, learning this from her father as she...
