At first I didn't know what I was going to do for this week's drawing, since it was "freestyle" week (and my VERY LAST assignment!). That is, until I saw the black marker drawing by Doug Stahl in this week's textbook reading (sorry, I don't think I can show it to you on here due to copyright …
Drawing Class II: Curtains
For this assignment, I was to create a value scale drawing that paid particularly close attention to value shifts and zones of shadow, middle-tone, and highlight. The objective was to learn to see and recognize the precise shapes of shadows, middle-tones, and highlights and then learn to “map” these shapes accurately within my drawings. I did a …
Old Year’s Evaluation & New Year’s Goals
The New Year is upon us! I have never done New Year's resolutions--the only thing they are effective at (in most cases) is discouraging people. However, I really resonated with THIS type of planning for the New Year. Please take time to read the full article (it isn't too long) by Jenni Marie on Kindred Grace. …
Sermon Highlights: Good News
Some time later... King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army and besieged Samaria. As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five pieces of silver. Now there were …
Sermon Highlights: Ministers of Reconciliation
**Warning: This post may include content that is convicting. Reader discretion advised.** In a way, we measure life by milestones. Getting a driver's license, graduation, earning a college degree, birthdays, anniversaries, working somewhere more than 10-15 years. Milestones and markers remind us where we are in life, and where we've come from. Personally, I mark time …
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Sermon Hightlights: Promise Made, Promise Fulfilled
And so I bring you another post highlighting the wonderful sermon from our pastor's series on the Acts of the Apostles. This week's sermon focused on Paul's sermon to both the Jews and Gentiles in Acts 13. Acts 13:13-16 provides the background and setting. John Mark had gotten upset and discouraged. He had had an easy life, which …
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Sermon Highlights: The Importance of Impatience
How many of you have ever felt like you went to church and the pastor's words went in one ear and out the other. "Oh, last week's sermon was wonderful.... Too bad I can't remember what it was...." I've done that far too often. So, I've decided to start taking notes each Sabbath so that …
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Sarah E. Brown 