by Cheryl Temple | Feb 21, 2024 | Stark Articles
You feel God stirring your spirit to pursue theological training for ministry service. However, glancing at seminary costs leaves you discouraged and full of self-doubt. How can you possibly afford it while providing for yourself and your family on a minister’s...
by Cheryl Temple | Jan 29, 2024 | Stark Articles
Developing a Critical Mind and a Gentle Spirit As a seminary, Stark’s goal is to equip students not just with biblical knowledge, but with biblical wisdom. We want to teach students how to communicate and apply biblical truths in their lives. Since I’ve never...
by Cheryl Temple | Dec 22, 2023 | Stark Articles, Uncategorized
The Importance of Remembering What does your family do to preserve memories? Photo albums? Videos? Oral histories? This Thanksgiving, I started a recorded history with my 93 year old father. I asked him open-ended questions about different periods in his life,...
by Cheryl Temple | Dec 20, 2023 | Stark Articles
We adorn our homes with greenery during Advent as a symbol of joy amid winter’s barrenness. But true, lasting joy may elude us when life loses its luster. Hardship can shrivel our joy like frosted grass. Abraham knew sorrow before Isaac was born in his old age....
by Cheryl Temple | Dec 11, 2023 | Stark Articles
More Than ‘Not Terrible’ When I cook a new dish and ask my wife how it turned out, there are three words I never want to hear: “It’s not terrible.” That’s hardly a ringing endorsement! Yet when it comes to peace in life, we often...
by Cheryl Temple | Nov 29, 2023 | Stark Articles
The world we live in pulses with a rhythmic hope, the belief that tomorrow can be better than yesterday and today. We see evidence all around that things are changing – new technologies arise, medical discoveries provide cures, even improved recipes yield better...
