The Stavdals

I am happily subscribing the daily devotional thought by Rick Warren. This one I just have to share with you giving full credit to the author, of course....

When you get to hear someone like pastor Dick Duerksen tell stories from real life and the Bible, it calls for an entry on this blog. Here you can see a couple of pictures and listen to the children's story...

It is undeniably autumn, but this pansy violet is challenging the power of the autumn rain and chill. This lonely but charming exile of a blossomy flower we spotted this morning in one of the flower boxes on the veranda....

Today we received an overdue loan fee of 100 kr in the mail. I am fully aware of the importance of returning what I've borrowed in time. It is still an outrage that the otherwise excellent and completely free of...

The Norwegian mobile phone operator OneCall has until now attracted thousands of subscribers with their outstanding offer the past couple of years. The basic, free subscription gave you 120 minutes and 90 text messages for free pr. month even without...

I've never seen anything like this before! The beautiful Christian song "Who am I" by Casting crowns is performed to hand-mime emphasizing the message of the song which portrays God as the One worthy of praise for performing the life-changing...

Who was she? Was she really a genuine messenger from God? The YouTube user "sleanos" has uploaded a series dealing with those questions, and although this is far from new material to most Adventists, I thought it served as a...

This is by far the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen an animal do! This elephant actually can paint his own portrait. Holding a paint brush with his trunk, he gently and carefully applies the paint to the canvass. At...

I came across this YouTube video of a modern day monologue version of what the Woman at the well said to Jesus. Absolutely brilliantly conveyed, sure captured my attention and was impressed by the way the message came across. In...

Ever since I married a Finnish lady back in -92, I've been challenged weekly on the much overrated Norwegian tradition of bringing packed lunch to school. When I ask Finnish teachers working in Norway what they think is the most...

Until a couple of years ago, I was ignorantly entangled in an apparant dependency upon expensive software such as MS Office. Also at the school where I work, Ekrehagen skole, an investment was made a few years ago in purchasing...

Don't know about you, but I'm always ready to read or listen to someone that might elate me with words of inspiration drawn from the Bible. One good friend recommended "Catch of the day" a few months ago, and I...

Among a few social bookmarking concepts available in the Norwegian language, the newly launched glugg.no seems to have great potential. I fancy this rather than other alternatives due to the seriousity displayed. There you won't waste precious time browsing heaps...

I'm always on the look-out for good sites that present or discuss aspects of the Christian faith. In this post I've listed a few both sites in Norwegian and English that I pay a visit from time to time. If...

I am exited that The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norway on January 13 is airing a combined course and tv-series dealing with the first chapters of the book of Revelation in the Bible. According to NBI (Norwegian Bible Institute) we...

In a cutting edge 2006 report, Livestock's Long Shadow, the U.N. conclude that the meat industry generates almost 40 percent more greenhouse gases than all the cars, trucks, SUVs, ships and planes in the world put together. In addition, the...

Dozens of single socks have vanished without leaving a trace! It's a mystery! Look at all the singles in the picture. None of them have a matching sock. Where have all the socks gone? That's the question we're pondering at present. You might have encountered the same puzzling mishap.