Cover Photo Credit: Jim Whitmer FEATURES 4 Holiness and Discipleship, J. Ray Shadowens 8 Parent-Child Communication: 7 Ways to Close the Gap, Debra Fulghum Bruce 10 Who Needs Missionaries?, Chéri WALTERS 20 To Die For, Victor M. Parachin 22 Blessed Are the Merciful, Janette Oke 26 An Appetite for Righteousness, Joe Seaborn 33 My Snow Prayer, Maxine Dowd Jensen 36 Twenty Years with Cancer, Stephen M. Miller CONTINUING COLUMNS 1 General Superintendent’s Viewpoint, William J. Prince 2 Masculine Journey, Victor Schreffler 18 The Family Album, Jerry and Lynda Cohagan 32 Words of Faith, Rob L. Staples 33 In a Woman’s Voice, Marlo M. Schalesky 44 Creative Brooding, Dean Nelson 47 Into the Word, Roger L. Hahn DEPARTMENTS 6 The Readers Write 7 Edito...