"I feel closer to God underwater than anywhere else on Earth" I first heard this expression 35 years ago from my mother just as we completed our Open Water Diver course. When I became a scuba instructor, I heard this again and again from students who were overwhelmed by the beauty and diversity of …
Education
Profile On Stewardship: Bill and Ellie Vandervelden
Bill and Ellie Vandervelden met at a Bible study, but it was not until ten years later they went on their first date. He loved scuba diving and she loved ballroom dancing - but their love for Jesus surmounted every difference. For their first Christmas together Bill gave Ellie scuba lessons and …
Oil and Water
At the time of this writing, the largest oil spill in U.S. history is still not under control. For 56 days after British Petroleum's (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil platform was destroyed by fire, an estimated 1.7 million gallons of oil per day are pluming up from the well some 5,000 feet deep. The …