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Why should we move out to the country in the first place?
People need a goal, a reason and an understanding of why we do something. I say “people,” but maybe I really just mean me. When I was...

Sarah Dehelt
Sep 1411 min read


Religion and business are NOT two separate things - business as a ministry
It can come as a surprise to many that religion and business are not two separate things—they are one: “Religion and business are not...

Rob Bertholf
Aug 147 min read


A.I., Mental Health & Country Living
There has never been a time more surreal and anticipatory than now in 2025. The signs of the times indicate to us that the days in which...

Yafet Tegene
Jul 149 min read


Designing Your Garden
“The Great Teacher came from heaven to plant in this world trees of light. He calls on nature to reflect to human minds the light that...

Rebekka Hart
Jun 158 min read


The Hidden Dangers of Country Life
I am writing this article from my country house in the beautiful countryside of Germany. Everywhere I look, an idyllic view delights my...

Geanina Lungu
May 159 min read


“My beautiful country house with black mold stains’’
You know those black spots around the window that you have cleaned so many times? But no matter how many times you spray them with...

Yoeri and Lisa Haak
Apr 166 min read


Can God Still Be Trusted?
I just recently finished re-listening to George Müller’s autobiography. What an amazing testimony from this German man of God! His stated...

John Dysinger
Feb 143 min read


Lessons from the Creation Model for Agriculture
I was quite shocked when the president of Weimar Institute called and offered me the job of managing Weimar Farm. Although a keen...

Darren Greenfield
Jan 154 min read


Learning About Mulching—What I Would Not Do Again
“If the land is cultivated, it will, with the blessing of God, supply our necessities. We are not to be discouraged about temporal things...

Christina Brandtner
Dec 15, 20247 min read


“The black Gold of the Garden”
“Families and institutions should learn to do more in the cultivation and improvement of land. If people only knew the value of the...

Rebekka Hart
Nov 15, 202410 min read


Natural Nutrition in the Soil: Building Fertile Grounds for Plant and Soil Biology
Introduction Soil is often considered the lifeblood of agriculture, playing a crucial role in plant growth and the global nutrient cycle....

Rastislav Lagana
Oct 13, 20246 min read


Farmers in Training - A Personal Experience
Summer vacation 2023: Taking some rest from the work of the last months, I was sitting in a camping chair, looking out over the lavender...

Timo Hoffmann
Sep 14, 20246 min read


Embracing the beautiful calling of Country Living (Our Story)
Dear Reader, We are Benvindo and Arethea da Luz and we'd like to share our story with you, hoping it might inspire and guide those...

Benvindo and Arethea da Luz
Aug 14, 20248 min read


Agriculture and Sickness
Why am I sick all the time? I am an adventist physician, I am eating very healthy, I am vegan, I am not overeating, I have a fine BMI...

Bianca Bugoiu
Jul 14, 20248 min read


A Way to Start Gardening
When I was a child, my family lived on a farm. It was not our farm and we did not work there. We just lived there. So, it was normal that...

Hendrik Wewerke
Jun 14, 20247 min read


Practical preparation for the approaching (little) time of trouble
“God requires the training of the mental faculties. He designs that His servants shall possess more intelligence and clearer discernment...

Frank Thierauf
May 14, 20249 min read


Horticulture at the Elia Mission School
As Elia Mission School we have been training medical missionaries since March 2022. A medical missionary follows the example of Jesus...

Ingo Stöcker
Apr 14, 20247 min read


A call for Country Living and Missional Business
We read clearly that it is not God’s purpose that we live in cities: However, in our journey towards a life as God has instructed, many...

Rob Bertholf
Mar 14, 20245 min read


Reflections and questions about agriculture
In Deuteronomy 28:13 we read: "And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not...

Werner Rusch
Feb 15, 20243 min read


The History & Purpose of our Health Message
GOD Himself led our church through the Testimony of JESUS… which is the Spirit of Prophecy. GOD’s guidance for His remnant people, His...

Tom Brandtner
Jan 14, 20247 min read
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