I've always been a talkative guy.  I guess it’s safe to say I’m an extrovert.  It's been reported that extroverts speak an average of 8,000 words per day.  Introverts:  4,000 words.  The guy sitting next to you on the plane:  1 million words.  Yeah, I've been that guy on the plane more often that I'd like to admit.  Maybe that's why I talk for a living now!

Growing up, the older I became the more I realized my words, however, were not quite as potent as I would have initially imagined them to be.  Are the things I have to say that meaningful, that important and that impactful to those listening?  In college I began talking less and reading more.  In particular I began to read the Words of Scripture.  Those were words that actually made an impact.  Finally, I found words that had power and proved to be profoundly meaningful to me.  These were the words that I began to have faith in, the words that would lead me to a life that would have much greater meaning and impact in this world.

I am a Seventh-day Adventist today because I believe this movement to be following God's Words in the Bible more closely than any other avenue of faith I have explored.  This church places preeminence upon God's Word above any person's word.  This church embodies what I slowly came to recognize in my own experience - God's Word is greater than all.

May God bless us as we continue to learn from, grow in, and share more His wonderful word.  Oh, and if you see me sitting next to your seat on your next plane trip, say a prayer for patience and buy some headphones!

-Pastor Michael Brackett