Author: Victoria Mills

Throughout my time as the religion editor for this pretty amazing little newspaper, I have seen several themes emerge in my writing. I can’t stop writing about books and music and the beauty of Jesus and His love. So even though I’ve written about it before, I’m going to revisit the theme of music once …

The first books I read by C.S. Lewis were those in “The Chronicles of Narnia” series. I had known about them for a while, and then one day I found the whole collection in one volume in one of my family’s many bookshelves. I dove headfirst into the world of C.S. Lewis’ writings.  A couple …

When I was 7 years old, my dad went into active duty as a Navy chaplain, and his first duty station was Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan. Iwakuni lies on the coast of Hiroshima Bay, about an hour and 45 minutes from the city of Hiroshima. Compared to the rest of Japan, Iwakuni …

On Spring break, during my Monday morning worship, I came across something really amazing in a book I am reading called “God in Pain” by David Asscherick.  It was quiet, and my sister and my grandpa and I were sitting in my grandparents’ living room, and this concept just jumped out at me and totally …

Annie Rebekah Smith was born on March 16, 1828, in New Hampshire. She died from tuberculosis on July 26, 1855. She was 27 years old, just a few years older than many of us are at Southern.  Since it’s Women’s History Month, I decided to write about Smith, who I believe exemplified what it means …

“After much thought and continued persuasion, I have attempted to write a brief story touching upon a few high points in my experience as they appeal to me. … I am now sending this story forth with a prayer that those who read it may be drawn a little nearer to the Lord because of …

I was desperate. When I was a freshman here at Southern, I wanted so badly to go to my first-ever academy alumni reunion, but it was looking less and less like I would be able to. I didn’t have a car. My roommate did, but it had a manual transmission. And, despite my parents wanting …

I love words. I always have. Maybe it’s because I grew up with parents who are avid readers and who read to my sister and me even before we were born. Every night before bed, our dad would read us a bedtime story and our mom would read us a Bible story. I grew to …

In the morning when I have my devotions, I always make my way through a pile of books. I read in the Bible a little, maybe read a paragraph from Ellen White, a page from a daily devotional and finish off with another book.  Sometimes I journal about what I’ve read; sometimes I don’t. It’s …

You know when you’re at Vespers, singing along (or humming, depending on the COVID-19 policy at the time) with the energetic in-sync praise team, and then you zone out and can’t remember the words to the song you just sang? That happens to me a lot. I love music and singing, yet many times I …