Compass Check: Winter 2020

This issue of Compass Check is focused on practical advice and wisdom learned from personal experience.

In the article, “Losing Control,” our editor shares some of his personal experiences as a young driver and what they taught him not only about driving a car, but about how to handle life. Then there’s the upcoming winter holidays, that bring up the inevitable question, “Why don’t you keep Christmas?” You’ll find an article where another of our staff shares the first time he had to answer that question, along with some helpful advice of how you can.

For the football fans among us, there’s an article about Seattle Seahawks quarterback, Russel Wilson, answered his father’s challenge of “Why Not You?” In it, you’ll learn how he answered that challenge and overcame his relatively small size and other odds to be one of the premier players in the NFL. That article, along with “How Do I Truly Know If God Is Calling Me?” might help answer the question that I know many of you have wondered, help navigate your journey as a young Christian, and answer life’s ultimate call.

As always, email compasscheck@ucg.org with any questions or suggestions! 

Table of Contents

a Santa and Easter bunny cartoon cut out
6 minutes
What should we say when questioned about these subjects? We don’t want to lose friends. And we for sure don’t want to look like a religious weirdo!
Dan Preston's wrecked car
3 minutes
Now that the Feast is over and you’re back home, what’s next?
Silhouette of a person with a telescope against a gorgeous starry sky
4 minutes
Have you ever wondered about what’s up there? We all learn about the solar system in school: the eight planets, the moon, and maybe Pluto, but you...
Distracted Driving
2 minutes
It becomes easy to think that distractions aren’t a big deal. But it only takes a split second for all that to change.
Football player on field at sunset
7 minutes
Three important principles that have carried NFL quarterback Russell Wilson's life on track can be applied to our spiritual life.
Tire tracks swerving on the page
9 minutes
We all make mistakes, but when we make spiritual mistakes, how can we recover and avoid them in the future?
A lion partially bathed in ominous red light
6 minutes
The apostle Peter warned Christians to “be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may...