Are You Kind?
by Jim Burklo | 18 March 2024 About this time every spring, for many years, I took students down to the Arizona/Mexico border for a week. We put water jugs on the desert trails where migrants cross into the United States. And we visited with border justice activists. We always spent an […]
Aunty, should Christians speak in tongues?
18 March 2o24 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, As I understand it, our church says that “tongues” in the New Testament is the ability to have the gospel understood in a foreign language, as happened in Acts 2 on the Day of Pentecost. But when I read 1 Corinthians 14 it […]
Columbia Union Conference Searches for New Leadership
18 March 2024 | The Columbia Union Conference has initiated the process to select a new president following the announcement of Dave Weigley’s retirement, effective March 1, 2024, after nearly 18 years of leadership. The decision for Weigley’s retirement comes amid his wife’s health challenges and cancer treatment. Weigley’s retirement […]
Editorial: Prayer isn’t enough for people with serious mental illnesses
When I was young, I had a relative who struggled with deep depression. Our small Adventist community was our main point of reference for everything health-related. Some would even travel hundreds of miles to see the Adventist physicians who had a clinic in Wahpeton in the far southeastern corner of […]
The Look-Away Gospel
by Michael Nixon | 15 March 2024 | Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus … was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to […]
The Human Rights of Pinhead-Sized People
by Jim Walters | 14 March 2024 | The Supreme Court in the American state of Alabama recently made history when it ruled that human embryos have the same moral human status as do you, dear reader of this article. That’s as astounding as it is historic! The court was […]
News Briefs for March 14, 2024
14 March 2024 | Young Brazilian Adventist, Sophia Helena, Will Display Art in the Louvre Carousel “The story of Sophia Helena Moreira de Oliveira begins at the Colégio Adventista de Jacarepaguá in Brazil, when at the age of six she demonstrated artistic skills that were different from those of children […]
ATSS: Andreas Bochmann, “Is Suicide the Ultimate Sin?”
14 March 2024 | When suicide happens, people are shocked. There is disbelief, if not outright denial. While this true for almost any news of death – it is part of a natural grief reaction — in cases of suicide the reaction appears to be stronger, deeper, and far more […]
Amid Struggle and Despair, A Christian with Jewish Ancestry Finds Help for a Palestinian Muslim
13 March 2024 | Summary of a story from the Adventist Review by Marci Evans. On a bustling Sunday, January 14, Marci Evans received an unexpected call from Gaza that would underscore the profound impact of global compassion and the strength of human connection across borders. Amidst the routine activity […]
The Two Windows of Sister Bertken
Reinder Bruinsma | 13 March 2024 | I had heard the name of Sister Bertken but knew little about her. That changed when I attended a meeting of the Dutch Society for Church History, where the program was a lecture about Sister Bertken. It was a fascinating story. Sister Bertken […]
Insights from Avondale’s Study on Adventist Youth Ministry
12 March 2024 | Photo Caption from Adventist Record: “Lead author Dr Peter Williams presents a copy of Making Tomorrow’s Church Today: The Lived Experience of Youth Ministry to Dr Gilbert Cangy, a former youth director for the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church.” A recent article by Adventist Record features a […]
“Make Adventism Great Again!” Mark Johnson announces his candidacy for GC President
by Mark B. Johnson | 12 March 2024 | “I am officially running for president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and we are going to make our church great again. It can happen. Our church has tremendous potential. We have tremendous people. “And they’ll be proud, and they’ll […]
Adventist Risk Management Implements Changes After Audit in South America
11 March 2024 | Following a regular audit by General Conference Auditing Services, Adventist Risk Management, Inc. (ARM) has taken steps to address administrative irregularities found within its South American division, according to a recent press release from ANN. The audit, part of ARM’s standard procedure to ensure operational integrity, […]
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Columbia Union Conference Searches for New Leadership
18 March 2024 | The Columbia Union Conference has initiated the process to select a new president following the announcement of Dave Weigley’s retirement, effective March 1, 2024, after nearly 18 years of leadership. The decision for Weigley’s retirement comes amid his wife’s health challenges and cancer treatment. Weigley’s retirement also aims to minimize distractions […]
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Are You Kind?
by Jim Burklo | 18 March 2024 About this time every spring, for many years, I took students down to the Arizona/Mexico border for a week. We put water jugs on the desert trails where migrants cross into the United States. And we visited with border justice activists. We always spent an afternoon at the United States […]
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Aunty, should Christians speak in tongues?
18 March 2o24 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, As I understand it, our church says that “tongues” in the New Testament is the ability to have the gospel understood in a foreign language, as happened in Acts 2 on the Day of Pentecost. But when I read 1 Corinthians 14 it seems that there is also […]