The Death of a Pope
by Davide Romano | 13 May 2025 | On Monday, April 21, at 7:35 a.m. Pope Francis’s death was announced. The news, as always when a pope dies, shook many people. And, as expected, it immediately set off the formidable media apparatus in Italy and the whole world. This significant […]
Faith and Navajo Culture Are Celebrated Through a New Radio Station
12 May 2025 | “On March 19, at precisely 4:24 p.m., the airwaves above Kaibeto, Arizona, United States, came alive with a message of hope. Diné Adventist Radio’s (DAR) first full-power FM station—KDHH 89.5 FM—went live, reaching listeners across Tuba City, Kaibeto, and the Western Agency of the Navajo Nation. […]
Members of the Dorcas Society Honored by Zambia’s President
12 May 2025 | On May 7, the president of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, opened a Seventh-day Adventist Dorcas rally attended by nearly 30,000 Dorcas Mothers. Hosted in Rusangu, Monze District, the event was an open display of support for the women who led the ministry, carrying out the legacy of Tabitha, […]
Comments of the Week May 6-12
Comments of the Week May 6-12 “But will we be using the traditional white/black smoke in St Louis?” –Luci Rice Roberts on the upcoming election of new SDA Leaders Comments on Editorial, Church Leaders & Their Selection, Alex Bryan’s Post-Protest Vespers, Reverent Otherdoxy, Satire, Danish Union’s Pro-LGBTQ+ Statement, & the […]
Aunt Sevvy, the Adventist churches near me aren’t at all helpful to my faith. What can I do?
12 May 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I live in a semi-rural area. There are a few Adventist churches within a drivable distance, but they are all very traditional, and all more or less on life-support. Attending these churches is counterproductive to my walk with Jesus—and trying to be a […]
Editorial: What Are We For? A Call to Beautiful Vision
In a world increasingly shaken by corruption, exclusion, and abuse of power—whether in political systems or religious institutions—it’s easy to fall into a mode of resistance. We see and feel deeply that something is not right. Many of us are no longer willing to allow our identities to be passively […]
Three Church Leaders, & What Their Selection Means
by Loren Seibold | 9 May 2025 | Three religious bodies are choosing their leaders in about the same six-month period. Two of them are major world communions; the other imagines it is. Two of the leaders will have worldwide name recognition; the third will be known only to his […]
A Reflection on President Alex Bryan’s Post-Protest Vespers at Walla Walla University
by Shelley Curtis Weaver | 8 May 2025 | Now seems to be the time to talk about it. Alumni Weekend at Walla Walla University (WWU) is over. The former students and prospective donors have flown or driven home. The WWU newspaper, The Collegian, has now published their response to […]
News from the United Kingdom, the Navajo Nation, Korea, and Canada
7 May 2025 | News from the United Kingdom After owning the land on Shirley Road for 130 years, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is having to put their property up for sale. Listed by local agents at £700,000, the church has been a community center and place of worship for […]
Southern Student Presents Research at Global Mathematics Conference
7 May 2025 | The following is a press release from Southern Adventist University. Marinela Cruz, junior math and chemistry double major at Southern Adventist University, presented her research titled “Cycles in Grid Graphs and Toroidal Variants” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, the largest mathematics conference in the world, earlier this […]
Reverent Otherdoxy
by Jim Burklo | 7 May 2025 | Years ago, I hosted an event at the University of Southern California with Paul Woodruff, a philosopher at the University of Texas, who wrote a book that had a profound influence on me: Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue. He said that reverence […]
ATSS: Donald McAdams, “A Review of the Ellen White Revisionist History Since 1970”
7 May 2025 | In 1919 at a Bible Conference in Washington, DC ,a candid discussion took place that raised questions about the prophetic gift of Ellen White—notably, the knowledge of many of her contemporaries that she borrowed from other sources. The notes from that conference were typed up and […]
Danish Union Releases Generous LGBTQ+ Statement
6 May 2025 | On April 25, the Danish Union released one of the most inclusive statements on LBGTQ+ Adventists that has been seen in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The impetus for the statement is the recognition that We have not always lived up to the ethical standard and human […]
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Faith and Navajo Culture Are Celebrated Through a New Radio Station
12 May 2025 | “On March 19, at precisely 4:24 p.m., the airwaves above Kaibeto, Arizona, United States, came alive with a message of hope. Diné Adventist Radio’s (DAR) first full-power FM station—KDHH 89.5 FM—went live, reaching listeners across Tuba City, Kaibeto, and the Western Agency of the Navajo Nation. It was a quiet but […]
Commentary
The Death of a Pope
by Davide Romano | 13 May 2025 | On Monday, April 21, at 7:35 a.m. Pope Francis’s death was announced. The news, as always when a pope dies, shook many people. And, as expected, it immediately set off the formidable media apparatus in Italy and the whole world. This significant event saddened Roman Catholics, and […]
Features
Comments of the Week May 6-12
Comments of the Week May 6-12 “But will we be using the traditional white/black smoke in St Louis?” –Luci Rice Roberts on the upcoming election of new SDA Leaders Comments on Editorial, Church Leaders & Their Selection, Alex Bryan’s Post-Protest Vespers, Reverent Otherdoxy, Satire, Danish Union’s Pro-LGBTQ+ Statement, & the Domestic Violence Disclaimer in the […]