News
Tragic Shooting Ends Life of Adventist in Barbados - July 23, 2017: The Adventist community in Barbados is mourning the death of 58-year-old Colleen Beresdean Payne, an Adventist Church member who was shot to death on Monday, July 17. The country’s Nation News site reported that she was robbed and then shot by two men at about 9 p.m. Payne was reportedly attacked […]- Affirming Creation: a Summer Conference for Adventist Educators - By John McLarty, July 23, 2017: A conference on “Affirming Creation” for Adventist educators and pastors was held July 6 through 13 at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George, Utah. It was organized by the denomination’s North American Division Office of Education and the General Conference (GC) Faith and Science Council in cooperation with […]
- Adventist Cabinet Minister in Kenya is Acting Interior Chief - By Tysan, July 17, 2017: Fred Matiangi has been appointed the acting cabinet secretary for the interior in Kenya. Matiangi is an Adventist. The appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta came after Joseph Nkaissery died suddenly at Karen Hospital while undergoing a check-up. Kenyatta said, “The position of Interior ministry cannot fall vacant. It is too […]
- High Turnover of Adventist Church in Kenya Earns Denomination Rich Tax Payer Status - July 20, 2017: The Adventist Church in Kenya is one of three religious denominations listed among high-turnover tax payer organizations in the country. The list, created by the Kenya Revenue Authority, was for organizations with annual turnovers of between Sh 350 million and Sh 1 billion (USD 3,313,400 – USD 9,466,858.) The Adventist Church […]
- Friday Night Chat Live Features Interview with Alden Thompson - Our Friday Night Chat this week (on the AT Facebook page, 9 Eastern time) will be a live interview with Dr. Alden Thompson of Walla Walla University, by Adventist Today editor Loren Seibold. Besides being a long-time AT contributor, Dr. Thompson is the author of Inspiration: Hard Questions, Honest Answers, Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?, […]
- Artificial Intelligence Technology Used at Adventist Health for Remote Care - July 19, 2017: Artificial Intelligence software is being used by Adventist Health facilities in Oregon to treat patients. According to Healthcare IT News, Adventist Health is using Bright.md, a virtual care tech developer to help treat patients remotely. Using Bright.md’s product SmartExam, patients receive care from providers via a mobile phone or computer. The […]
- Loma Linda University Named a Great College to Work For by Chronicle of Higher Education - From News Release, July 18, 2017: Loma Linda University (LLU), the leading Adventist institution for the health sciences, was recognized as a great institution to work for in a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top publication for colleges and universities. The results were released this week in the journal’s 10th annual […]
- 180 Go Bald for Charity at Malaysian Adventist Hospital - July 18, 2017: On July 16, 180 volunteers had their heads shaved bald at Penang Adventist Hospital in Penang, Malaysia. The head shaving event was called the Go Bald, Go The Distance – Charity Head-shaving & Food Carnival 2017. Proceeds from the event went to benefit the Dr J. Earl Gardner Fund for needy […]
- Loma Linda Study Links Big Breakfasts to Weight Loss - July 17, 2017: A new study by Loma Linda University School of Public Health and the Czech Republic provides evidence that a large breakfast, no snacking and a light dinner are a winning combination for weight loss. The study involved 50,000 participants. Results showed that timing and frequency of meals played a large role […]
- 50,000th Baby Born at Avista Adventist Hospital - July 16, 2017: According to Denver’s Fox 31 television station, Clara Cookson, the 50,000th baby to be born at Avista Adventist Hospital was delivered in the early morning of Friday, July 14. A doctor involved in the delivery at the Louisville, Colorado hospital said, “Every birth is special but it adds a touch of […]
- Michigan ABC Selling Knight Books, but Won’t Restock. - Updated Story Originally Published July 7, 2017: After being banned from the shelves of Adventist Book Centers in the Michigan Conference, books by Adventist church historian Dr. George R. Knight have once again been approved for sale. Jay Gallimore, president of the Michigan Conference of the Adventist Church, released a statement on the conference website […]
- Oakwood University Aeolians Take Home World Choral Title - July 13, 2017: Oakwood University’s the Aeolians bested the competition taking first place in the choral category of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, a Wales-based music and dance festival that ran from July 3-9. The choir won £3000 as well as the prestigious Choir of the World Pavarotti Trophy. In addition, Huntsville Alabama-based NBC affiliate […]
Commentary
- The Adventist Health Business - By Jack Hoehn, 07/23/2017 (This is part 2 of a series on Adventist involvement in health care. Read part 1 here.) I began these articles with the statement that kindly caring for sick people is one of the best things Adventists do. There are some 74 Seventh-day Adventist owned or operated hospital listed in the USA. […]
- The Very Best Thing Adventists Do - By Jack Hoehn, 07/21/2017 (Part one of a 3-part series on the Adventist church’s involvement with heath care.) I am retiring from the best things Seventh-day Adventists do for this old world. The details of my retirement from medical practice are not that important, but the “best thing Adventists do” I would like to explore. This […]
- Let Everyone be Persuaded Concerning LGBTQ Issues - by Mark McCleary, 07/18/2017 The apostle Paul asserted “Let everyone be persuaded” in the context of controversy about food and days, two Jewish practices that had become matters of contention for newly converted Gentiles (Romans 14:1-5, KJV). Seventh-day Adventists have embraced these two issues as important religious practices. The matters of food and time, while fundamental […]
- Is Technology Anti-God? - by Dorcas Daboni, 07/11/2017 While my parents were on vacation recently they visited a church on Sabbath for worship. This church was in a popular tourist destination, so one would suppose a good portion of the attendees were visitors. The pastor asked everyone to lift their Bibles at the beginning of his sermon. My mother, lifted […]
- Reprint: Letting Roman Catholics Off the Hook - This article was originally printed in the Winter 2010 issue of Adventist Today. By Loren Seibold For over a century, even before the publication of The Great Controversy, we Adventists have regarded the Roman Catholic Church leadership, typified in the first beast of Revelation 13, as our arch-nemesis, our bête noire, the enemy that takes […]
- Showing You Care When Values Diverge - by Alicia Johnston Less than two months ago I came out as a supporter of LGBT sexuality and gender and as a bisexual person, ending my career as an Adventist pastor. My life since then has been a case study in attempts to express love in the midst of often intense disagreement. It’s also been […]
- Lessons from the Charging of Cardinal Pell - by Stephen Ferguson, July 5, 2017: As I write this article, every newspaper and television news station in my country of Australia is leading with some variation of the same story: “Cardinal George Pell charged with historic sex offences” (Sydney Morning Herald); “George Pell charged on summons with multiple sex offences” (The Australian); “George Pell […]
- The Work of Waiting - by Christopher Thompson, 06/27/2017 A couple months ago I tore my achilles tendon while playing basketball. This entire experience has taught me so much. All the downtime has forced me to do a great deal of reflecting. And recently I discovered something about healing that’s been life-changing. A major injury takes a major toll on the […]
- Submitting to Your Husband in a Postfeminist World - by Melody Tan, 06/27/2017 Every nine seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Which means by the time you reach the end of this paragraph, yet another woman has tragically become a victim of violence. What makes this statistic scarier is that some women […]
- Two Religious Liberty Cases Announced by the U.S. Supreme Court - By Michael Peabody, June 27, 2017: Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that a state law that prohibited a church from participating in a state playground resurfacing grant program available to other nonprofits violated the Constitution because the laws discriminate against churches thus violating the church’s right to free exercise of […]
- Adventism: Its Challenges & Opportunity Within the Global Community - by Lawrence G. Downing & Robert M. Krone, June 26, 2017: The contemporary political situations that rile nations and people have had profound and lasting change on the world’s governments, organizations and institutions. Our global community has been shaken to its core. Here in the United States, the violent acts of a few have had […]
- The Unity Conference: An Afterword - It’s been a few days since the Unity Conference in London ended, and Carmen and I have been enjoying our memories of the wonderful fellowship there. I think assessing the personality of a group is difficult, but we felt it to be a very affirming, friendly, supportive gathering, of people who genuinely love the Seventh-day […]
Features
- Innovators: Paw Paw; the Church People Will Drive All Day to Get To - By Debbonnaire Kovacs and several members of the Paw Paw (Michigan) Adventist Church, posted July 20, 2017 Photo: Paw Paw Pathfinders on their way to Pathfinder Fair last May. Used by permission. When Adventist Today Executive Editor Dr. Loren Seibold first sent me a lead saying he’d found a church where […]
- Innovators: Churches of Refuge - By Debbonnaire Kovacs, July 12, 2017 In 2005, Ron Whitehead, Director of the Center for Youth Evangelism (CYE), Assistant Professor of Youth Ministry at Andrews University, and Director of Youth Ministry for Lake Union Conference, was talking with a group of soon-to-be graduates. They were sharing with him their frustration on the subject of finding […]
- Innovators: Church Prays: God Sends Flood of Refugees - By Debbonnaire Kovacs, with Dr. Mable Dunbar, July 6, 2017 Sometimes when a church prays, they’re not ready for what comes. I have personally seen more than one church pray for new members and then end up chasing away the ones who come, because they are not just like the congregation, and don’t exactly fulfill […]
- Fort Scott, KS: Conservative to Liberal—Love on a Spectrum - By Debbonnaire Kovacs, June 29, 2017 All too often, the conversation around the concepts of liberal vs. conservative Christianity becomes an exercise in finger-pointing. Liberals paint conservatives as more judgmental and less loving, while conservatives claim that liberals are all about cheap grace—“God loves everybody; it doesn’t matter what you do.” This week’s church profiles—really […]
- Innovators: Foster Church Takes Its Name Literally - By Debbonnaire Kovacs, June 22, 2017 As many readers know, we have been featuring profiles of churches here at Adventist Today; churches which we believe to exemplify the loving communities Jesus had in mind when he sent out his followers to change the world. This story, about the Foster Seventh-day Adventist Church in Asheville, NC, […]
- Young Adult Event in Dallas-Fort Worth: Experiencing the Heart of Jesus - By Allan Martin, June 22, 2017: “It great to know that Jesus is still a draw in 2017,” beamed Pastor Lola Moore Johnston, young adult ministries director for the Adventist denomination’s South Central Conference. “It was refreshing to be in a space with people, young and mature, who were excited to hear and speak about […]
- Innovators: Can a Video Game Help Meet the Goals of Jesus’ Great Commission? - By Debbonnaire Kovacs, June 15, 2017 A company called Epic 4D, LLC, is trying to “end biblical illiteracy” by giving away 250,000 video games. The Great Bible Race is a game that was first published in 2011 and first written about here at Adventist Today in 2014. I have included the full text of that […]
- Ghanaians Plant a New Church in Columbus, Ohio - By Kofi Adjei, Columbus Ghanaian Church Communications Director, posted June 7, 2017 Editor’s Note: I was present at the Ohio Camp Meeting when a group of (as I remember it) perhaps 30 Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventists, after singing some amazing African songs for us, announced their intention of founding a church just for Ghanaians in Columbus, […]
- Gig Harbor Adventist Fellowship Welcomes All - By Debbonnaire Kovacs, June 1, 2017 It all began with about 45 people who wanted something different. They might not have been completely sure what it was, exactly, that they wanted, but it had to be a different sort of church. And they, not a hired seminary-trained pastor, planned to be the ones to […]
- Another Light on the Master’s Hands - By , May 18, 2017 [Editor’s Note: This week I got lucky—my interviewee wrote his own story for me and all I had to do was some minor editing! Binford is a master luthier (a maker of stringed instruments) and his story reminds me of the old one, “The Master’s Hands,” a story […]
- Dr. Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Resident - By Debbonnaire Kovacs, May 11, 2017 A recent report of a young Adventist woman who is the first black female to become a resident in Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s highly prestigious and extremely competitive neurosurgical department motivated us here at Adventist Today to learn more. I was able to talk by telephone with Dr. […]
- Marianne Thieme: Adventist Animal Rights Politician - This interview with Adventist legislator Marianne Thieme is the kind of thing you have come to expect from Adventist Today. Since this week is our Spring Fundraising drive, I invite you to click here to support our ministry of independent Adventist journalism! —Loren Seibold, AT Executive Editor. Marianne Thieme is a young Dutch Seventh-day Adventist animal rights activist who […]
Poetry & Arts
- - By S M Chen, posted July 18, 2017 “Virtue is the truest nobility.” — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist I read with some interest a 5/10/17 post at Adventist Today entitled “Adventist Pastor and Wife Declare Love for Trans Daughter.” I do not know the couple in question and have no intention of […]
- Mindfulness - By S M Chen, posted July 11, 2017 “It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up – that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it […]
- Asking the Right Questions - By S M Chen, posted July 7, 2017 “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.” –Thomas Pynchon, novelist (1937-) “Gravity’s Rainbow” My father was an autodidact—a self-educated man. Although a scientist and chemistry professor, he had a wide variety of other talents and interests. I […]
- All the King’s Men - By S M Chen “Life is like a canvas. One should throw as much color on it as possible.” –Danny Kaye (1911-1987) – American actor, singer, comedian It’s wonderful to see how colorful life is for my 6-year-old grandson. For a time, he took martial arts and gym class. I bought him a tennis racquet […]
- Against the Grain - By S M Chen, posted June 19, 2017 “Love your enemy. It will not only puzzle him, but finally illumine him.” — Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007), Indian spiritual leader “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate […]
- Ode to a Toadstool - By S M Chen, posted June 14, 2017 She holds the cone ever gently, cradling the gift. Exquisite thing, delicate hands. With wonderment she considers its strange beauty. *** Maybe lethal, but not to touch. If this be thing most deadly she encounters she will have been blest with good fortune. *** As what she […]
- Awakening Anthem - This was written after a bike ride to work, watching an unusually brilliant and colorful sunrise stretching across the entire sky. The metaphor of a choral piece seemed appropriate. —Jim McMillan, Darkness. Then, From behind the mountain curtain A single voice, With simple melody glows dimly. Others join, Singing, a swelling chant. All voices in […]
- The Eagle Has Landed - By S M Chen, posted June 5, 2017 “One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” Helen Keller (1880-1968); 1st deaf-blind person to earn a B.A. degree (Radcliffe, 1904) [Photo from pixabay.com] The eagle is purportedly the only bird that responds to rain in a unique way: when it rains, […]
- Stones from the Stream - By S M Chen, May 23, 2017 “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” Anonymous A mountain of a man, I’d say, Like the mountain on which he stood. For forty days, two times a day He dared to fight us if we would. *** A freak of nature, […]
- Swarms - By S M Chen, posted May 15, 2017 “A bird is three things: feathers, flight and song. And feathers are the least of these.” – Marjorie Allen Seiffert (1885-1970), American poet Swarming (defined as “moving somewhere in large numbers”) in the animal kingdom occurs with regularity. As with mating, birds do it. Bees do it. […]
- On Motherhood - By S M Chen, posted 5/9/17 “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” –Agatha Christie, British writer (1890-1976) Mother’s Day approaches. I was blest to have a mother who, […]
- HARD BY 75 - Poem by S M Chen, posted May 1, 2017 The good health that was visited on you When you were young, and maybe from your birth, Has made your life the richer, and your worth Is measured by the things you love to do. It seems that few of any age can keep […]
All
- Tragic Shooting Ends Life of Adventist in Barbados - July 23, 2017: The Adventist community in Barbados is mourning the death of 58-year-old Colleen Beresdean Payne, an Adventist Church member who was shot to death on Monday, July 17. The country’s Nation News site reported that she was robbed and then shot by two men at about 9 p.m. Payne was reportedly attacked […]
- Affirming Creation: a Summer Conference for Adventist Educators - By John McLarty, July 23, 2017: A conference on “Affirming Creation” for Adventist educators and pastors was held July 6 through 13 at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George, Utah. It was organized by the denomination’s North American Division Office of Education and the General Conference (GC) Faith and Science Council in cooperation with […]
- The Adventist Health Business - By Jack Hoehn, 07/23/2017 (This is part 2 of a series on Adventist involvement in health care. Read part 1 here.) I began these articles with the statement that kindly caring for sick people is one of the best things Adventists do. There are some 74 Seventh-day Adventist owned or operated hospital listed in the USA. […]
- Adventist Cabinet Minister in Kenya is Acting Interior Chief - By Tysan, July 17, 2017: Fred Matiangi has been appointed the acting cabinet secretary for the interior in Kenya. Matiangi is an Adventist. The appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta came after Joseph Nkaissery died suddenly at Karen Hospital while undergoing a check-up. Kenyatta said, “The position of Interior ministry cannot fall vacant. It is too […]
- The Very Best Thing Adventists Do - By Jack Hoehn, 07/21/2017 (Part one of a 3-part series on the Adventist church’s involvement with heath care.) I am retiring from the best things Seventh-day Adventists do for this old world. The details of my retirement from medical practice are not that important, but the “best thing Adventists do” I would like to explore. This […]
- High Turnover of Adventist Church in Kenya Earns Denomination Rich Tax Payer Status - July 20, 2017: The Adventist Church in Kenya is one of three religious denominations listed among high-turnover tax payer organizations in the country. The list, created by the Kenya Revenue Authority, was for organizations with annual turnovers of between Sh 350 million and Sh 1 billion (USD 3,313,400 – USD 9,466,858.) The Adventist Church […]
- Innovators: Paw Paw; the Church People Will Drive All Day to Get To - By Debbonnaire Kovacs and several members of the Paw Paw (Michigan) Adventist Church, posted July 20, 2017 Photo: Paw Paw Pathfinders on their way to Pathfinder Fair last May. Used by permission. When Adventist Today Executive Editor Dr. Loren Seibold first sent me a lead saying he’d found a church where […]
- Friday Night Chat Live Features Interview with Alden Thompson - Our Friday Night Chat this week (on the AT Facebook page, 9 Eastern time) will be a live interview with Dr. Alden Thompson of Walla Walla University, by Adventist Today editor Loren Seibold. Besides being a long-time AT contributor, Dr. Thompson is the author of Inspiration: Hard Questions, Honest Answers, Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?, […]
- Artificial Intelligence Technology Used at Adventist Health for Remote Care - July 19, 2017: Artificial Intelligence software is being used by Adventist Health facilities in Oregon to treat patients. According to Healthcare IT News, Adventist Health is using Bright.md, a virtual care tech developer to help treat patients remotely. Using Bright.md’s product SmartExam, patients receive care from providers via a mobile phone or computer. The […]
- Loma Linda University Named a Great College to Work For by Chronicle of Higher Education - From News Release, July 18, 2017: Loma Linda University (LLU), the leading Adventist institution for the health sciences, was recognized as a great institution to work for in a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top publication for colleges and universities. The results were released this week in the journal’s 10th annual […]
- 180 Go Bald for Charity at Malaysian Adventist Hospital - July 18, 2017: On July 16, 180 volunteers had their heads shaved bald at Penang Adventist Hospital in Penang, Malaysia. The head shaving event was called the Go Bald, Go The Distance – Charity Head-shaving & Food Carnival 2017. Proceeds from the event went to benefit the Dr J. Earl Gardner Fund for needy […]
- Let Everyone be Persuaded Concerning LGBTQ Issues - by Mark McCleary, 07/18/2017 The apostle Paul asserted “Let everyone be persuaded” in the context of controversy about food and days, two Jewish practices that had become matters of contention for newly converted Gentiles (Romans 14:1-5, KJV). Seventh-day Adventists have embraced these two issues as important religious practices. The matters of food and time, while fundamental […]