Serenity in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
by Susan Doran Photo by Susan Duran Submitted February 28, 2014 “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1.
2014
“Partnering for Eternity” Pairs Youth and Age, to the Benefit of Both
by Debbonnaire Kovacs by Debbonnaire Kovacs Submitted February 28, 2014 It all started with a good deed—a continuing, consistent good deed. A student in an Adventist academy began visiting and caring for a homebound woman for a community service assignment, but after the assignment was over, the student kept coming. A friendship had been […]
Pathfinder Camporee Sold Out: Largest Adventist Event in North America
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, February 27, 2014 All of the tickets reserved for Pathfinder Club members and their adult leaders from North America has been sold as of last week, according to the Center for Youth Evangelism at Andrews University which manages the event. The event is scheduled for August 11 […]
Memorial Service Announced for Adventist Doctor Missing in Ukraine
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, February 25, 2014 The family of Dr. Jay Sloop has scheduled a memorial service near his home in the United States for April 26. He went missing about a year earlier in May 2013 while on a mission trip in Ukraine to help start community health ministries with […]
Adventists in Ghana Urge Preachers to Stop Attacking Other Religions
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, February 26, 2014 In a country where inter-religious strife has sometimes become violent, a spokesperson for the Seventh-day Adventist denomination has urged religious leaders to check negative preaching about their peers in other faiths. Solace Asafo-Hlordzi, communication director for the denomination's Southern Ghana Union Conference, stated that […]
Psalm 119, He
by Debbonnaire Kovacs by Debbonnaire Kovacs Submitted February 20, 2014 I don’t know how long the lectionary will stay in Psalm 119, so I make no promises about continuing this, but this week’s passage is the fifth stanza, starting with the Hebrew letter he. Our fifth letter in English being e, (I have no idea […]
Face the Sun
by S M Chen Watercolor by S M Chen "…Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise" Malachi 4:2.
Loma Linda University Graduates Continue Legacy of Medical Service in Chad
by Richar Hart By Richard Hart, February 28, 2014 Dr. Richard Hart, president of Loma Linda University, originally shared this story in the February 2014 edition of his monthly newsletter, Notes from the President. It is reprinted here with permission. –The Editors Living our mission We had spent the night in a Lutheran mission guesthouse […]
GC President Visits South Pacific Island Nations, Marks 100 Years of Missions There
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, February 17, 2014 Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, visited government leaders and Adventist institutions in the Solomon Islands and Fiji last week. The visit marks a centennial for the Adventist faith in the Solomon Islands, 100 years after […]
Psalm 119, Alpha
by Debbonnaire Kovacs by Debbonnaire Kovacs submitted February 13, 2014 You may know that Psalm 119, in the original Hebrew, is an acrostic poem—not only does each stanza begin with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, but each and every line within each stanza begins with that letter! I once tried to write an English […]
Adventist Business Leader and Philanthropist Stewart Bainum is Dead
by Monte Sahlin By Visitor Staff Nadia McGill and Taashi Rowe, February 13, 2014 Stewart Bainum, founder of Choice Hotels International, the second-largest hotel chain in the world, died yesterday following complications with pneumonia at age 94. But Bainum wasn’t known only for his business acumen. A member of Sligo Church in Takoma Park, […]
Opinions Concerning Ellen Gould Harmon-White (1827-1915)
by Ervin Taylor by Ervin Taylor February 12, 2014 Have you ever wondered about the range of opinions Adventists hold concerning Ellen Gould Harmon-White (EGW)? When someone says, “I believe or don’t believe in EGW,” what exactly are they “believing” or “not believing”? Reading a variety of Adventist sources from the hyper-fundamentalist to the […]