May 18, 2016: La Sierra University (LSU) won first place at the Enactus National Expo in Saint Louis (Missouri) yesterday. The Zapara School of Business at the Adventist university in Southern California won the national competition for projects that empower communities through entrepreneurial endeavors. The LSU team will represent the United States during the Enactus […]
by William Abbott, May 19, 2016: “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Identity is innate. All living […]
By Jack Hoehn, May 18, 2016: Does God really have everything in His control? From where you lost your keys to who had a stroke last week? What if God’s omniscience means God knows whatever can be known, not whatever choices you and everyone else will make? What if God’s omnipotence means He is all […]
Photos and Poem by Debbonnaire Kovacs, posted May 19, 2016 When first the sun begins to warm the earth, Calling my heart to stir from the torpor of dim winter, I go to my garden. It is still and quiet, no green beginning yet. Last year’s oak leaves lie like a crumpled brown […]
By Sam Chen, posted May 19, 2016 by D Kovacs Editor’s Note: Something new and different this week–a moving slide show composed by Sam Chen. Be sure you click on the link below. Kathleen Norris authored ’A Cloister Walk’ (verdict: highly recommended; a NY Times Bestseller) in the mid- 1990s. Close to a couple […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, May 19, 2016 “My vision for the center is that the center will go a long way toward alleviating the high levels of ignorance that we have as it relates to race, ethnicity, and culture. So few are conversant within the Adventist community with these issues and the reality of how they […]
From ANN, May 18, 2016: “And here I am,” said Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. at the Oakwood University Seventh-day Adventist Church in Huntsville, Alabama. “I used to be a point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, had those little shorts on, and I was doing my thing. I was happy, but I wasn’t fulfilled, […]
From ANN, May 18, 2016: The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in the Inter-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination (EUD) is leading the humanitarian services in four refugee camps close to Katerini, Greece. One camp in the northern region of Thessaloniki houses nearly 1,500 people, including more than 500 children, while the […]
From ANN, May 18, 2016: About 6,000 people are on track to receive free healthcare at three clinics operating on the sidelines of a major Seventh-day Adventist evangelistic series in Rwanda. Hundreds of people eagerly lined up Sunday for free dental, medical and eye care at the largest of the three clinics, a recently […]
Stories from Oklahoma City, Germany, Zambia, Canada, Swaziland, Pacific Union College, Andrews University, the Philippines and the General Conference Rickey E. Smith, an Adventist young adult who appeared as a singer on the American Idol television show, was killed a week ago in a tragic auto accident. He was hit by a drunk driver going […]
by Douglas Cooper, May 12, 2016: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9, NIV). September 11, 2001, the unfathomably evil nightmare of terrorism exploded into our consciousness like a fire-ball from hell. Our peaceful world was shattered, changed permanently. It was a threat to our very way of […]
By Mark McCleary Please welcome Mark McCleary as a columnist for our Adventist Today website. Dr. McCleary is the senior pastor of the Liberty Seventh-day Adventist Church in Windsor Mill, MD. He’s earned a D.Min from Palmer Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis from Nova Southeastern University. He and his wife Queenie have been married for over 40 years, and have […]