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 […]
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, also known as Dorcas, in […]
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 […]
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 change agent in these congregations […]
La Comunidad crea un espacio de culto en la Universidad Adventista del Sur
El servicio carecía de todas las características habituales de un programa de culto. No hubo sermón ni ofrenda. El culto consistió simplemente en música y adoración. Southern Accent, el periódico estudiantil de la Southern Adventist University, cubrió recientemente la «Noche de Adoración» organizada por la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día de la Comunidad Hispana de […]
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 associated with systems that perpetuate […]
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 own church of roughly 20,000,000 […]
SATIRE: GC Warns First American Pope to Move Super Bowl Sunday to Saturday so Adventists Can’t Watch
The General Conference (GC) has warned that Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is allegedly plotting to shift Super Bowl Sunday to Saturday as a direct attack on Sabbath-keeping Adventists. The GC claims the Chicago-born pontiff, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, intends to move the iconic American event to the seventh day to spite members […]
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 a March 14 vespers program, […]
L’après-midi de l’Adventisme
par Reinder Bruinsma | 8 mai 2025 | Après une récente journée de prédication et d’enseignement à Stuttgart, en Allemagne, on m’a gracieusement offert un exemplaire du dernier livre de Tomáš Halík, The Afternoon of Christianity: The Courage to Change. Tomáš Halík (né en 1948) est un prêtre catholique romain et un théologien tchèque qui […]