LLUH Instructor: Pharmacists Should Be Allowed to Treat, Diagnose COVID-19
Exclusion of pharmacists from the “Test to Treat” program, which was launched in March 2022, creates unnecessary barriers to care, especially across minoritized groups, said Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, Many minorities lack digital access to locate a clinic or make an appointment, and many live far from healthcare providers and lack transportation. In the United States, Black, […]
Ellen White’s Vision of a Flawed Final Generation
by Alden Thompson | 19 May 2022 | Recently I came across some astonishing “last generation” comments from Ellen White in the chapter “Joshua and the Angel” in Prophets and Kings (582-592). As I pondered the chapter, I was startled but encouraged at how clearly Ellen White presents the case for a sinful people standing […]
News Briefs for May 19, 2022
News reports from Brazil, the General Conference Children’s Ministries department, Inter-American Division, Malaysia, North American Division, Serbia, Thailand. Thy Roddy and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me Gilda Roddy, Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries (ACM) assistant director and regional chaplain for Columbia, Atlantic, and Lake union conferences, and the Adventist Church in Canada, was promoted to associate director […]
When 2 Become 1: North, South German Unions Looking to Merge
North and South German Unions have already shared a treasurer and the management of various organizations for several years. During the May 2022 delegates meeting, a joint Vice President overseeing both unions was elected. However, 2 different union presidents were also elected. 18 May 2022 | In Germany, East and West came together in 1990. […]
ATSS: Esther Loewen, “Blessed Are the Trans People”
18 May 2022 | The Beatitudes represent many things to many people. This passage in Matthew 5 is understood as a vision of an alternate community (Walter Brueggemann), an indictment against the most powerful (Jim Wallis), an illustration of the bodily dimensions of faith (Barbara Brown Taylor), and God’s proclamation of His good favor as […]
Todo niño que nace debe ser deseado
Por Lindsey Abston Painter | 6 de mayo, 2022 | Mi trabajo consiste en formar a los profesionales que trabajan con los niños y las familias en diversas situaciones de necesidades. Una de ellas es el sistema de adopción: Formo a nuevos padres adoptivos, a padres adoptivos con experiencia, a trabajadores de casos de familias […]
What Jesus Died For
by Loren Seibold | 17 May 2022 | “All of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth.” Romans 8:22 (Good News Translation) “Was everything OK?” he asked. Yes, we said. As good as usual. Curious why our Cracker Barrel waiter was a middle-aged man, soft-voiced and serious, when usually they’re young people, students, […]
Teacher, Students Attack Ugandan Adventist School Over Sports Game
After losing a football/soccer match, two students led by a teacher from a rival school allegedly attacked Ruhanga Adventist Secondary School with machetes and sticks. 9 people were seriously injured during the attack, a school laboratory was destroyed, and the school truck was damaged. Riots and inter-school invasions following football/soccer competitions are not new to […]
Jennie was elected as Executive Secretary—in 1915
Hi guys! I’m Daniel Mora, the editor for Adventist Today Latin-America. A few weeks ago, Loren Seibold asked me to write something from Latin America to commemorate the 10 years of the 2012 Columbia Union vote. Loren unknowingly motivated me to find something unprecedented in Adventist history in the Inter-American Division! I can’t tell you […]