The Doctor Is NOT In: Healthcare Staffing Shortage Near Crisis Levels, Reports Adventist Hospital
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital in California, U.S., forced to limit the number of available beds due to staffing shortages. The lack of clerical and other support staff also has resulted in longer wait times to get referrals processed or even have phones answered. Cumulative effects of deferred care have already led to more severe […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy: I don’t like Elder Ted Wilson
20 March 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Is Ted Wilson a bad person? Signed, Kinda Don’t Like Him. Dear Kinda Don’t, In the movie The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy says to the Wizard, “Oh… You’re a very bad man!,” and the Wizard replies (truthfully), “Oh, no, my dear! I’m a very good man! I’m… just […]
¡Universidad Adventista en Ucrania es bombardeada!
La Universidad Adventista de Alemania acoge a estudiantes refugiados de la Universidad Adventista de Ucrania El campus de Ukrainian Adventist Center of Higher Education, por sus siglas en ingles UACHE en Ucrania fue bombardeado el 2 de marzo de 2022. El campus está siendo usado como alojamiento para los desplazados internos. La Universidad Adventista de […]
¡Se nombra a la pastora Chanda Nunes como Secretario Ejecutiva!
La primera de muchas: Chanda Nunes, la primera mujer afroamericana electa Secretario Ejecutiva de la Asociación Nevada-Utah Chanda Nunes, fue la primera mujer afroamericana en dirigir una iglesia oficial de la División Norteamericana. Nunes también fue la primera mujer afroamericana en la Asociación de Alberta, Canadá. También, fue la primera mujer afroamericana en la Unión […]
Is It Enough to “Just Think Positive!”?
by Lindsey Abston Painter | 18 March 2022 | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 17:22. I quoted the King James Version of this verse because that’s how I learned it as a child. It suggests (and I have heard people use it in this […]
“Here I Stand”: Is What You Believe in Worth Dying For?
by Rich Hannon | 17 March 2022 | I recently binge-watched the six-part BBC mini-series Wolf Hall, which traces the life of Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) during his political ascent in the reign of England’s Henry VIII. Henry’s ongoing, overriding problem was in securing a male heir. This caused him to end the marriage to his […]
Pathfinder Leader Accused of Sexually Abusing Children for Years at Adventist Church in Connecticut, U.S.
Jean Bernard, a member of Mont des Oliviers Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S., is accused of sexually assaulting at least two boys for years, beginning the abuse when they were only 6-years-old. The alleged abuse took place in areas without security cameras while the rest of the congregation was in the sanctuary. Police […]
AT INTERVIEW: Ariadna Bates
17 March 2022 | Ari Bates was a religion student, student leader and recruiter at Southern Adventist University— until she came out as trans on social media. Now she’s out of school and out of a job. Interviewer: Lindsey Abston Painter. To join this conversation, click/tap here.
ATSS: Worship vs. Life, Subservience to the Divine vs. Free Choice
16 March 2022 | In his essay entitled, “God and the Concept of Worship” James Rachels concludes: We have, then, a conflict between the role of worshiper, which by its very nature commits one to total subservience to God, and the role of moral agent, which necessarily involves autonomous decision making. The role of worshiper […]
News Briefs for March 18, 2022
News reports from the General Conference, North American Division, Ukraine, the United States. Crowded House Ukrainian churches have been inundated with people after armed conflict erupted on February 24, with 50–100 people arriving at individual churches every night for help. “People are entering our church buildings, seeking a safe haven for themselves,” Adventist Mission’s director […]