Thanks for the essay on presumption
24 December 2021 | Dear Editor, Thank you so much for Loren Seibold’s AT article today entitled “Presumption: On Jumping off the Temple Roof.” This article may save many lives, and help already overworked, overwhelmed healthcare workers. I worry daily about anti-vax Adventist relatives of mine. If some should die of Covid, I will wonder, […]
Miracle in a Storm-Drain
by Melissa Brotton | 20 December 2021 | “Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.” (Psalm 139:10) My windshield wipers cannot keep up with the pelting rain, and the streetlights are barely visible, though I am driving on a wide strip in a well-lit city. Only a half […]
Passing It On: German Adventist Church Shares Peace Light from Bethlehem —Electronically
Peace Light an actual flame that came all the way from Bethlehem, and is shared throughout the world. Peace Light lit from oil lamps that have been kept burning for more than 1,000 years. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Adventist church in Germany aims to share Peace Light digitally and through online Peace Light Christmas Service. […]
News Briefs for December 23, 2021
News reports from Hollywood; Missouri, US; Mongolia; Washington, D.C. Gifted WGTS-FM Washington, D.C., a radio station with affiliation to the Seventh-day Adventist community, was recently named Religious Station of the Year at the 2021 National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Marconi Radio Awards. We Need to Talk, from the same station, was named Best Radio Podcast […]
Adventist Health Sonora Doctor Accused of Hit-and-Run that Killed Nurse
James Leonard Comazzi is accused of killing a nurse in a hit-and-run. Comazzi has pleaded not guilty. Comazzi’s arrest was the latest in a string of recent arrests of medical professionals that had worked for Adventist Health Sonora. Police noted parallels to case of Danny Anderson, also a doctor from Sonora who had also attended […]
The Agonies of the Advent: Christmas without all the “calm and bright” stuff
22 December 2021 | Christmas falls on a Saturday this year, which no doubt will have many Sabbath keeping congregations making it a high day. (I know of pockets of Sabbath keepers who forbid any mention or celebration of Christmas in their official liturgies…but we will not mention them further.) It likely will be a […]
Reported AdventHealth Nurse Charged With Possession of Child Porn, Tampering with Computer Systems
Police found child porn on the computer of Brandon Diaz, who said he worked for AdventHealth. Diaz is under investigation for hacking computers at Polk State College. After he had been terminated by Lakeland Regional Health and Polk State College for a failed drug test, AdventHealth apparently still hired him. 21 December 2021 | Police […]
Presumption: On jumping off the temple roof
By Loren Seibold | 21 December 2021 | A few months ago an acquaintance went on a rant on social media about why he wasn’t going to take the vaccine, and how foolish (indeed, anti-Christian) were those who did. He had done “research,” he said. Now, when I think of research, I picture a laboratory […]
A Lockdown Carol: Aunty shares a story from a reader
20 December 2022 | Dear readers: Another busy week, and this time Aunty is baking cookies to share with friends. So I thought I’d let Kris Widmer, an Adventist chaplain from Oroville, California, share some cheer with you. As you read this story, remember the context: that right now, during what is supposed to be […]
Separated Adventist Group Reportedly Building Commune in Rural Jamaica
Following the Blueprint Ministries building a community in rural Jamaica. Group has been accused of “brainwashing.” Group is also behind “Sunday Law” and “Mark of the Beast” billboards in Jamaica. 20 December 2021 | Recently, members of Following the Blueprint (FTB) Ministries in Jamaica have banded together to build a community nearly an hour’s drive […]