In Admiration of Greta Thunberg
by S.M. Chen | 11 November 2021 | Perhaps you have heard of Greta Tintin Eleanora Emman Thunberg, aka Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish environmental activist. She is only 18. She is small (4’11”) and still decidedly girlish. Her growth may have been stunted by an eating disorder during formative years. She was diagnosed as […]
Hear Them Roar: AAW Honors Women (and Some Men) of the Year
3 women honored with Woman of the Year awards: Helen Hopp Marshak, Dianne Sika-Paotonu, Phyllis Ware Lee 2 men also recognized as Champions of Justice: Henry Fordham III and Charles Sandefur. Award recipients included educators, conference presidents, immunologist, cofounder of ENDITNOW. 11 November 2021 | Stop us if you’ve heard this one: An educator, three […]
Cultura de Pureza: Uma Cartilha
por Lindsey Abston Painter | 8 de novembro de 2021 | Há algum tempo, eu estava conversando com um amigo que não cresceu em nenhuma igreja e atualmente não frequenta nenhuma igreja. Ele também é um homem. Eu estava tentando conversar com ele sobre como é ser uma garota crescendo dentro de uma cultura eclesiástica […]
News Briefs for November 11, 2021
News reports from Germany, La Sierra University, North American Division, Southern Adventist University, Trans-European Division. Start here The enditnow Virtual Summit on Abuse on Nov. 14, 2021 (English), and Nov. 15, 2021 (Spanish), will be livestreamed on Facebook from 1–5 p.m. EST. It will provide a greater emphasis on providing church leaders, pastors, seminary students, […]
The Clergy Exodus
by Lawrence Downing | 10 November 2021 | In the October 2021 issue of Ministry magazine, I found a piece by Larry Yeagley that addresses an issue too often sublimated or ignored. In “Coloring Outside the Lines: Stemming the flow of clergy exodus” Yeagley offers his typically sensitive, realistic, and thoughtful analysis of the present […]
La cultura de la pureza: El abecedario
Por Lindsey Abston Painter | 16 November 2021 | Hace un tiempo hablaba con un amigo que no creció y tampoco asiste a ninguna iglesia actualmente. Además, él es hombre. Intentaba hablar con él sobre lo que es para una joven crecer en una cultura eclesiástica fundamentalista, lo que concierne a salidos o citas, los […]
Are You Receiving Adventist Today Magazine?
9 November 2021 | We’re proud to announce that our Autumn 2021 magazine is in the mail! The theme is interpreting the Bible, and we have some captivating articles! Here’s who is in our table of contents: Olive J. Hemmings: “Four Misunderstood Texts About Biblical Interpretation” Matthew J. Korpman: “When God Wants Dis/Obedience: Wrestling with […]
IAD 2021 Year-End Meeting Has Highs and Lows
10 November 2021 | The Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (IAD) recently had its 2021 Year-End business meetings, Oct. 31, 2021 – Nov. 4, 2021, but it started them with a party: the church in Inter-America was established officially in 1922 and is celebrating 100 years of existence. From nearly 8,000 church members in 1922, […]
Is all the LGBTQ+ talk influencing my children?
9 November 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am feeling woefully unprepared to parent teenagers in 2021. Right now I am struggling to know what to say on the subjects of sexual orientation and gender identity. The terminology has changed so drastically from what I had expected as I raised my kids—e.g., “gender assigned at […]
Seasons of the Soul in the Psalms
10 November 2021 | Our Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar concerns an aspect of Christian spirituality and worship and its implications for Adventism. Our focus will be on the Psalms, the Old Testament book of worship and praise par excellence. These psalms also permeate the New Testament, which quotes and alludes to them more than one […]