Pacific Union College Selects Ralph Trecartin as President
28 May 2021 | The Pacific Union College (PUC) Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Ralph Trecartin as the next president of the institution. According to a May 25 announcement on PUC’s website, Trecartin is the Angwin, California-based institution’s twenty-fourth president in its 138-year history. He will assume his new role on July 1, 2021. “Dr. […]
Racism Addressed by Virtual Global Campmeeting
28 May 2021 | Three mainstage speakers at the Adventist denomination’s first-ever Virtual Global Campmeeting (held May 19-23) addressed race relations and cultural understanding. According to Adventist News Network, Dr. Barry Black, chaplain of the United States (US) Senate (and himself an Adventist), spoke about breaking down barriers to personal ministry. Dr. Ella Simmons, vice […]
The Adventist Pioneers Meet Malcolm X
By Carl McRoy & Christopher C. Thompson | 27 May 2021 | What if radical abolitionists like Joseph Bates could hear the Muslim son of an Adventist mother proclaim a version of Revelation’s judgment hour message? What if Malcolm Little had encountered the mid-19th century change-agents that birthed the Seventh-day Adventist Church instead of the […]
AT1–May 28, 2021
We often underestimate the benefit of an affirming and accepting conversation. Pointing out a person’s strengths, or assuring them that an adverse personality trait is not as large to the rest of us as it is in their minds, can be life-changing. Jesus was the master at such conversations. That’s what we’re going to […]
News Briefs for May 27, 2021
News reports from Adventist Health, Southern Adventist University, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta, Loma Linda University Behavioral Health and Brazil: Adventist Health (headquartered in Roseville, California) has decided to pioneer a more Trauma-informed approach to healthcare using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) model in the 23 hospitals in […]
Sandra E. Roberts Nominated Pacific Union Conference Executive Secretary in NAD First
26 May 2021 | The Pacific Union Conference Nominating Committee made North American Division (NAD) history today by nominating Sandra E. Roberts to be the union’s next Executive Secretary. Roberts is the first female nominee for a role at this level in an NAD union. She currently serves as the first-ever female conference president in […]
All Creatures… Small
by S.M. Chen | 26 May 2021 | “Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings.” —“All Things Bright and Beautiful” – hymn (lyrics: Cecil F. Alexander, 1848) The Australian Open, in February of this year, was chronologically the first of the four […]
No Blacksmiths Allowed! Is Disempowerment a Biblical Principle?
19 May 2021 | 19 “Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.” 20 But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle; 21 and the charge for a sharpening […]
Sharing Scripture–May 23-29, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”Covenant Sign” type=”h1″ font_size=”40″ text_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″ color=”undefined” icon_left=”” icon_right=””] This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS lesson and includes a brief story from current news you […]
Ending the Women’s Ordination Civil War
by Terry Bottrell | 25 May 2021 | It has been 155 years since the Civil War ended between the Union and the Confederate States of America. Over 500,000 people were killed, plus millions of other casualties. Some think that this terrible toll, which still scars the nation today, could have been avoided. One of […]