News Brief: 14 November 2024
14 November 2024 | News from Eaton County The local Seventh-day Adventist Church has reinstated its free vision and dental clinic, which was halted due to the pandemic. The clinic will be held on Sunday, November 17th, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lansing SDA Church parking lot. Read the full article here. […]
This Is Resistance
by Christopher C. Thompson | 14 November 2024 | It rained a lot this week. It rained pretty consistently throughout the day Wednesday and on Thursday. Then, because of the rain clouds, it was dark much earlier than normal. I spoke to a friend hours away. It was raining there too. I spoke to a […]
SATIRE: Andrews’ New Automated Student Life Bot Programmed to Say “Just Pray About It” to All Concerns
In a groundbreaking move to modernize student services while cutting costs, Andrews University (AU) has unveiled PRAYR-3000, an artificial intelligence chatbot programmed to handle all student life concerns with a single, spiritually focused response: “Just pray about it.” Revolutionary Technology The sleek, cost-effective system replaces several decades of human experience with a state-of-the-art algorithm that […]
Choosing to Be Happy
by Melody Tan | 13 November 2024 | There’s a lot happening in the world right now that isn’t right. Russia. Ukraine. Israel. Palestine. Lebanon. Cost of living. (To name a few.) I first started writing about parenting issues back around 2016 when I, well, gave birth to my qualifications. While I only had a […]
ATSS: Michael Scofield, “180 Years of Waiting”
13 November 2024 | Three weeks ago, October 22, 2024, marked 180 years since the Great Disappointment. The pioneers—James White, Joseph Bates, Loughborough, and others—would be aghast that we are still on earth 180 years later. Ellen White died 109 years ago. Over and over, from the American Civil War onward, Adventist writers have interpreted […]
Promising Swiss Football Star Chooses Sabbath Over Success
13 November 2024| Silvan Wallner was an up-and-coming Swiss football star until he announced his retirement last weekend out of observance of the Sabbath. At 22 years old, Wallner had already caught the eye of many prestigious football clubs, signing a two-year deal with Austrian Bundesliga club Blau-Weiß Linz for 200,000 euros. According to news […]
Union Adventist University Professor Arrested for Drug Possession
12 November, 2024| 45-year-old Dr. Benjamin Tyner was arrested on Wednesday, November 6, charged with one count of intent to deliver a controlled substance and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Dr. Tyner is a professor of history and director of the Politics, History, and International Relations Program at Union Adventist University. On […]
AU Terminates Campus & Student Life Administrator Position After 26 Years in Service
12 November 2024| Stephen Yeagley, the associate vice president for Campus & Student Life at Andrews University (AU), is leaving the university after the university administration terminated his position. President John Wesley Taylor V said the position could not continue due to university-wide budget cuts. Yeagley’s exit from Andrews University goes beyond the loss of […]
SATIRE: Pastor Convinced Every Transfer Request Is His Fault
Pastor Gerald Meyers of the Pleasant Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church has been harboring a deep, dark secret: he’s absolutely certain that every membership transfer request is a direct result of his pastoral shortcomings. The Revelation The truth came to light when church secretary Martha Wilkins noticed Pastor Meyers conducting detailed sermon autopsies after each transfer […]
Does God Care About Our Politics?
by Loren Seibold | 12 November 2024 | It depends, I suppose, on how you define the terms. If by “care,” you mean, does God feel sympathy with us? Then the Bible is clear that God does care. About everything. About all of us. God’s eye is on the sparrow, so I know he’s watching […]