by Kris Coffin Stevenson  |  17 September 2021  | I pass her every morning as I drive to work. She sits in the shade on the bike path next to a six-lane road. Her shopping cart is piled high with Grinch-like bundles, and she’s wrapped herself in layers of gray clothing, a turban around her […]

by Elle Berry  |  15 September 2021  | I was eleven years old when I experienced my first apocalypse. During September of that year, I developed a rash, followed a few days later with a fever. Assuming this was the flu, my parents kept me home to rest, and things appeared to clear up towards […]

by Christopher C. Thompson  |  02 September 2021  | Sometimes ministry kills. We ministers deal with healing words, but sometimes the work has a toxic and abusive impact—on those who are in the work. We need to talk about this. There have been several books written on this subject (Well-Intentioned Dragons and Clergy Killers come […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  19 August 2021  | “A time for every purpose under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 1:1) There can hardly be any doubt that we live and move at a frenetic pace in our culture. Even those who live outside of cities say so. A day at work can seem like a week at times, […]

by Stephen Ferguson  |  16 July 2021  | As recently reported by CNN: “The US intelligence community on Friday released a hotly anticipated report on what it knows about a series of mysterious sightings of unidentified flying objects by Navy pilots and others. The report, which examined 144 reports of what the government terms “unexplained aerial phenomena” between […]

by David Geelan  |  1 July 2021  | I don’t know about you, but in a world and a time when I always seem to have more work than time, one of my favourite promises from Jesus is “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”. […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  24 June 2021  | “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:29 ESV) A few years ago, I heard a worship talk on taking the yoke of Christ. The speaker used dry […]

by Kris Coffin Stevenson  |  17 June 2021  | Growing up I heard a lot of sermons about the five foolish virgins of Matthew 25 and about how their lack of preparation prevented them from entering the wedding celebration—heaven, basically. Adventists like to dwell on this story because we’re addicted to last day events. We […]

by Alvin Masarira  |  10 June 2021  | In October the General Council Annual Council voted “113-18G: Regard for and practice of General Conference Session and General Conference Executive Committee Actions.” It describes a process to enforce compliance with organizational policies, as well as actions voted at General Conference (GC) sessions and executive committee meetings. […]

by Stephen Ferguson  |  14 May 2021  | There is a dangerous idea held within most corners of Protestant Christianity today, from Seventh-day Adventists to Presbyterians. This idea, in my respectful view, is a major cause underpinning many of our culture-war debates. This dangerous idea is the misconception that God treats everyone and all behaviors […]

by David Geelan  |  20 April 2021  | Somewhere between 40 and 50 people leave the Seventh-day Adventist church for every 100 who join it, and that rate has increased in recent years. Obviously, this is an important issue for the church. Understanding why people leave might help the church to prevent some of the […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  13 April 2021  | “Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit” (John 15:2 ESV). I am sitting in a Sabbath afternoon seminar on how to grow stone fruit trees, the outcome of a […]