by Rebecca Brothers | 01 September 2023 | Several weeks ago, I was having coffee with my friend Anj. When we first met years ago, at a brunch event for local LGBTQIA+ folks, I thought she was way too cool to want to be friends with me. We made polite small talk, and then she […]
by Christopher C. Thompson | 24 August 2023 | I’ve been thinking about the words and the works of Jesus a lot lately. For the sake of this conversation, for just a minute, let’s set aside his status as the Savior of the world. Let’s just focus on his words. At face value, the words […]
by David Geelan | 17 August 2023 | I recently presented a talk on lifelong learning to a group of older adults and talked about learning both for career purposes – many people now have four or five different jobs across their working lives rather than remaining in one, and that requires upskilling and retraining […]
by Stephen Ferguson | 4 July 2023 | In the continuing debate about whether Ellen White was a true or false prophet of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church, perhaps we have overlooked another option. Perhaps she was a true prophet of God, but like Balaam: sinful. When I wrote an Adventist Today article on Mrs. […]
by David Geelan | 06 June 2023 | It’s been a bit of a mantra of mine in online debates for decades. It sometimes annoys my friends, because I tend to simply drop these two words and not elaborate. The two words? “Truth matters.” What is important about telling the truth, and what is so […]
by Rich Hannon | 12 May 2023 | Consider for a moment the various ways you spend money. The most familiar, because it’s also the most frequent, is to purchase some “goods.” I put that word in quotes because it is frequently used, in economics, as part of the phrase “goods and services.” A “good” […]
by Rebecca Brothers | 18 May 2023 | I want to tell you about a difference I continually have with friends. As a former English major and history minor, I am tickled pink when authoritative sources tell me that an etymology or a regional custom or a commonly shared historical anecdote is more complex than […]
by David Geelan | 05 May 2023 | When it comes to sex and gender, some people live in a very simple world. They believe that there are masculine men who desire women, and feminine women who desire men, and both sorts of people want to find their one partner and stay together for life—and […]
by Joni Bell | 02 May 2023 | I love genealogy. Quizzing elderly family members about our family’s past has been my “MO” since I was small. In my adult years my interest has helped me understand the importance of the choices we make. I’m a member of Ancestry.com and regularly work on my family […]
by Herbert Douglass | 6 April 2023 | This essay was originally published on 29 December 2012 . I know, this question may appear to be a joke! But it has caused me to think for more than a mere few minutes. Most people reading these words would call themselves “Christian.” That is, Jesus Christ […]
by John McLarty | 5 April 2023 | This essay was originally published on March 17, 2016. No. I will not. Don’t bother asking. I will not do it. I know what the rule book says. I know about tradition. I know all the Bible texts. I know that those who are urging me to […]
by Alvin Masarira, | 16 March 2023 | According to the General Conference Statistics, the over 20 million members of the Seventh-day Adventist in over 200 countries worship in over 52,000 congregations. Each congregation is unique, and it would be difficult to know exactly how various church members across the world are relating to the […]
