by Alicia Johnston | 18 August 2022 | It’s good when church leaders focus on learning how to serve the LGBTQ+ community, on how to stop causing harm to that community. These are worthy endeavors. Yet in focusing on their own behavior, they may be missing what is the biggest advantage of including my community […]
by David Geelan | 11 August 2022 | My last essay on the Adventist Today website was about ‘cancel culture’, free speech and whether all views deserve a platform everywhere. I argued that some views, while they shouldn’t be suppressed by government action, also should not be given a megaphone. This time, let’s go beyond […]
by Stephen Ferguson | 30 June 2022 | My wife and I just finished watching the sixth and final season of Lucifer, produced by Fox and later taken up by Netflix. With a solid 88% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes: “=This series follows Lucifer, the original fallen angel, who has become dissatisfied with his […]
by Melissa Brotton | 21 June 2022 | Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand” (John 13:7). I watch the tortoiseshell kitten as she climbs to the top of the rope hanging in the middle of her large crate. She claws into the rope and hangs […]
by Alicia Johnston | 14 June 2022 | A lot of Christians chafe at the idea of anyone describing themselves with the word “pride” as if it were a virtue. Pride has been the problem all along. Pride led to the fall of Lucifer, the first movement of sin in the universe. Pride is behind […]
by Samuel Jeudin & Christopher C. Thompson | 9 June 2022 | One of the greatest failures of the Christian church is that we spend so much time preaching that we haven’t cultivated the ability to listen. Given the depth and pervasive tragedies and injustices in our world, this failure borders on egregious, and in […]
by David Geelan | 11 May 2022 | To be honest, I’m not 100% sure what I think about “cancel culture.” Often when I sit down to write for Adventist Today I have a fairly clear idea of the conclusion I hope to share, or at least the question I want to leave you with. […]
by Melissa Brotton | 25 April 2022 | “And where I go you know, and the way you know.” (John 14:4 NKJV) “Beverly, do finish your breakfast, and gather your books. Grandpa will have the sleigh at the door in just a few moments, and he won’t want to keep the horses waiting in cold […]
by Christopher C. Thompson | 21 April 2022 | You know, it’s amazing how one decision and corresponding action can change your entire life! At this point, you have at least heard about “The Slap” that disrupted the Oscars live show. I know you’ve at least heard about it because not only did it disrupt […]
by Alicia Johnston | 18 April 2022 | I work to understand and articulate theologies of marriage and gender. I’m also an LGBTQ Adventist person. In both my theological work and my personal life I’ve come to realize that the church has two different gospels. There’s the normal one. This is the one I grew […]
by David Geelan | 29 March 2022 | I spent a few days at the beginning of the year deprived of sight, and it started me thinking about the role of our senses in life and in religious faith. I’ve been fortunate enough not to be infected with COVID-19 (yet), but many people around the […]
by Jack Hoehn | February 27, 2022 | My grandfather was born in Odessa. He was not a Ukrainian or a Russian, but many Germans lived in German colonies at that time, farming the rich Ukrainian land. Later on when the Russian Czar decided he needed to expand his army, even German colonists began to […]
