April 17, 2017: The annual SonScreen Film Festival, sponsored by the Adventist denomination’s North American Division, took place April 6 through 8 at Loma Linda University in Southern California. The event drew about 125 participants and observers, including many college and teen filmmakers who submitted entries for the awards. The event opened Thursday evening, April […]
Photo by S M Chen, posted Apr 17, 2017 “…and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven…” Joshua 10:13 “The heavens declare the glory of God…” Psalm 19:1
April 14, 2017: Union College, the Adventist institution in Lincoln, Nebraska, is ranked as the best private school for English majors in the state by Zippia.com, a web site that helps college graduates find jobs. This puts the small Adventist college in the same league as such well-known schools as Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Swarthmore […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, 4-13-17 [Editor’s note: This story was originally posted June 2012. I am reprinting for those who read this week’s feature and want to know more about Tony. DLK] “I’ve decided to leave the church. Please join me.” So reads an invitational email promoting Pastor Tony Romeo’s new venture, called “Reach […]
By Anthony Romeo; foreword by Debbonnaire Kovacs, 4-13-2017 This is a different kind of feature—a bittersweet one. Pastor Anthony Romeo is a one-of-a-kind Christian who takes the Sermon on the Mount (and all the rest of Jesus’ words) seriously. When Jesus said to love everybody, Tony assumed he meant everybody. At his church in Manhattan, […]
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By S M Chen, posted April 10, 2017 “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” –Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), longest serving FLOTUS [Photo by D Kovacs] Start with one comely young man of great promise: Rescues lamb from jaws of bear. Rescues sheep from clutches of lion. […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, April 6, 2017 Every year the Richland, Washington Seventh-day Adventist church meets together in the fall for a visioning process that will inform their ministry during the coming year. Len Harms, whose title is Executive Pastor/Head Elder, described this process for me: After lunch, and after both group and individual prayer, […]
By S M Chen, posted 4/3/2017 “How many things there are that I do not want.” –Socrates, 470-399 B.C.E. *** I recently encountered these lines by celebrated American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892), liked them and decided to share on a social media website: “Love the earth and sun and animals. Despise riches; give alms to […]
March 31, 2017: A survey of Adventists in the United States indicates that 86 percent support women serving as pastors and agree that these women should be ordained in the same way that men are. Less than 9 percent oppose the idea. Asked if they would support “having a female pastor in my own church,” […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Mar 30, 2017 Many if not most churches count their growth in numbers of bodies in the pews. Not this one. In 2013 and 2014, the small Summerville, GA, Seventh-day Adventist Church was in crisis. Pastor Edward Skoretz described it this way (adding that he’s fuzzy on the chronology): Their head elder […]
If you would like more information about the refugee ministry at the Paradise Valley SDA church or Pastor James’ book on the topic, here are a list of links. See Quick Chat–Refugess Part 1: Refugees and Professing Christians here. Paradise Valley SDA Church Website Friendships for Hope Website The Joys of Partnering With God by […]
