21 January 2020 | The news media in Panama is reporting a complaint filed on 22 November 2019 by three Adventist church members before the Superintendency of Banks of the Republic of Panama. The complainants request a financial investigation of the denomination’s Panama Union Mission to determine whether their use of funds constitutes crimes under […]
by Mark B. Johnson | 20 January 2020 | “For I was born a sinner – yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.” Ps. 51:5, NLT I was born a sinner. He was born a sin. As we talked about his life and the challenges he faced, his demeanor wavered between grief and thinly […]
17 January 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I never feel like I have enough time for everything. I work full time, have a freelance job on the side, have two kids, in the church choir, teach kindergarten Sabbath School, and I’m in a book club. And I always feel like I’m letting someone down! Half […]
15 January 2020 | In 2018, Rita Corbett told us about the difficulties they’d encountered in trying to gift a million-dollar conference center to South Andhra Section (Mission) in India. Recently we followed up with an interview to try to get a learn what has happened since. Adventist Today: We first published the story of […]
By Steve Moran | 12 January 2020 | Sheila got up in front of 600 people in tuxedos and shimmering gowns to tell her story, her four children at her side. “I was homeless, living in a tent next to the river with my kids, then without them when the authorities took them away. I […]
By Debbie Hooper Cosier | 10 January 2019 | This morning I write from my rainforest home in the Tweed Valley, 28 kilometres from a wildfire. My family and I are safe for now, whilst many other Australians face the inferno. It’s still early, but the sound of trickling water alerts me that my oldest […]
by Elle Berry | 7 January 2020 | My first introduction to the literary classic Jane Eyre came via a 1996 film adaptation. My sister and I had a family friend who often invited us for Sunday matinées, and so it happened that one spring Sunday I took my first foray into the world of […]
by Terry Brava | 6 January 2020 | Much has been written about why some parents choose not to send their children to Adventist schools. Is it because they can’t afford tuition? Aren’t dedicated to the church’s teachings? Are ignorant about what the schools offer? In reality, there’s a lot more nuance to that question. […]
by S M Chen | 1 January 2020 | “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” —Charles Dickens (1812-1870), British writer and social critic Darkness had fallen by the time I left the place where I routinely fill my car with petrol and headed home after a long work […]
30 December 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, At the beginning of every new year I hear people talk about making resolutions. I’ve made many, and mostly, it’s been discouraging. I’m still overweight, though I’ve “resolved” many times to work on that. I’m still not on a steady exercise program—another resolution. I’ve also resolved to be […]
by Arthur Sibanda | 27 December 2019 | “Daddy, uJesu likhiwa yini?” (“Daddy, is Jesus a white man?”) The question caught me off-guard. My daughter is only five, and yet I found myself struggling to mumble a response to her innocent question. Because her question reflects the collective fears and insecurities of Christianity in Africa. […]
I consider myself an easygoing, laid-back, reasonable person. I generally trust decisions that church leaders make. They are leaders because they have demonstrated good judgment in the past. They have more information than I do. They have spent more time studying the issues than I. They deserve the benefit of the doubt. In mid-October a […]
