4 August 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am 23 years old, Adventist, and I’m finally admitting to myself that I’m a lesbian. I want to come out but I don’t think my local church would accept me. I’m even more afraid to tell my parents: they have always held a hard line about homosexuality […]
by Edward Reifsnyder | 2 August 2019 | In yoga, there is a position named Warrior 2. It looks like this: The pose suggests kinetic energy and directionality. The body appears to be moving forward, but from the strong, stabilizing base of the rear foot. The eyes are looking over the front hand into the […]
by Garry Duncan | 1 August 2019 | We have never seen 75-year-old Kevin in our charity shop. He doesn’t get out much. But his friend, Harold, goes shopping for clothes for Kevin every week. He visits all the charity shops in the area, but usually doesn’t find anything for Kevin. You see, Kevin is […]
by Floyd Poenitz | 31 July 2019 | In July 2019, Seventh-day Adventist Kinship, International celebrated its 40th annual Kampmeeting in Portland, Oregon. Similar to, yet different from, traditional Adventist camp meetings, this is a time when LGBTQ+ Adventists, their families and supportive allies come together to worship, socialize and tell their stories. At this […]
By Loren Seibold | 29 July 2019 | Every time I attend a meeting where General Conference (GC) leaders speak, I am told that Ellen White said that the General Conference in session is God’s highest authority on earth. You would be astonished at the number of times in a GC executive committee meeting listeners […]
28 July 2019 | Hello Brethren, [With regard to the story about a fight at Nairobi Central Adventist Church:] I would like to let you know that I spoke to eyewitnesses of this incident. The pastor was not beaten. He may have been roughed up, but none of the alleged beat him. It is sad […]
Dr. David Trim’s new book, A Living Sacrifice, is a book of mission stories—but quite different than the “happy ending” ones you may have read. Dr. Trim goes back to the early days of Adventist missions, and remembers those who gave their all for the cause of Christ, but who didn’t have books and stories […]
Rolf J. Pöhler, ed., Perceptions of the Protestant Reformation in Seventh-day Adventism. Friedensau, Germany: Friedensau Adventist University, Institute of Adventist Studies, 2018. 320 pp. Reviewed by Eudritch Jean MTS. In 1517, Martin Luther launched what soon became known as the Protestant Reformation. This movement impacted Christianity in many respects. One of them is the soil […]
by Raj Attiken | 22 July 2019 | A spate of recent books, articles, and public statements by prominent personalities has claimed that Christians in the United States are being persecuted for their faith. The most publicized of these in recent months was the United States’ Vice President’s commencement address at Liberty University in May […]
by Jack Hoehn | 21 July 2019 | The moon rises full tonight over the Blue Mountains to my east, as the sun sets full over the Cascades to my west, and we are being reminded that 50 years ago men walked on the surface of this moon. The mission control of NASA has been […]
20 July 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I love food. The more I eat it, the more I love it. My favorite things are junk food, soda, meats, and heavy dairy. Since I joined the Adventist Church I’ve realized that this kind of diet is unhealthy for me. Being around so many vegan people has […]
by Sydney Freeman Jr. | 19 July 2019 | Recently, I took a tour that had stops at Biblical sites such as Bethlehem, and Jericho. Each stop, I learned, was considered a part of the Palestinian territory. However, the highlight of the trip was the final stop, which was the Dead Sea. It is known […]
