9 November 2024 | A thing recently happened that didn’t go the way I wanted it to. I suspect I’m not the only one. What I want to do is crawl into a hole and stay there for a while. Or perhaps put my fingers in my ears and sing “lalalalala” whenever anyone tries to […]
by Reinder Bruinsma | 7 November 2024 | I am often referred to as a liberal Adventist. For some this would be an unwelcome allegation, to say the least. But it does not really worry me. In fact, I tend to see it as a badge of honor, and I would be quite upset if […]
by Pamela Maize Harris | 7 November 2024 | In a live YouTube meeting Monday evening, October 28, Concerned Oakwoodites (CO) demanded answers to persistent problems, including Oakwood University’s financial crisis; serious management problems such as declining enrollment and income; lack of response to questions (an October 17 formal letter to the board was ignored); […]
6 November 2024 | Since the 19th century, Adventists have regarded Roman Catholics as enemies. In this, they were not unlike many American Protestants: anti-Catholicism was common in Protestant America—not least because the many poor Catholic immigrants who were flooding into American cities led to a reactionary nativism. In this class, Dr. Bruinsma will recap […]
5 November 2024 | The Sagunto Adventist Campus, near Valencia, Spain, reports that the campus hasn’t been affected by the storm—but they are busy trying to help their community. The following note is from their Instagram page: From Campus we want to say thank you for your prayers. We take this moment to report that […]
4 November 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’m feeling extremely anxious—so anxious that it is making me sick—about the American election tomorrow. The last decade or two has seemed to me to be a fraught time in our country’s history. Worse, the disagreements on the political level have reached their evil tentacles down into our […]
Imagine you are visiting a church for the first time, the sermon has ended, the postlude has concluded, and members approach you to extend an invitation to potluck. You accept and are ushered downstairs to an abundant array of food. The room is filled with people of all ages mingling. The atmosphere is jubilant and […]
by David Geelan | 1 November 2024 | What does it mean to ‘understand’ something? If we say ‘I understand quadratic equations or ‘I understand the sanctuary doctrine’ or ‘I understand how yachts sail in directions other than downwind,’ what do we mean? One way of thinking about the answer to these questions is that […]
by Robert Crux | 31 October 2024 | Many Adventists believe that the best stance toward the controversies in the political world is neutrality: ignore grievous social injustice and religious upheaval, and remain stolidly apolitical. But do we have that privilege? Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you […]
30 October 2024 | In response to the allegations arising from an unidentified woman accusing Fiji Mission president Nasoni Lutunaliwa of sexual abuse when she was 13, the Fiji Mission says it has initiated an investigation. In a statement published in the Fiji Sun, mission secretary Epeli Saukuru said, “The safety and wellbeing of our […]
30 October 2024 | Without the court-protected, faith-based, healthcare corporations of modern America, our healthcare non-system would collapse. So how do faith-based healthcare corporations manage the necessary conflicts between their religion’s doctrinal stance and caring for a diverse public? Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a new era of approaching women’s reproductive rights and health […]
