Dear Aunt Sevvy, There is an opening for a Pathfinder leader in our church, and only one volunteer. This man is a pillar of the church, he frequently helps others, he’s a family man and a hard worker. He would be wonderful with the Pathfinders. However, some in the church claim that he occasionally drinks […]
[symple_heading style=”” title=”The Rhythms of Life” type=”h1″ font_size=”40″ text_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″ color=”undefined” icon_left=”” icon_right=””] This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current […]
5 April 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Over the last 3 years I have fallen deeper and deeper into a funk. I can’t seem to motivate myself to enjoy the things I used to. My mood has affected my work performance, and I’m in hot water with my bosses, but I just can’t seem to […]
by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 4 April 2019 | Seventh-day Adventist missionaries entered Kenya in 1906. Because they were relatively late on the scene, and the British colonial government policy discouraged direct competition between missions, they concentrated their efforts for the first several decades on the region of western Kenya near Lake Victoria. Their efforts […]
by John McLarty | 5 April 2019 | The world is heavy with hurt, Floods in Zimbabwe Tornadoes in Kansas Terrorists in Christchurch and Baghdad. Then there’s cancer and bills And heartbreak and lonely in the circle of humans who people my soul. Also, The world is adazzle with all manner of goodness Mothers who […]
[symple_heading style=”” title=”The Rhythms of Life” type=”h1″ font_size=”40″ text_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″ color=”undefined” icon_left=”” icon_right=””] April 6, 2019 This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story […]
29 March 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: We’re having an argument in our family about Sabbath entertainment. I take a broad view: I feel like anything that’s wholesome entertainment can be enjoyed on Sabbath. For example, I’d watch the movie The Sound of Music: it has clean, unsexy music, and even some nuns. My spouse […]
By Werner E. Lange | 26 March 2019 | This is commentary on Lesson 13 for March 23-29, “I Make All Things New” Besides the obvious theme of the Revelation (Satan’s fight against the faithful remnant of God’s church, cf. Rev 12:17), there is a hidden agenda. In the description of the seven last plagues […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy: I’m a church school teacher. Every year we have the same battle over the student handbook: jewelry. Here’s the thing: the majority of the students’ moms wear jewelry themselves. Yet it’s an issue the school can’t let go of. The proponents say it’s about simplicity and economy in lifestyle. But we don’t […]
by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 21 March 2019 | After the first Kinship Kampmeeting in 1980, which made Kinship a national organization, many of its leaders, remembering their trials while students at Adventist colleges, felt a strong call to present support and to help create LGBTIQ groups on college campuses. They began with mass mailings […]
by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 15 March 2019 | The following account was written in March, 1991. Kinship was formed in 1976. Shortly afterwards, through a ballot among our members, we chose the name “Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International” as best describing our members and constituency. SDAKI was incorporated as a not-for-profit religious corporation in California […]