By Jordan Langston, Oakwood University Senior, posted October 7, 2015 Editor’s Introduction: In the three and a half years I’ve been Features Editor here at Adventist Today, I’ve had the privilege of interviewing (almost always by telephone) dozens of fascinating people seeking to follow wherever God leads. Sometimes we can’t get together by phone, so […]
Posted by Debbonnaire Kovacs, Sept. 30, 2015 [Editor’s Note: Last year we ran a feature on the Caesura Youth Orchestra, which you may like to peruse for more detailed information. This short piece links to an announcement of this year’s Fall Fundraiser Concert, and also brings to light several other musical ministries of the Glendale […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Sept 24, 2015 On Sunday, April 12, 2015, Kettering College of Medical Arts in Dayton, Ohio had its sixth Spring into Health 5K run, an annual event that began in 2009 and was organized largely by the Kettering Physician Assistant Program, many of whom run in the race. The race is a […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, posted Sept. 16, 2015 [Editor’s Note: You can help Kim Carter and her Time for Change Foundation help more women by clicking on her CNN Hero video clip here. Watch every day and help women with no effort on your part. But don’t stop there. Read this article and be inspired to […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Sept 9, 2015 I recently read a novel called What You Want, by Canadian author, Trudy Morgan-Cole. It is her first self-published novel (though not by any means her first novel), and I found it completely engrossing. I felt I’d gone on the road trip on Route 66 with the heroine and […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Sept. 2, 2015 [Author’s note: You can also see more exciting news about OJA students in our Poetry & Arts department this month!] Orlando Junior Academy is about to open a whole new era in academy learning, with the creation of the Emeril Lagasse Foundation Kitchen House and Culinary Garden. In […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, posted Aug. 26, 2015 Everyone who pays any attention at all to the international news knows that there is an enormous refugee crisis in the Middle East, due particularly to ISIS-caused violence. Syria is especially hard hit. Mercy Corps reports that as of July 20, 2015, there were 4 million Syrian refuges […]
By Heather Ruiz, reprinted by permission; Aug. 19, 2015 [Editor’s note: This story is quite different from what you normally find here—more like opinion or blog. In fact, it was first published in the Walla Walla University Collegian under opinion/perspective. But it impressed me so much that I obtained permission to reprint it in its […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, posted August 12, 2015 You’ve heard the story: the one about the devoted shepherd who watches over the sheep, looks for the lost ones, bottle feeds the abandoned lambs, the shepherd whose gentle voice and calming presence make the sheep feel secure. With such a shepherd, sheep (not known for their intelligence […]
By Briana Pastorino, LLUH, posted by Debbonnaire Kovacs, Aug. 5, 2015 National TV show, ‘Life on the Line,’ back for a second season Show produced by 12-time Emmy® Award winning team and narrated by celebrity journalist Lisa Ling Editor’s note: Last spring (2014), Loma Linda University Health unrolled their first national TV show, a documentary […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, posted July 29, 2015 About half the students, faculty, and staff at Blue Mountain Academy in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, as well as some community volunteers, were involved in the academy’s recent production of an operatic drama called “The Exodus Story.” Director of music Lawrence Galera told AToday that the full number was probably over […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, posted July 22, 2015 “Internet radio is the wave of the future,” says Glen Striemer. He ought to know. He owns four internet radio stations, each reaching different populations, though there is overlap. Striemer’s background shows him to have the people skills and marketing skills to be a successful radio entrepreneur. He […]