by Raj Attiken COVID-19 seems to be holding the world hostage with threats of contagion and economic disaster. As a large-scale human tragedy unfolds, it is natural for us to look for signs of hope and assurance. Different voices are prescribing how people of faith should relate to this global disruption. Although the coronavirus does […]

by Smuts van Rooyen |  26 March 2020  | A few summers ago I attended the graduation of my son in Oregon, where he received an MFA degree in poetry. He already has a good job as a judge in the California Superior Court system, but it does not seem to fulfill all of his […]

By Jeanne Mogusu  |  25 March 2020  |   It was an ordinary July day in Nairobi in 2019, as worshippers gathered across Kenya to celebrate the Sabbath. People travelled to their various houses of worship much like they had done numerous times before. But there was to be something different about this Sabbath. Angry messages […]

Richard W. Coffen  |  24 March 2020  | It’s interesting that Scripture has numerous passages which we remain completely ignorant of—even though we’ve all at least scanned the Bible numerous times. In this essay, we’ll consider some of these verses and wonder why “The Bible tells me so!” What to Do With Tithe Brother Franklin […]

by Melissa Young  |  21 March 2020  | I reached my breaking point today in regard to COVID-19. Until today I was making the best of it. Unlike many of my friends, my job still had me coming into the office. My favorite restaurant was still open. My skating rink still had ice time available. […]

by Vinnie MacIsaac  |  20 March 2020  |   The 80’s band R.E.M. sang “It’s the end of the world as we know it—and I feel fine.” That lyric has been stuck in my head since the COVID-19 story broke. I don’t know when you’ll be reading this, but I wrote it four days before my […]

by Jack Hoehn  | February 4, 2020 | Unlike the recent House condemnation and Senate exculpation of the American president that was entirely partisan, there are things that both political parties can agree on. The annual defense budget, passed recently by the House (377 to 48) and Senate (82 to 8) has strong support from […]

by Melissa Young   |  16 March 2020  |   “I have a testimony I just have to give tonight!” the voice of the girl next to me called out. I was attending a Friday night Bible study at a Seventh-day Adventist church near my home for the first time. So far, the evening had been fairly […]

By Loren Seibold  |  13 March 2020  |   Yesterday was a weird, creepy day. One cancellation after another, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warnings about the severity of the COVID-19 illness, presidents and politicians lined up at microphones to voice their self-serving concern—these happenings seemed to tumble […]

by Eugene Gerasimov  |  10 March 2020  | Once, in Sabbath School, a sister in my church shared her opinion that the reason why God had created humankind to populate the earth was that since one-third of the angels had fallen and had been expelled from heaven, God created humans to replace the followers that […]

by S M Chen  |  23 January 2020  | “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” —Madeleine L’Engle, American writer (1918-2007) One day, over a decade ago, when I lived in a different place, I happened to be at my desktop computer. I noticed a bit of waviness of […]

by Stephen Ferguson |  01 March 2020  | What legitimate role does imagination play in our spiritual lives? If imagination has any place in our belief system, does that mean it is all essentially fake? Is religion like Lisa Simpson’s stupid rock, which she tells her father can keep bears and tigers away? Are our […]