by Thandazani Mhlanga | 5 April 2022 | In my birth country of Zimbabwe, back in colonial times when it was still called Southern Rhodesia, a respected and highly esteemed colonial dairy farmer imported a prize-winning bull from Scotland. The bull’s arrival was no small affair: farmers from far and wide came down to see […]
30 March 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Let me begin by saying that I regard you as a wise aunt who gives good advice. I’m usually impressed by your wisdom and probity. However, an answer last week to a question about whether Elder Ted Wilson is a bad person gave me pause, and made me […]
by Jack Hoehn | March 28, 2022 | An email this month sent out by my local conference suggested the following heartwarming story to encourage church offerings. I thought I should share some of it with those of you from other conferences. Offering Appeal for March 19, 2022 Local Church Budget “We worship God with […]
by David Geelan | 29 March 2022 | I spent a few days at the beginning of the year deprived of sight, and it started me thinking about the role of our senses in life and in religious faith. I’ve been fortunate enough not to be infected with COVID-19 (yet), but many people around the […]
by Beverly Matiko | 25 March 2022 | Many people enter their retirement years sure of the hobbies they plan to pursue, the places they hope to explore, and the company they want to keep. When I retired recently, all I knew for certain was that I was done with teaching. After sixty-one uninterrupted years […]
by Debbie Hooper | 24 March 2022 | It is a truth universally acknowledged that when posting on social media you must look out for unintended messaging and political landmines. People who work in communications and marketing call the multi-step process involved in taking photos or video, writing a blog or accompanying description, ‘content creation’; […]
by Stephen Ferguson and Lillian-Paige Turner | 23 March 2022 | While much of the world was dealing with Covid mandates and Russian invasions, the Australian Parliament was addressing the thorny question of religious discrimination. It was big news here. With concerns about increased anti-religious sentiment, Australia’s conservative Coalition-Government (led by the Liberal Party, confusingly […]
Are human rights evil? Do child rights stem from Satan’s rebellion with God? Most sane people would say no, but Walter Veith argues yes. Watch AT-sponsored Matthew Korpman react to what may be some of the strangest and most outrageous comments to ever leave the mouth of an SDA minister. To comment, click/tap here.
22 March 2022 | On March 15, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia posted the above picture on its Facebook page with this caption: We are so happy to welcome back administrators, from all nine conferences, to our office this week, with only a few joining via zoom. They are here for several meetings including: […]
by Lindsey Abston Painter | 18 March 2022 | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 17:22. I quoted the King James Version of this verse because that’s how I learned it as a child. It suggests (and I have heard people use it in this […]
by Rich Hannon | 17 March 2022 | I recently binge-watched the six-part BBC mini-series Wolf Hall, which traces the life of Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540) during his political ascent in the reign of England’s Henry VIII. Henry’s ongoing, overriding problem was in securing a male heir. This caused him to end the marriage to his […]
by Edison Garcia-Creitoff | 15 March 2022 | I recently heard a pastor say in a sermon that there seemed to be a civil war in the church between the vaccinated and the anti-vaccine believers. The pastor called on the members not to forget that, regardless of our differences, we are all brothers and sisters; […]