24 January 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Our pastor had romantic affairs with four of the female parishioners in our small church. We are in shock. What should we think, and what should we do? Signed, Devastated Dear Devastated, I’ll assume “romantic affairs” is a euphemism for sexual relationships. But let’s be clear: there is […]
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Sharing Scripture for January 19 – 25
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 news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Aunt Sevvy, I’m running out of time!
17 January 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I never feel like I have enough time for everything. I work full time, have a freelance job on the side, have two kids, in the church choir, teach kindergarten Sabbath School, and I’m in a book club. And I always feel like I’m letting someone down! Half […]
Hope Center Redux: An Interview with Rita Corbett
15 January 2020 | In 2018, Rita Corbett told us about the difficulties they’d encountered in trying to gift a million-dollar conference center to South Andhra Section (Mission) in India. Recently we followed up with an interview to try to get a learn what has happened since. Adventist Today: We first published the story of […]
Sharing Scripture for January 12 – 18
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 news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Sharing Scripture for January 5 – 11
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 news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Dave Edgren 2020 Vision
Dave Down Under talks about his vision for 2020 and you can have one, too! To comment, click/tap here.
Sharing Scripture for December 29 – January 4
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 news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Aunt Sevvy, I always fail in my new year resolutions!
30 December 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, At the beginning of every new year I hear people talk about making resolutions. I’ve made many, and mostly, it’s been discouraging. I’m still overweight, though I’ve “resolved” many times to work on that. I’m still not on a steady exercise program—another resolution. I’ve also resolved to be […]
Sharing Scripture for December 22 – 28
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 news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Dave Down Under–Christmas Suffering
Dave Edgren is a primary school chaplain in Melbourne, Australia. He and his wife, Jenny, have three grown children. He’s a popular Biblical storyteller who speaks to all ages. You can contact him at his website at davedgren.com To comment, click here.
Sharing Scripture for December 15 – 21
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 news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]