29 December 2021 | 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 […]
20 December 2022 | Dear readers: Another busy week, and this time Aunty is baking cookies to share with friends. So I thought I’d let Kris Widmer, an Adventist chaplain from Oroville, California, share some cheer with you. As you read this story, remember the context: that right now, during what is supposed to be […]
13 December 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve got my Christmas decorations up, I’ve got presents under the tree, the house decorated, and right in the tall corner of my living room a gorgeous tree that I spent a whole day decorating. I love it! Now I learn that an elderly uncle and aunt want […]
6 December 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Does The Sound of Music count as a Sabbath movie? It has a good moral story. And innocent music. And nuns. Signed, The Hills Are Alive Dear Hills, These types of questions amuse Aunt Sevvy. Who has the authority to decide what is and is not a Sabbath […]
29 November 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy. I really enjoy your column and I would like your advice on my dilemma. I am a non-denominational Christian who married an Adventist. Because I wanted my family to worship together, and my husband is convinced that the Adventist church is the only true church, I also joined […]
22 November 2021 Dear Readers: Aunt Sevvy is busy this week getting ready to gather loved ones around her—as are many of you. Though she’s running in circles, she’s grateful she gets to do nice things for these people she loves. Not every November has been so happy for Aunty. There have been years when […]
15 November 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Recently we went to the house of some Adventist friends from church for dinner. As I was with her in the kitchen, I saw her open a cupboard. She was standing so her body partially blocked it, but I saw her take out a bottle, and pour some […]
9 November 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am feeling woefully unprepared to parent teenagers in 2021. Right now I am struggling to know what to say on the subjects of sexual orientation and gender identity. The terminology has changed so drastically from what I had expected as I raised my kids—e.g., “gender assigned at […]
10 November 2021 | Our Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar concerns an aspect of Christian spirituality and worship and its implications for Adventism. Our focus will be on the Psalms, the Old Testament book of worship and praise par excellence. These psalms also permeate the New Testament, which quotes and alludes to them more than one […]
4 November 2021 | Esther Loewen was until recently Pastor Kris Loewen of the Redlands Adventist Church. In this interview, Esther tells AT about her struggle and her transition to being a woman, and where she goes from here. To comment, click/tap here.
3 November 2021 | by Stephen Ferguson A little over a year ago, my beloved Siamese cat named Inca tragically passed away. He was hit by a bus. Inca was the first blue-eyed “baby” my wife Amy and I had. Inca was an amazing pet who was very much part of our family. As is […]
1 November 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I recently heard from a member of another denomination that there will be animal sacrifices in heaven or the new earth. I thought it was crazy, but there are verses to back up the idea, such as Zechariah 14. Weren’t Old Testament sacrifices supposed to point forward to […]