22 September 2020  | Dear Editor, I write regarding the recent article by Steve Moran in which he declared, “Liberals say they support religious freedom, but then they want to crush religious practices they deem to be immoral.” I am puzzled. If Mr. Moran had wanted a discussion, would he not have specified the religious […]

28 August 2020  | The Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar has become a regular part of my Sabbath day experience. Every topic has been riveting and, to my way of thinking, urgent. How do you keep this high quality going?  It seems like every week the topics are so clever and valuable and necessary. Nearly all […]

28 August 2020  | Dear Editor, I believe that the answer to Loren Seibold’s question “Can COVID-19 Slim Down Our Big Fat Church?” (Adventist Today magazine, Summer 2020) is yes!  Loren has done an excellent job in this article of describing the difficulties we have faced for many years with a top-heavy administrative church structure. However, there […]

20 August 2020  | Dear Editor, Last Sabbath’s Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar, led by Loren Seibold on the topic of the Jewish food rules, was another thoughtful and interesting study. Because of COVID-19 we have been unable to attend our regular Sabbath School, and the ATSS has now become a Sabbath tradition for us. I […]

19 August 2020  | Dear Editor, I wanted to tell Dr. David Geelan and the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar how much I enjoyed the discussion on atheists and morality on August 8. The topic is close to my heart because I was an atheist for more than 20 years. I had several people tell me […]

19 August 2020  | Dear Editor: I applaud the choice of Executive Pastor at Walla Walla University Church. What I’m concerned about is the final paragraph, where misleading/inaccurate statements are made. The status and role reference should have the qualifying information that the policy limits what a commissioned minister can do, and how it discriminates […]

11 August 2020  | Dear Editor: Such great and powerful articles, “Abusive Eschatology” and the one preceding it on the close of probation! People who did not grow up as we did cannot possibly understand living decades with that constant spiritual knot in your gut. My father is 100 years old now, and was that […]

21 July 2020  | I appreciate Loren Seibold’s liberating voice in his recent article, “Abusive Eschatology.” A defining moment from my private autobiography related to abusive eschatology: I was taking a class at Pacific School of Religion as part of my PhD program. A fellow student asked me to join him for lunch to get […]

14 May 2020  | Washington Adventist University’s (WAU) model for the COVID-19 pandemic, as seen on their website, is “being informed and prepared.” During this time of uncertainty, we students are patient and understanding. Of course, many of our events have been delayed and/or canceled due to social distancing. However, on May 6, 2020, we […]

12 February 2020  | The comments Loren Seibold reported about what some folks feel about the foot washing part of communion were some of the same I heard when I did Biblical Hospitality seminars and passed around a “communion questionnaire.” What I’ve started doing at my church in Beltsville, MD, where communion is much better […]

I consider myself an easygoing, laid-back, reasonable person. I generally trust decisions that church leaders make. They are leaders because they have demonstrated good judgment in the past. They have more information than I do. They have spent more time studying the issues than I. They deserve the benefit of the doubt. In mid-October a […]