A response to Monte Sahlin’s “How Should Adventists Respond When Many People Reject Organized Religion?” As a lifelong Adventist who struggled to fit in with organized religion I can relate to the attitudes of the people described in the article. I liked the Beatles, not hymns. I liked TV and novels, not the Sabbath School […]
AUGUST 27, 2017: Nutritional science news source, FOODMED.NET published an article on August 7 titled “Medical Evangelism: A Handout for Bad Diet Advice?” The article by Marika Sboros considers the research of Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Gary Fettke which claims that much of what is called nutritional science today is influenced by what he […]
By Tysan, August 25, 2017: Governor Zachary O. Obado was re-elected in the election early this month in Migori County, Kenya, and sworn in for the new term earlier this week. He has served as governor since the county level of government was introduced and is known as a faithful member of his local Seventh-day […]
August 24, 2017: A New York Magazine article by Alec MacGillis has negatively profiled Ben Carson’s work so far as the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The piece which appeared in the August 21 issue of New York Magazine was titled “Is Anybody Home at HUD?” It characterized Carson’s management approach as […]
By Tysan, August 23, 2017: Problems with legal papers and evidence, as well as a key staff member of the agency overseeing the elections who may soon go back to her primary job at the United Nations, mixed with rumors and signs of uneasiness on all sides as the Supreme Court prepares to consider the […]
By Tysan, August 21, 2017: Ezra Chiloba, the chief executive officer of the Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IBEC), the government entity that runs elections for Kenya, has said that his agency is ready to conduct another election should the Supreme Court rule in favor of a petition filed by the party that lost the […]
August 23, 2017: Simultaneously one of the most beloved and most misunderstood recent movements within the Adventist community, The One project recently announced that it would hold its final event. In a message posted on its website titled “Not Goodbye, but … Until,” the organizers announced that the final One Project gathering would take […]
August 23, 2017: Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston, Jamaica, hosted a government-led domestic violence intervention event yesterday. The Jamaica Observer reported that the gathering honored over 200 volunteer pastors and police chaplains that had been trained as part of the national government’s crime prevention efforts. “Domestic violence is a serious matter and […]
August 22, 2017: The government of the two-island country of Saint Kitts and Nevis has reached out to the Adventist church as well as a number of other denominations to help fight crime in the country. The country’s Ecclesiastical Affairs Ministry is in charge of putting in motion a list of recommendations made by the […]
By Tysan, August 20, 2017: The opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition filed a case Friday evening (August 18) against the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta, claiming the recent national election was rigged. Media around the globe has been covering the August 8 election in Kenya because of the political violence in the African country […]
August 21, 2017: A 64-year-old man who used to teach for an Adventist School in Bunbury, Western Australia, has been charged with sexual offenses against two children. According to the Bunbury Mail, the man from Bicton, a suburb of Perth, is accused of sexual offenses against two children at homes in the region. A […]
August 20, 2017: Hong Kong’s Tsuen Wan-based Adventist Hospital has become one of the first hospitals in Asia to offer 3D printed replica foetuses. For about USD 770, expectant parents can order a 3D printed model of their unborn baby. The technology uses ultrasound scanning and 3D printing to create the models. It is […]