May 5, 2016: Tuesday hundreds of students demonstrated on the campus of La Sierra University (LSU), the Adventist institution in Riverside (California), and more than 600 individuals have signed a petition expressing concern about the handling of a case of alleged rape and sexual harassment. Dr. Donna L. Carlson, an alumna of LSU who served […]
From ANN, May 5, 2016: The state of religious freedom worldwide has deteriorated over the past 12 months, according to a report released May 1 by an independent United States advisory body. The 270-page report compiled by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) documents continuing abuses in 33 countries and regions, […]
From ANN, May 5, 2016: A Memorandum of Understanding signed last week between administrators of Health City Cayman Islands and Adventist Healthcare Services Inter-America (AHS-IA) will seek to provide free cardiac surgeries to children and minimally-invasive surgeries at affordable costs across Adventist-operated hospitals in the Caribbean. Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) is an accredited […]
From ANN, May 5, 2016: Helping women who have suffered from the horrendous trauma of genital mutilation has become a life mission for Dr. Cornelia Strunz. Anyone who sees her interacting with the women at group meetings can see how much love and enthusiasm she brings to her work, which is helping women find […]
From ANN, May 5, 2016: The Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s North American Division (NAD) has voted to receive governance of Christian Record Services for the Blind, which was formerly administered by the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference. Christian Record is based in Lincoln, Nebraska. The transfer of governance affirms a larger restructuring plan that was implemented […]
By Pastor Tom Hughes, posted May 4, 2016 by D Kovacs Growing up wasn’t easy Our family had its trials Joy was hard to come by Worry mixed with smiles Life was hard sometimes And it could be lonely too But how lost I would have been If God hadn’t given me you […]
By S M Chen, posted May 4, 2016 by Debbonnaire Kovacs “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” –Honoré de Balzac, novelist, playwright (1799-1850) Mother, What you gave me: 1) Baby book containing, not necessarily in order: birth certificate (am I really this […]
By Trudy Morgan-Cole, excerpted and posted May 4, 2016 with permission by Debbonnaire Kovacs. Based on the story in Acts 16 One of the main passages this week is the story of the girl with “a spirit of divination” whom Paul healed. For the first time ever, if I’m not mistaken, I didn’t write a […]
By Darla Martin Tucker, Director of Public Relations, La Sierra University We recently posted a story on the Enactus team at Southwestern; here is a great one from La Sierra, whose team placed #2 nationally https://lasierra.edu/article/la-sierra-university-enactus-team-second-in-nation-at-us-competition/ this year. You may have read a shorter form of this article in the Review. Ms. Martin Tucker gave […]
May 2, 2016: The Audience Choice Award at the International Christian Film Festival last week went to Love Different, a comedy about ethnicity and diversity from SONset Friday Entertainment. The production company is led by Anthony Hackett, a young Adventist cinema creator and actor originally from Denver and now living in the Washington DC area. […]
May 2, 2016: Pastor Paul Charles’ mistake, said the Adventist denomination’s Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID) today, is that he studied at unaccredited institutions. This is the latest development in the aftermath of newspaper articles in South Africa with accusations about fraudulent graduate degrees claimed by leaders of the Adventist faith in Africa. Adventist Today […]
Stories from New York City and Ecuador, Ghana, Andrews University, Loma Linda University, Walla Walla University and Massachusetts An Adventist Community Services (ACS) center in New York City has collected and shipped 9.5 tons of relief supplies to Ecuador in the aftermath of the earthquake there. The 40 volunteers of the ACS unit at the […]