10 September 2021 | Three Loma Linda University Health Team PossAbilities athletes competed in the August 24 – September 5 Tokyo Paralympics. According to its website, PossAbilities is a free, Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) non-profit community outreach program. The goal of the program is to “provide those with permanent physical disabilities and veterans support […]
Acevedo became the first Seventh-day Adventist woman to be promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve. In 2001, Acevedo became the first Seventh-day Adventist woman to enter any military chaplaincy program in the United States Army. There are currently only six women chaplains throughout all the branches in the U.S. military. Acevedo served […]
God has given us a spirit of love, not fear. (1 John 4:18) In uncertain times, flexibility is essential. A positive attitude and a non-anxious presence with others often win the day. We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational message, to our thought-provoking AT Trending News, to our melodic moment of music, […]
News reports from Jamaica, Newsweek, Southern Adventist University, Loma Linda University Health and Ireland: According to the Jamaica Observer, Dr Newton Cleghorne, a vice president of Adventist-owned Northern Caribbean University (based in Mandeville, Jamaica), passed away Friday last week. “He died at age 67 reportedly of complications associated with COVID-19,” reported the newspaper. Cleghorne was […]
8 September 2021 | Read this essay in preparation for the class. Excerpts of the four points: 1. The enemy Some Christian leaders rushed to Islam’s defense. Yet I also received an email written by a clergyman, that was just short of Hitlerian in its bigotry and willful misinterpretation of the theology and social system of […]
From AT innovation content partner site, AdventInnovate: 7 September 2021 | The leaders of the Adventurer and Pathfinder clubs at a church in southern Indiana recently decided to create TikTok content. “All the kids were on TikTok,” said Sabra Johnson, the Adventurer director for Jasper Church, explaining why she and her (Pathfinder leader) husband, Nick, […]
6 September 2021 | Dear Editor, Without intending to extend this controversy, I wish to say that I agreed with and appreciated Loren Seibold’s concern about the planned distribution of a billion copies of The Great Controversy (“The Wrong Way to Reach the World,” 27 August 2021). Would it be possible to channel the enthusiasm […]
3 September 2021 | “Can the hand that raised a machete to kill now raise it to bless?” asks a JusticeInfo article on the rehabilitation of clergy convicted for their role in the Rwandan genocide of Tutsis in 1994. The piece looks at a number of ministers that were involved in the genocide and that […]
3 September 2021 | Last month the Pulitzer Center profiled Loma Linda, California-based Adventists and their lifestyles in an article titled ‘I Breathe Loma Linda’: How Seventh-Day Adventists in Southern California Are Living Longer. The piece identified the Adventist community in Loma Linda as one of the so-called blue zones identified by National Geographic Fellow […]
3 September 2021 | Adventist Health, the health facility system spread across the West Coast of the United States and Hawaii, is growing its focus from primarily treating the sick to investing in communities to help people live better and longer. Adventist Health acquired Blue Zones, a network that works to improve well-being and longevity […]
LLUSM’s Michael Pecaut, Ph.D., is one of 18 scientists selected to serve on the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023-2032 steering committee by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. For over three decades, Pecaut has been involved in spaceflight research, including multiple experiments on the Space Shuttle and […]
News reports from Humboldt County, California; the Western Balkans; New Zealand; Southern Adventist University and Solomon Islands: According to Redwood News on August 31, a fire shelter in Willow Creek, Humboldt County, California, had to be evacuated as the Knob Fire in the area had burned through 1,000 acres with 0% containment. Evacuees were brought […]