Guest Feature by Steve Vistaunet, Gleaner Editor, Jan. 28, 2015, Reprinted by permission from the October Gleaner. Mix 180 young people and their leaders together on a sailing ship in the middle of a rainy October weekend, and you’ll get an adventure. Bob Gaede, a lay member from Rockaway Beach, Oregon, has planned a number […]
by Debbonnaire Kovacs, Jan. 21, 2015 A short article in the October, 2014 issue of The Gleaner caught my eye. “Professor Provides Glimpse into Atomic World.” That’s the sort of headline that makes you keep reading. “Tom Ekkens, Walla Walla University Physics Department chairman, has built an instrument that examines things as detailed as […]
Debbonnaire Kovacs, Jan. 14, 2015 Around fifteen years ago, following an epiphany moment at a conference for Sabbath School leaders, I made the decision to be more intentional about moving out of the Adventist “salt shaker” and out of what was then my comfort zone. I began visiting other churches, making more friends that were […]
Tony Romeo, Jan 6, 2015 The following is taken from a New Year letter written by Pastor Tony Romeo, executive pastor, which we thought would be of interest to our readers. REACH-NYC is an independent ministry seeking to help others in creative ways that are focused and open to members of all faith traditions. Our […]
Debbonnaire Kovacs, Dec. 31, 2014 It is evening, and dark, on or near winter solstice, the longest night of the year. As you enter the quiet chapel the atmosphere is one of peace, candlelight, and gentle music. Some people are dressed in sweats and sitting with downcast eyes, often isolated near the back and sides […]
Debbonnaire Kovacs, Dec. 17, 2014 “Most other Adventist institutions have some sort of sculptural centerpiece on campus, and we’ve had nothing,” said Eric Cadiente, Marketing & Public Relations-Director at Adventist University of Health Sciences. “But we wanted something different—something that would speak directly to our mission.” Now they have it. The Garden of Miracles, an […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Dec. 10, 2014 If you read your Adventist World, you saw a story in the October edition about “a group of creative-minded young Adventists in Britain” who “decided to showcase their faith in a shop window.” In Birmingham, the second-largest city in Great Britain, Daniel Blyden, member of the Aston-Newtown Community Church, […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs During the time I have been Features Editor, I have been collecting stories of above-the-ordinary use of arts within Adventism, and I have decided to do a series on the stories I have now. If you or your church use the arts in an exciting way, please email me at artseditor@atoday.org. Note: […]