Last spring I asked a friend at church to teach a children’s Sabbath School class a few weeks from then. She checked her calendar and said, “I can’t. That’s the day Noah starts his Little League Baseball.” When I grew up, Sabbath School and church took priority over everything. But now it’s common for families […]

Dear Aunt Sevvy: For years, I was overweight and tired and lazy. Then I discovered the Adventist message of health. I’m not only healthier and happier, but I’ve found my purpose: to make everyone healthy! What bothers me is that I can’t seem to get other Adventists as excited about it as I am. So […]

30 August 2019  | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’m about to retire, and we are selling our house to move closer to our children. My wife says God expects us to pay tithe on the money we received for the house above its listed cost 30 years ago. But our house is really worth no more […]

Dear Readers:  No question from a reader this week. But recently I came across this bit of wisdom from an AT reader, who gave me permission to share it.  Church: Why are young people leaving the faith? Young people: Well, you see, we’re discouraged by the fighting about totally irrelevant issues while real crises are […]

16 August 2019  | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Not long ago at church one of the older women walked up to me and said, “This has been bothering me for a long time. That’s not your real hair color, is it?” At first I made a joke about covering my gray. But she gave me a […]

4 August 2019  | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am 23 years old, Adventist, and I’m finally admitting to myself that I’m a lesbian. I want to come out but I don’t think my local church would accept me. I’m even more afraid to tell my parents: they have always held a hard line about homosexuality […]

Dear Aunt Sevvy: I may have done a terrible thing. I always make and freeze homemade lasagne hamburger casseroles for my family, and vegetarian ones for church potluck. On a recent Sabbath I pulled one out of the freezer and took it to church, where I heated it up and set it on the serving […]

Dear Aunt Sevvy: Our pastor was preaching recently on Christian families, when he suddenly went off on the topic of spanking. He didn’t just mention it as an option of last resort, but talked about it at length and with enthusiasm, almost as though he took joy in spanking children. My spouse and I don’t […]

1 February 2019  | Dear Aunt Sevvy: The Super Bowl is coming up, and it caps a season of disagreement between my husband and me about sports. I like fitness, and I do think playing certain sports taught our children fairness and cooperation—Ellen White’s competitive sports statements notwithstanding. But all I see in professional and […]