20 September 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, After reading through the New Testament a number of times, I came to see God as a loving Father who stood by me in all kinds of situations. Then several years ago I started to read the Old Testament from the beginning. I encountered stories that were troublesome […]
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My unvaccinated son wants to come home for the holidays!
13 September 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, We love our adult children and want to welcome them home during the upcoming holidays. Here’s the problem: one of our children has not gotten the vaccine, and believes he is not at risk because a colleague convinced him of the natural immunity theory. I’m sure many young […]
Appreciation comes from the heart, not the calendar
6 September 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Does the calendar still have a day set aside for appreciation of pastors? If so, how can the church best celebrate this day in accordance with the Church Manual? Signed, Planning Ahead Dear Planning: Pastors’ Appreciation Day—actually known as Clergy Appreciation Day to take into account those religions […]
Aunt Sevvy, what about unfriending people on social media?
Dear Aunt Sevvy: Will I be lost because I unfriended someone on Facebook? Signed, Seriously not serious Dear Serious, You indicated that you meant this question tongue-in-cheek. But you raise an issue we need to talk about. Social media is so new that we are all still figuring out how to use it so that […]
Aunty, can evil spirits have a flesh-and-blood body?
23 August 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I have been wondering whether evil spirits have a body. Satan appeared in person to Jesus. But other demons “possessed” people, and once Jesus sent them into pigs. It seems this may have implications for our view of the soul, not to mention people’s belief in ghosts and […]
Thank you, Aunt Sevvy, for addressing polyandry!
17 August 2021 | Dear Adventist Today, Thank you so much for Aunt Sevvy’s column posted on Monday. Our son told us several months ago that he and his wife were now in a polyamorous relationship. We met their new partner and her children and like them very much. We have accepted the situation, though […]
I’m horrified: my son & wife added another wife!
16 August 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, My family has a situation I haven’t heard about much. My son and daughter-in-law have just informed me they are taking a new “wife” and will be a threesome. They are all “married” to each other, I guess. I am horrified and completely blindsided by this news. They […]
Aunty, can we women trust physicians?
9 August 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: I liked your answer to a woman who was asking about her declining libido, except for one point: you suggested that she could talk to her gynecologist. That comment brought to mind my own experience in talking to my physician about a sexual concern, and how she dismissed […]
Aunty, we had six sermons against The One Project!
2 August 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Recently in my church six sermons were dedicated to informing the congregation of the dangers of The One Project. I happen to think The One Project is doing a wonderful job of presenting Jesus to the world. How can I challenge what happened at this church in a […]
Our children have left the church. What can we do?
26 July 2021 | Aunty, I wish you lived next door. Our millennial kids are good, loving people, but not interested in being Seventh-day Adventists. Besides prayer and loving them, what can we do? Signed, Worried mother and dad Dear Worried, Aunty wanted to make sure she got this right, so she asked a millennial […]
How can we protect children in Sabbath School when we’re so short of staff?
19 July 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In the safety training mandated by the denomination for working with and protecting children, there is a rule that we are to have more than one adult in the room during a children’s Sabbath School class. Yet in our little church, that’s not easy. Sometimes it’s hard to […]
Aunty, can I support my pastor without giving money to the GC?
12 July 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I was interested in your answer to the man in the small church who wanted to give his tithe to his needy congregation rather than to the conference. My question is related, but slightly different. I like my conference, I am happy with my pastor, and I want […]