Comments of the Week January 13-19 “Our hope is in Jesus Christ and not in this bunch of fellas!” —Jeremy Low on who controls Adventist Theology Comments on Coffee Urn & Weak Sister, Church Worker Loss of Employment Protections, Genes & Genesis, and Broken Trust EDITORIAL: The Coffee Urn & the Weak Sister “We had […]
Comments of the Week January 5-12 “It’s called ‘lay activities’ and is a very effective means of church growth.” —Jeffrey C. Taylor on the satire piece about why parents lock the door to pray each Sabbath afternoon Comments on Badge of an Oppressor, Exorcisms, Satire, Is My Child a Jerk?, and Aunt Sevvy Do I […]
Comments of the Week December 23-29 “Who bows down, or worships their Christmas tree? No more than you bow down or pray to your child’s picture. Common sense needs to be used in ALL things!” –-Barbara Clark Wassom on whether Jeremiah bans Christmas Trees Comments on Grief, Christmas Scolds, Aunt Sevvy, and Missing the Forest […]
Comments of the Week December 9-15 “Why did our pioneers make it all about us, when it was clearly about the people who read it back then? This is the best ‘unpacking’ of Revelation in terms of the first century I’ve ever read.” –-Loren Seibold on Revelation Comments on Revelation, Pagan Christmas, Aunt Sevvy, and […]
Comments of the Week December 9-15 “I feel the outrage. And maybe worse, I feel shame that our church has drawn us away from the path of righteousness instead of proclaiming love, justice, and mercy.” –-Patti Purdy Hansen Tompkins on Christian Outrage Comments on being ex-Adventist, Fairies, Bunnies, and a Jolly Fat Man, Adventist Secrets, […]
Comments of the Week December 2-8 “This conspiracy theory-driven, anti-vaccination, Christian nationalist rhetoric has no place in our churches. Praying for this individual, his family, and everyone under his significant level of influence as this church tries to move forward from his years of leadership there.” –-Bonnie Smith and Tim Mayne on the dismissal of […]
Comments of the Week Nov 25-Dec 1 “I’m a grown woman, 73 years old. I read whatever I like.” –Joyce Williams responding to Aunt Sevvy’s question about reading extra-biblical books Comments on the Body Temple, Neurodivergent People, and Aunt Sevvy The Body Temple: Oxygen and Breath “I am fearfully and wonderfully made!‘” –Steve Tatum ATSS: […]
Comments of the Week November 18-24 “Reminds me of the old joke: St. Peter is showing a new group of folks around heaven. And, of course, birds of a feather like to flock together, so he says, ‘Over there are the Anglicans, and the next street over are the Presbyterians, and the Catholics are on […]
Comments of the Week November 11-17 “NAD: Adventist University enrollment is shrinking and we don’t know why! GC: Hurray! The Shaking is here!‘” –Shelley Curtis Weaver on one of the satire pieces Comments on the church changing, election lessons, a satire piece, This Is Resistance, and a University professor’s drug charges. EDITORIAL: Can This Church […]
Comments of the Week Oct 28–Nov 3 “As a church musician, I wish Sister Pedersen luck. After all, one purpose of good music should be to bring people together. My own personal hope is that one day I will have an opportunity to do what one Church of England organist in the UK once did […]
Comments of the Week Oct 28-Nov 3 Why does this church have to be dragged kicking and screaming into dealing effectively with sexual abuse? Why do people actually have to take such drastic steps for the church to hear? Wise up, people. The church is not as safe as we’d like to believe. –Pam Grootemaat […]
Comments of the Week October 20-27 Comments on Councils on Diet and Foods, A Spirit of Lying, Fiji Mission President’s Alleged Sexual Assault Allegations, and Retired GC President’s Endorsement of Kamala Harris. SATIRE: Local Church Introduces New “Plausible Deniability Potluck” Where No One Knows Who Brought What “Someone brought fried chicken to a potluck I […]