PUDDLE, Florida — An Adventist contractor has launched a business exclusively dedicated to building shallow pools appropriate for Sabbath wading. Holly Stride has taken out ads across Adventist media, advertising “guilt-free Sabbath wading in the comfort of your backyard.” Stride guarantees that none of her pools are deep enough for any “unSabbath-like water activity,” even […]
SILVER SPRING, Maryland — The Adventist Supreme Court has found a member guilty of Sabbath swimming despite what he claims was an entirely accidental fall into a friend’s pool. The incident which took place last Sabbath is said to have occurred as Wade Densplache was taking what he called a “Sabbath afternoon walk.” Eyewitnesses said […]
SILVER SPRING, Maryland — In an effort to more tightly articulate acceptable Sabbath-keeping practices, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GC) has released a new maximum depth of water through which members can wade on Sabbath afternoon walks without being in danger of doing their own pleasure. While previously church guidelines had set the maximum […]
