Dear Aunt Sevvy, My great-grandfather was Ellen White’s gardener. He spent most of his adult life believing that the Second Coming was just over the horizon. So did his daughter, my grandmother. Her daughter, my mom, worried, even in her final dementia, about the soon return of Jesus. Now I have grandchildren who are learning […] Source: https://atoday.org/auntie-its-been-175-years-why-hasnt-jesus-returned/
News Briefs For October 24, 2019
News reports from Lady Lake, Florida; Loma Linda University Health; Northern Caribbean University and Pacific Union College. A man and a woman got into an altercation on their way to church in Lady Lake, Florida last Sabbath. Villages-News reported that the woman tried to exit the car at an intersection. The man who was identified […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-october-24-2019/
The Spirit and the Letter
by Dennis Meier | 23 October 2019 | I was in attendance in 2012 when my union conference (the North German Union Conference, or NDV) voted for equality in pastoral service. The motion was placed on the agenda by a single individual, through the Executive Committee seemed happy to bring it up for a decision. […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-spirit-and-the-letter/
Shutdown Of Adventist Operations Ordered In West-Central Burundi
24 October 2019 | The governor of the Muramvya province of west-central Burundi has ordered the suspension of operations of the Adventist denomination in his province. Region Week reported this week that Laurent Nicimbeshe made the decision after meeting twice with warring Adventist entities in his region and failing to find a resolution to their […] Source: https://atoday.org/shutdown-of-adventist-operations-ordered-in-west-central-burundi/
Waiting on God in the Faith of the Pioneers
by Melissa Brotton | 21 October 2019 | Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! (Psalm 27:14, New King James Version) “That’s it, boy,” I say and snap the last rivet on the large, plastic dog-collar. Daylen casts me a doleful look. […] Source: https://atoday.org/waiting-on-god-in-the-faith-of-the-pioneers/
