Growing up in the Adventist faith, there was – in my family – a pervasive belief that non-Adventists could observe our practices, but we should never look outward. In my family, curiosity about the world beyond the church walls was viewed with suspicion, and asking questions about external beliefs was discouraged. This created an environment […] Source: https://atoday.org/fear-of-the-outside/

December 3, 2024| 2024 is a fraught election year for both the United States and Ghana. December 7 marks election day for Ghanaians, with some fearing violent outbreaks at the polls or ballot tampering. For members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, another layer of worry factors into election day. December 7 is a Saturday, causing […] Source: https://atoday.org/countdown-to-ghana-election-heightens-pressure/

3 December, 2024| “In 1911, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and missionary Ovid Elbert Davis traveled to Brazil’s remote borders with Venezuela and British Guiana. In the region of Mount Roraima, despite very poor health, he opened the Word of God to the Taurepang, Macuxi, and other ethnic groups, teaching them about the “Great God.” as stated […] Source: https://atoday.org/o-e-davis-life-and-ministry-is-memorialized-in-new-brazil-documentary/

My friend Jim Gorney recently died—the day before his 85th birthday. Jim was an impressive fellow. He had been orphaned and raised by his grandfather. He came from a working family, but pushed himself to go to college, and spent his life happily teaching elementary school. He had lots of interests: an avid golfer, a […] Source: https://atoday.org/giving-tuesday-create-space-for-questioning-adventists/