News reports from Christian Century, Italy, Rwanda and Southern Adventist University: Dr. Charles Scriven, retired Adventist editor and theologian, is the author of a book review published in the July 17 issue of Christian Century, one of the major Protestant journals published in the United States. He reviews Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-august-9-2019/
Substitute Teacher at California Adventist Schools Arrested on Child Porn Charges
7 August 2019 | Justin Daniel Villegas, 22, a substitute teacher who was employed by two Adventist schools in California’s San Joaquin Valley and an Adventist camp in Yosemite National Park, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of possessing child pornography. Law enforcement claimed he was in possession of more than 600 images of child […] Source: https://atoday.org/substitute-teacher-at-california-adventist-schools-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/
Kettering to Host Mental Health and Community Conference this Fall
7 August 2019 | You’re invited to delve into the connection between faith and mental health at The George T. Harding IV Mental Health and Community Conference this fall from September 29 to October 1 in Dayton, Ohio. It will be hosted by the Kettering Health Network. Joining Adventist pastors, educators, and health professionals from around […] Source: https://atoday.org/kettering-to-host-mental-health-and-community-conference-this-fall/
ADRA-Backed Rohingya Volunteers Save Drowning Teen
6 August 2019 | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reported that a group of Rohingya refugee volunteers, trained by a program partially backed by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), had saved the life of an unconscious, drowning teen. The teen had been playing in a reservoir in the southeast Bangladesh-based Nayapara refugee camp […] Source: https://atoday.org/adra-backed-rohingya-volunteers-save-drowning-teen/
Remembering the Port Arthur Massacre
by Debbie Hooper Cosier On April 28, 1996—my 30th birthday—I was watching television as details emerged about a massacre in Port Arthur, Australia’s historic penal colony in Tasmania. My first son was due in a few weeks. The shooter, Martin Byrant, was only a year younger than me. On that day he killed 35 people […] Source: https://atoday.org/remembering-the-port-arthur-massacre/
