It has been a few years since I’ve regularly attended an Adventist Church. A lot has been written about about why people leave, and those points all still deserve thought. But yesterday I was missing a very specific Seventh-day Adventist thing. I mentioned it to my husband, and he had never even heard of it. The thing I […] Source: https://atoday.org/editorial-what-i-miss-about-being-adventist/

SILVER SPRING, Md. — In a statement released this morning, the General Conference headquarters of the Adventist Church claimed the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years because they hadn’t been introduced to Pathfinder clubs. “If they had only been taught the essential navigation skills available to all who complete the Orienteering honor, they […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-confirmed-israelites-wandered-for-40-years-because-they-didnt-have-pathfinders/

by Loren Seibold  |  26 July 2023  | Carmen and I occasionally reminisce about the first church where I served as a pastoral intern. We had just graduated from Walla Walla College, and in the space of a few weeks found ourselves married, and dropped into a tiny, mostly elderly church in a small town […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-great-adventist-mythology/

25 July 2024  | Christians have been offering pastoral care to their communities for the past two thousand years. However, the affordances of computer-mediated communication have already affected this ministerial practice. But is it possible to build enough trust through an instant messaging medium to effectively offer and receive pastoral care? Will people be willing […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-sam-neves-pastoral-care-in-the-digital-age/