Floyd Poenitz, president of SDA Kinship, International, objected to the LGBTQIA+ community being associated with adultery and fornication. Poenitz: People don’t have to have sex to identify as LGBTQIA+. Poenitz: No one has been able to change the attraction and the longing they have for the same gender. 25 October 2021 |  SDA Kinship, International […] Source: https://atoday.org/war-of-the-words-sda-kinship-president-challenges-gc-presidents-statements/

“Lola Francisca” Montes-Susano turned 124 on Sept. 11, 2021. Her daughter, Magdalena, turned 101 in May 2021. Mother and daughter credit their long lives to healthy lifestyles, their faith in God, and God’s faithfulness. 25 October 2021 | From the Southern Asia-Pacific Division: Life is short, they say, but there are a privileged few who […] Source: https://atoday.org/like-mother-like-daughter-adventist-family-has-2-centenarians-in-2-different-generations/

21 October 2021  | Read this essay in preparation for this class. Excerpt: Thirty years ago, in my church in New York city, it was schizophrenic, homeless Alex who troubled our conception of ourselves.  Radical Christians, people who see themselves as the special forces of the kingdom of heaven, would open the door for Alex […] Source: https://atoday.org/john-mclarty-how-the-poor-in-spirit-trouble-the-church/