by Melissa Brotton  |  28 December 2020  | “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.” (Ps. 42:11) Sometime during my college graduation weekend, my mother presented me with the gift […] Source: https://atoday.org/wrapping-up-the-dreams/

by Reinder Bruinsma  |  28 December 2020  | In my native Dutch language we either wish people a “happy” or a “blessed” new year. Many of my compatriots may not be aware of the origin of this difference: those with a Protestant heritage prefer to use the term “happy,” while people with a Roman Catholic […] Source: https://atoday.org/a-happy-and-blessed-new-year/

Dear Aunt Sevvy, My son is mildly autistic. In kindergarten through third grade he was in the Adventist school—but he was doing worse and worse. Now he is doing very well in a public school that under an Individualized Education Program, that includes in-school tutors, occupational therapists, and school counselors. It’s working! But when we enrolled him in […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-church-school-isnt-right-for-my-autistic-son/

by Loren Seibold  |  25 December 2020 This essay was first printed in the 2020 Winter edition of Intersections, the magazine of the Glendale City Church. Perhaps my very first experience of standing for truth though the heavens fall began with standing on my tiptoes at the school lunch counter at the Gackle, North Dakota, […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-text-that-most-adventists-most-need-to-understand/