25 May 2020 | Adventist Today has learned the General Conference (GC) asked the North American Division (NAD) to delay electing vice presidents and department directors until June/July 2021. Sources close to the current conversations between the denominational entities said the GC wants their newly elected officers and directors to meet with NAD leadership and […] Source: https://atoday.org/general-conference-works-to-influence-north-american-division-elections/
The Common Good
by S.M. Chen “No man is an island…” John Donne (1572-1631), Meditation XVII, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions Right at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Los Angeles Times had a column mentioning various good things we can do during these turbulent times. They included, Continue to pay your house cleaner, dog walker, personal trainer […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-common-good/
76-Year-Old Kenyan Man Accused of Bulldozing West Kenya Union Wall
24 May 2020 | Kenya’s Standard Digital reported on May 19 that a 76-year-old man was charged with maliciously damaging property belonging to the West Kenya Union Conference of the Adventist Church. Agal Achom allegedly destroyed the union’s concrete perimeter fence and its gate on January 10, 2020. He is accused of bulldozing the wall, […] Source: https://atoday.org/76-year-old-kenyan-man-accused-of-bulldozing-west-kenya-union-wall/
Self-Attack: Fight Back! | LEVEL UP Episode 2, by AWR360° Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC9oY4zyfRY
Nearly 5 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 323,000 have died. With new symptoms and complications arising, and a lack of verified treatment, physicians and scientists are puzzled and frustrated. Why are some adult patients developing respiratory failure with ARDS while others are struck with systemic vasculitis with resultant thrombosis (blood clots) and resultant heart attacks and strokes? Additionally, despite early expectations that children were not at particular risk for COVID-19, recent reports from Europe and New York indicate that school-aged children and teenagers are developing a rapidly declining life-threatening complication referred to as Kawasaki-Like Syndrome or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), also with vasculitis and cardiac involvement. Some have proposed that the link between vasculitis in the pediatric and adult population seems to be autoimmune, or a self-attack of the immune system, but why? What is the best form of prevention and treatment for COVID-19 self-attack? High meat consumption has long demonstrated a worsened autoimmune response. In contrast, a plant-based diet has been shown in many cases to be protective and therapeutic. Does this apply to COVID-19? What historical and biblical basis is there regarding the benefits of diet and nutrition in autoimmune self-attack? On May 24, medical experts including Dr. Steve Lee, Pastor Mark Finley and Dr. Ugonna Woods will address these tough questions and more while inspiring you with hope for the future. Join me for this week’s exciting LEVEL UP program, titled, “Self-Attack: Fight Back” Sunday at 5 p.m. Pacific / 8 p.m. Eastern at awr.org/health. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC9oY4zyfRY