Steve Vistaunet North Pacific Union assistant to the president for communication and Gleaner editor, 1996–2019 By Steve Vistaunet Creator It was an image I’ll never forget, though it harkens back more than four decades. The sun was riding low in the west as I neared the iconic overlook to Yosemite Valley. On a clear day, the view stretches east from Bridalveil Fall in the foreground... Read more Upgrade It was entitled “A Noseworthy Issue.” The title of the first Let’s Talk column in January 2008 led to an apology of sorts. Our malfeasance was undeniable. Recent issues of the Gleaner had wafted noxious odors into mailboxes across the Northwest an... Read more Linrud Accepts Oregon Presidency Following Reimche’s Retirement Dan Linrud has been elected president for the Oregon Conference with the approval of the conference nominating committee on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Linrud has served as assistant to the president for the 36,000-member conference since 2013. He fill... Read more Gift Patience is not typically a childish virtue when Christmas presents are in sight. In my recollections of seasons past, it wasn’t for me either — especially when my father made Rømmegrøt. Read more Tight The experience comes back to me whenever I tighten a bolt or lid. Read more Indifference I confess to being mired in philosophical muck as I ponder this year’s presidential election. How should I as an Adventist Christian relate to the spectrum of thought — or lack of it — being flung like buckshot? What is Christ’s call upon me as on... Read more NPUC Constituents Elect a New President John Freedman has been elected president of the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) by delegates to the union’s regular constituency session held September 25 in Portland, Oregon. Freedman replaces Max Torkelsen II, whose retirement became effec... Read more Goats Scripture makes it plain. Some people are going to be sheep and some goats. There doesn’t seem to be any middle ground in this imagery — no halfway pen of undecided antelopes. I used to wonder about all of this. But then came the summer of the goats. Read more Sword Before the age of multiblade, aloe-infused, disposable razors, there was the “safety” razor. A vast improvement over the venerable but temperamental straight-edge razor, this implement was a thing of engineering beauty to any young lad who longed ... Read more Appearances A few years ago, I did the unlikely improbable impossibility. That's descriptive, not redundant. Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 Next page ››
Creator It was an image I’ll never forget, though it harkens back more than four decades. The sun was riding low in the west as I neared the iconic overlook to Yosemite Valley. On a clear day, the view stretches east from Bridalveil Fall in the foreground... Read more
Upgrade It was entitled “A Noseworthy Issue.” The title of the first Let’s Talk column in January 2008 led to an apology of sorts. Our malfeasance was undeniable. Recent issues of the Gleaner had wafted noxious odors into mailboxes across the Northwest an... Read more
Linrud Accepts Oregon Presidency Following Reimche’s Retirement Dan Linrud has been elected president for the Oregon Conference with the approval of the conference nominating committee on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. Linrud has served as assistant to the president for the 36,000-member conference since 2013. He fill... Read more
Gift Patience is not typically a childish virtue when Christmas presents are in sight. In my recollections of seasons past, it wasn’t for me either — especially when my father made Rømmegrøt. Read more
Indifference I confess to being mired in philosophical muck as I ponder this year’s presidential election. How should I as an Adventist Christian relate to the spectrum of thought — or lack of it — being flung like buckshot? What is Christ’s call upon me as on... Read more
NPUC Constituents Elect a New President John Freedman has been elected president of the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) by delegates to the union’s regular constituency session held September 25 in Portland, Oregon. Freedman replaces Max Torkelsen II, whose retirement became effec... Read more
Goats Scripture makes it plain. Some people are going to be sheep and some goats. There doesn’t seem to be any middle ground in this imagery — no halfway pen of undecided antelopes. I used to wonder about all of this. But then came the summer of the goats. Read more
Sword Before the age of multiblade, aloe-infused, disposable razors, there was the “safety” razor. A vast improvement over the venerable but temperamental straight-edge razor, this implement was a thing of engineering beauty to any young lad who longed ... Read more
Appearances A few years ago, I did the unlikely improbable impossibility. That's descriptive, not redundant. Read more
