The Moral Minority Karl Marx has been credited with the observation that capitalism is destructive since freedom of choice inevitably leads to wrong. Are trends in America, the bastion of world capitalism, proving him right?I'm no fan of Marx, yet certainly postmode... Leer más
Next Month Constituency SessionsDoes Your Opinion Really Count? With more than 90,000 members throughout the Northwest, how can a church member be heard in the union or local conference process of visioning and decision-making? Who gets to vote and does it really make any difference? Is it just church politics... Leer más
Educational Directions Interstate 495, the beltway around Washington, D.C., was clogged. I sat in my Avis rental car thinking about how nice it is to live in Walla Walla (where the only traffic jam occurs at Dairy Queen when the Peanut Buster Parfait goes on sale). Leer más
We Can Trust the Church In the Hands of the Next Generation In the Hands of the Next GenerationThis is my 18th year teaching in an Adventist boarding high school, dealing daily with teenagers. While some come from non-Christian or non-faith backgrounds, most are from second, third, up to sixth-generation A... Leer más
How I Became a Seventh-day Adventist Christian I was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. My dad was an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service and was assigned to the World Health Organization malaria eradication project. My mom and dad were married about a year when I was born in the Adventist h... Leer más
Is There an Adventist Advantage? For many decades, we have marketed our Adventist schools by quoting statistics and test scores. We talk about the more than 85 percent of our students who attend college and the more than 80 percent of those who begin college who complete a degree... Leer más
Family Records Some years ago my wife, Cherié, and I aspired to getting in the Guiness Book of World Records. Actually I’m not sure there’s a category for our feat, but if there’s not, there ought to be. Leer más
Gone Fishing The brooding mind of Peter matches the darkness as he flings the net into the shadowy waters of the night. In his mind self-condemnation is nudged on by the accusing voices of demons. “You have denied Jesus. Sure you have repented, but this time y... Leer más
