Practical Steps for Reducing Pandemic Stress During the pandemic, stress levels have been heightened for everyone. Without an intentional plan to nurture ourselves, we can struggle to resume our routines with resilience. While working from home during the pandemic, I developed a simple appro... Read more
Why Mental Health Matters: Signs and Treatment of Depression It may surprise you to learn that your mental and physical health are connected in powerful ways. How your body feels can affect how your brain feels — and vice versa. Mental health conditions — particularly depression — can increase your risk for... Read more
5 Ways to Experience Joy One of the most powerful lessons from this past year — a year filled with turmoil, anxiety and unrest — is that joy isn’t dependent on external circumstances. Real contentment comes from God. With divine help, we can cultivate joy even through lif... Read more
The Pandemic Potluck Every weekday morning, a line of cars assembles quietly in the Portland Adventist Community Services' parking lot. Even though PACS opens at 9:00, the first cars usually arrive between 8:15 and 8:30. They're the veteran clients who know how long l... Read more
Pandemic Lemonade There is nothing ideal about students and teachers forced to cope with remote learning as so many have been doing during the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, Adventist education across the Northwest experienced many unexpected blessings despite challen... Read more
5 Benefits of Pandemic Learning Remote learning has challenged students, teachers and parents alike. And yet, these new uncharted waters have created some decided benefits. Here are five ways Adventist education has grown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
2021 Caring Heart Awards Fourteen Northwest academy students received the $500 Caring Heart Award scholarship made possible through three-way funding from the North Pacific Union Conference, local conferences and academies. Students were selected by their schools for exem... Read more
Bridging the Divide On any ordinary, nonpandemic day, the office of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association in the North Pacific Union Conference, in tandem with directors of the public affairs and religious liberty departments across the North American Division,... Read more
God’s Fascination With Remembering God has a genuine interest in the history of His people. And He desires His followers to have that same concern. It is no accident the first word in the fourth commandment is “remember.” God wanted His people never to forget He was their Creator. ... Read more
