July 2016

About this issue:

Our July Gleaner features 14 stellar students who are their schools’ Caring Heart Award winners for 2016. They represent the best characteristics of Adventist education.

Feature

Caring Heart Award Winners for 2016

June 30, 2016

Fourteen Northwest academy students each were recipients of 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 ...

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Others

Encounter Jesus, Experience Excellence

August 30, 2016, by Dennis Plubell

I have been to many Adventist academies in recent years for school evaluation visits. The highlight of every visit is a group interview with randomly selected students. We want to know what they, as the "primary customer," like about their school.

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Letters to the Editor

August 23, 2016

Generational Translators?

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Pflugrad to Join NPUC Education Team

May 23, 2016

Golda Pflugrad has accepted the invitation to serve the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) as a full-time coordinator for early childhood education and care (ECEC) and K–12 education projects. Upon joining the NPUC Office of Education team in J...

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Appearances

August 30, 2016, by Steve Vistaunet

A few years ago, I did the unlikely improbable impossibility. That's descriptive, not redundant.

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Reckless But Right

August 26, 2016

Editor's Note: This article was written recently by Michael Jensen, Walla Walla University student, while he was finishing a year in Hong Kong as a student missionary.

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Four Things Church Members Do ... That Would Get Them Fired at Work

August 31, 2016, by Seth Pierce

I debated on placing a lot of qualifications on this article. You know, things like, “just because you do this doesn’t make you a bad person” or “this may describe you, but Jesus still loves you” or “I know you have been hurt by someone, and I und...

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Circus of Grace

August 30, 2016, by Martin Weber

Rule No. 1 for law enforcement chaplains is to never interfere with an arrest. But one time I did. It was before I knew better, predating my volunteer ministry as a chaplain.

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Should I Go Back to Church?

September 22, 2016, by Mike Jones

I’m asked this question frequently by those who are not active in a church. In case you or someone you know is among them, my response is: "It’s probably a good idea to find a church home if you want to keep growing spiritually."

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