Adventists, Ellen G. White & Hewlett Packard Part IV Part IVIn a remarkable report, the Barna Group, a nationally recognized polling/survey organization, recently declared Ellen White to be one of the most influential authors among a cross section of young pastors in the United States.*Surveyed past... Read more
The Heart of Health Care Nurses are at the heart of health care. They are the warm smile in the morning and the comforting touch at night. They have the uncanny ability to create calm in chaos and settle the nerves of jittery patients. Indeed, they are the very reason hos... Read more
Adventists, Labor Unions and Hewlett-Packard, Part III We were young and naïve in those days. I was in graduate school; my wife, Sue, was teaching in the public school system. When her first encounter with the representative of the MEA, the Michigan chapter of the National Education Association, was e... Read more
Adventists, Health and Hewlett Packard Part II Part IIThere have been numerous longevity studies done in the United States and overseas that compare Adventists to the general population. While they may vary in their findings, it is safe to say that Adventists not only have a better quality of ... Read more
Who Are the Heroes? There are stories of heroes in all cultures across all ages. Yet many today lament the lack of heroes. Could it be that too many people are looking for heroes in the wrong places? Athletes, actors, musicians and models aren't heroes — they're cele... Read more
Adventists, Catholics, and Hewlett-Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company has a slogan that not only makes their employees stop and think, but it should make us think as well. It is, “Do we know what we already know?”In light of recent world developments, I have done some serious reflecting. ... Read more
Excited To Be a Seventh-day Advangelist Our son, Darin, manages the Adventist radio station in Spokane, Washington. As a part of their outreach, they operate an online Discover Bible school. He shared an e-mail with me that he had received from one of his students. He said, “It made my ... Read more
I Saw the "Latter Rain" For years I’ve heard, preached, and believed that just before Christ’s return the "latter rain" would fall. This would be a time, as we understand it, when God’s Spirit would be poured out in such a powerful way that previously unreached people wo... Read more
To Be a Light as the Lights Go Out It is early morning, and I am sitting at the kitchen table in the parsonage in Savoonga. This little Eskimo village of 300 lies at the east end of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea about 35 miles off the coast of Siberia.It is still many hours... Read more