Sacred Ruts During the good old days of the American pioneers, the Oregon Trail was the best route to the great Northwest. But not for long. Better roads and vehicles provided new ways and means of transportation, ultimately resulting in travel on Interstate ... Read more
Gratefully Recovering After serving as pastor, missionary and college Bible teacher, my final 25 years in church employment were as a hospital health educator. Probably the most life-changing experience for me was running residential and outpatient stop-smoking program... Read more
How to Pick a Fight There’s nothing like a good fight.Growing up in a family with two other brothers, I had fights that were frequent, creative and quite painful. However what made a good fight was the underlying understanding that none of us were out to truly hurt e... Read more
Go Ye Therefore The Great Gospel Commission should be familiar to every Seventh-day Adventist Christian because it is the task heaven has entrusted to His people in preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. It's call is clear: “Go ye therefore, and teach all n... Read more
Confrontation or Collaboration? Are other Christians our rivals or our friends? In relating to Baptists, Lutherans and Catholics, should we be confrontational or collaborative? Can we participate in community events with them without compromising our unique Seventh-day Adventist... Read more
Endurance It’s the requisite line of nearly every adventure movie. “I’ll come back for you,” says the courageous hero. “I promise.” And, against all odds, he always does. We script our stories this way because we hate disappointment. We long for the assura... Read more
Misery I sit here in moribund misery. The valiant efforts of my body to repel an unwelcome viral intruder are greatly appreciated. Yet I am flopped unceremoniously in a chair. A pile of crumpled tissues mounts beside me, evidence of a fruitless effort to... Read more
The Adventist Advantage “Don’t curse the darkness; light a candle.”End-time Adventists can find value in that time-honored advice. As the world’s moral midnight deepens around us — greed, lust, war, oppression, rebellion, unbelief — God has entrusted our church with a sa... Read more
How to Judge People “Judge not lest ye be judged” is perhaps the most popular quote among people who haven’t read the Bible.The phrase usually appears in the heat of an argument over any number of things. Someone points out that a person’s drug use or recreational ac... Read more