Love Likewise Maxwell Maltz tells the story of a man who’d been severely injured while attempting to rescue his parents from a fire. His heroic efforts proved to be in vain, though. His mom and dad died in the burning house. Read more
Dedicated to Quality and Compassion Presently, I am experiencing a side of health care that I never have before. As vice chairman of Adventist Health’s Board of Directors, I’ve had the privilege of being on the administrative end of health care for two decades. Now, as a patient, I ... Read more
Let's Talk Since Let’s Talk has a button link right on the front page of this site, it does not appear again here. Click on the Let’s Talk button in the left panel on the home page to see Steve Vistaunet’s message as well as the discussion it sparked. Read more
Momentum Northwest Adventists have always had a penchant for fulfilling the great Gospel Commission. In the late 1800s, they generously contributed to send one of the church’s first mission boats, the Pitcairn, to the South Pacific. In 1886, some of the fi... Read more
Bogus Bills Emanuel Ninger’s reputation as a counterfeiter is legendary. Known as “Jim the Penman” (named after a character in a play then running on Broadway), he drew, by hand, $50 and $100 Legal Tender Notes. Relying on his naked eye, he worked for weeks a... Read more
The Eagle A mountaineer sits on an outcropping of rock on the peak of one of the mountains in the majestic Chugiak range in Alaska. It had been an arduous climb. Hour after hour of back-wrenching climbing, ever climbing, while muscles protest, bones resist,... Read more
Introduction Dear fellow members:The North Pacific Union Conference was organized 100 years ago to partner with members and local conferences in the Adventist mission to "Share the Light" in the Northwest. Now here we are, a century later, still with earthly a... Read more
Executive Committee The North Pacific Union Conference Executive CommitteeA sincere “Thank you” on behalf of the 91,000 Northwest Seventh-day Adventist members to those who have served on the North Pacific Union Conference executive committee during the 2001–06 term.... Read more