Editorial Good News Is . . . No News! We often say, “No news is good news,” and in some cases I suspect that is true. Recently, however, I have become increasingly disgusted by the news media and the seeming obsession with exclusively reporting what’s wrong with the world. It’s downri... Read more There in the Past, Here for the Future Adventist health care institutions have a long and rich history. In 1878, St. Helena Hospital—located in California’s beautiful Napa Valley—opened its doors and started what would become a long tradition of Christ-centered, mission-driven healing ... Read more Spectator Adventists The reports swirl in from all points of the compass. “They say...” … “She did...” … “He what!?” Where they settle, the air is dank and heavy. You can cut it with a knife. Gossip, rumor, innuendo.If the latest stories involve the church or a member... Read more Adoption An Earthly Enactment of a Heavenly Concept An Earthly Enactment of a Heavenly ConceptOur family will never forget the day in l985 when we headed to the airport to pick up our new little girl. Two excited "big" brothers stood eagerly in the concourse, one carrying a Cabbage Patch doll and t... Read more Glimpses of God The school year is new, the school board members may be new, but the ritual is the same. In August, the school board meeting begins with a visit to each classroom to pray for the teacher and students soon to enter that room. These board members pr... Read more Why in the World Are We Doing This? We had gotten up at an unearthly hour to catch the plane for the long trip to the Dominican Republic. We were the advance group making the arrangements for our 160 NPUC youth and adults that would be participating in the Las Americas para Cristo, ... Read more Placing the Crucifixion on Hold Jesus was dying on the cross in the most mentally and physically excruciating ordeal any man has ever experienced. Our English word “excruciating” comes from the Latin word meaning “out of the cross.” For hours prior to that event Jesus had been t... Read more In the Military and Lonely I heard something on the news the other day that touched my heart. The reporters were talking to some of our troops who had been deployed to the Middle East. One soldier had letters from his wife, another from his girlfriends but a third hadn’t re... Read more Should New Converts Take The Bible Seriously? Something happened a few Sabbaths ago that reminded me how important simple belief in the Bible is to our efforts at personal evangelism. It may also be an important factor in the faith of our more “veteran” members.A visiting friend of mine state... Read more African Americans Serving God and Community For more than 77 years, February has been designated black history month to honor and recognize the accomplishments of African Americans in the United States of America. During this month, the national black anthem is sung at the start of all majo... Read more Walla Walla College Now More Than Ever As I attended the moving inauguration service last month for Jon Dybdahl as our new Walla Walla College president, I thought about a different gathering I had taken part in just a few months before.In that meeting, North Pacific Union Conference a... Read more His Legacy Speaks Volumes Often a person and a product become so intertwined that identity lines blur and we associate one automatically with the other.For Seattle Mariner fans, it’s Edgar Martínez. For GLEANER readers in the past decade or so, it’s been Ed Schwisow.We’ve ... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Current page 18 Page 19 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Good News Is . . . No News! We often say, “No news is good news,” and in some cases I suspect that is true. Recently, however, I have become increasingly disgusted by the news media and the seeming obsession with exclusively reporting what’s wrong with the world. It’s downri... Read more
There in the Past, Here for the Future Adventist health care institutions have a long and rich history. In 1878, St. Helena Hospital—located in California’s beautiful Napa Valley—opened its doors and started what would become a long tradition of Christ-centered, mission-driven healing ... Read more
Spectator Adventists The reports swirl in from all points of the compass. “They say...” … “She did...” … “He what!?” Where they settle, the air is dank and heavy. You can cut it with a knife. Gossip, rumor, innuendo.If the latest stories involve the church or a member... Read more
Adoption An Earthly Enactment of a Heavenly Concept An Earthly Enactment of a Heavenly ConceptOur family will never forget the day in l985 when we headed to the airport to pick up our new little girl. Two excited "big" brothers stood eagerly in the concourse, one carrying a Cabbage Patch doll and t... Read more
Glimpses of God The school year is new, the school board members may be new, but the ritual is the same. In August, the school board meeting begins with a visit to each classroom to pray for the teacher and students soon to enter that room. These board members pr... Read more
Why in the World Are We Doing This? We had gotten up at an unearthly hour to catch the plane for the long trip to the Dominican Republic. We were the advance group making the arrangements for our 160 NPUC youth and adults that would be participating in the Las Americas para Cristo, ... Read more
Placing the Crucifixion on Hold Jesus was dying on the cross in the most mentally and physically excruciating ordeal any man has ever experienced. Our English word “excruciating” comes from the Latin word meaning “out of the cross.” For hours prior to that event Jesus had been t... Read more
In the Military and Lonely I heard something on the news the other day that touched my heart. The reporters were talking to some of our troops who had been deployed to the Middle East. One soldier had letters from his wife, another from his girlfriends but a third hadn’t re... Read more
Should New Converts Take The Bible Seriously? Something happened a few Sabbaths ago that reminded me how important simple belief in the Bible is to our efforts at personal evangelism. It may also be an important factor in the faith of our more “veteran” members.A visiting friend of mine state... Read more
African Americans Serving God and Community For more than 77 years, February has been designated black history month to honor and recognize the accomplishments of African Americans in the United States of America. During this month, the national black anthem is sung at the start of all majo... Read more
Walla Walla College Now More Than Ever As I attended the moving inauguration service last month for Jon Dybdahl as our new Walla Walla College president, I thought about a different gathering I had taken part in just a few months before.In that meeting, North Pacific Union Conference a... Read more
His Legacy Speaks Volumes Often a person and a product become so intertwined that identity lines blur and we associate one automatically with the other.For Seattle Mariner fans, it’s Edgar Martínez. For GLEANER readers in the past decade or so, it’s been Ed Schwisow.We’ve ... Read more
