In the last year and a half, I have begun to observe a strange trend in Adventism. To be completely frank: I’m worried. We have become insecure in our ability to raise and educate our children in our own homes. We have abdicated our responsibility to train our children and instead depend our our Seventh-day Adventist educational institutions to do the job the family should be doing.

Here is another Material Faith blog post from my directed group study on the role of art in the Christian tradition. As you can see, Adventist identity got some attention as well. -Alexander Carpenter

Tim Widmer is a Film and Television Major. He was part of the 2006 Redbooks cast.