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Sabbath Sermon: Dwight Nelson on Homosexuality
...man and a woman, and Nelson leaned forward over the lectern for emphasis: “Only…Only!” Gesturing: Nelson from Video Screen Capture Drawing toward his conclusion, Nelson again referred to the student’s letter and the plea for allowing homosexual monogamy. Again, Nelson quoted Hays to respond, noting that for Hays, homoerotic monogamy...
"Searching for a God to Love"
...basically stupid for picking the wrong point of view. Blake himself quotes Harold Kushner criticizing any religion that hopes that people will be “too intimidated to find out how the world really works.” Science can be a barrier to a relationship with God, but Blake shows it does not have...
A History Lesson
...sermon by Dwight Nelson, the pastor of Pioneer Memorial Church at Andrews University. (Andrews University is considered the flagship school of Adventist higher education.) On January 17th Pastor Nelson preached a sermon entitled “Why I Believein the 1000 Man March After Ferguson,”in which he called for the end of the...
Dwight Nelson's MLK-Weekend Sermon Spurs Petition to Eradicate Ethnic Conferences
...North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists went up on Change.org. Nelson's sermon on the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr. Day was part of a series at Pioneer Memorial on the Adventist pioneers entitled "Stories in the Rearview Mirror." It was not the first time Pastor Nelson took the MLK Day...
Book Review: Swimming Against the Current by Chris Blake
...Humbly with Our God.” Blake says that the first section is the most countercultural, but it’s by far my favorite. I think Blake is at his best here as he tackles topics as various as Adventists and activism, spiritual bullying, prejudice, the state of Adventist writing, integrity, and valuing the...
Shakespeare Walla Walla Presents "A Gay SDA Play"
...based on the interviews,” Nelson said. Nelson left the Whitman College presentation with the thought that a similar exploration of the topic from within Adventism would be interesting. He began reaching out, starting with Kinship International, a support group for Adventist LGBT individuals. “A Gay SDA Play” is a staged...
Is There Hope for The Advent Hope?
...be talking about our Advent Hope.” Chris Blake The first Advent Hopeful, Chris Blake, associate professor of English and communications at Union College, in Lincoln, Nebraska began with a description of a person sitting in a rowboat in Alaska. The rower moves through water always facing backwards, only occasionally looking...
Mission and Imagined Futures
Geoffrey Nelson-Blake is a PhD candidate in Religion and Practice at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He previously worked for a decade as an Adventist pastor and a community organizer. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Vaughn Nelson: Hi Geoff. Thanks for doing this. You...
Lake Region President Addresses Racial Unrest After Kenosha Police Shooting
...In this case, the video shows Blake walking around and trying to get into his car before a police officer grabs him by the shirt and shoots him at point blank range multiple times in his back. In the car were Blake’s three children, one of whom was celebrating a...
Jesus’ Favorite Food
...said, “Pastor Nelson, I really have no idea what tea, soybeans, caffeine, or coffee are, but why would you even want something to taste like pork? And who did the taste testing to make sure it tastes like pig?” Pastor Nelson suggested, “Maybe we need to talk later.” Abraham spoke...
Dwight Nelson on #ItIsTimeAU Video: "They're Right"
...writing to address white privilege from the pulpit. "Something happened in this sanctuary on Thursday, and it had God's fingerprints all over it. I've never seen anything like it,” states Nelson, in reference to administration’s official response to the #ItIsTimeAU video during Thursday’s chapel service. Nelson continued, “There is a...
Adventist Students in Nebraska Help Flood Victims — and More News Shorts
...to start a community garden in October. “The passion came from east Albany with the desire to revitalize this area to ensure economic growth and stability,” Nelson said. “We wanted to show our faith in the community by doing something that would positively affect the area,” Nelson said. “We began...
Chicago Declaration Affirmed at Adventist Higher Education Summit
...previously): Joretta Nelson, a senior vice president and owner of Credo, led the final discussion on the declaration that would occur before the vote. Nelson was a friendly face for many in the audience because Credo is a consulting firm for several of the Adventist colleges and universities. She said...
Whose Church? Ethnicity, Identity, and the Politics of Belonging in the Adventist Church in Kenya — Part 2
...CKC. Enter Geoffrey Asanyo For a while now, the one person who has shaped conversation around the happenings in the Adventist church in Kenya, would undoubtedly be one Geoffrey Asanyo formerly of Nakuru. Geoffrey Makana Asanyo was born in Ikuruma village in Isecha, Kitutu Chache in Kisii county. He was...
UPDATED: Live Tweets from Marriage, Homosexuality and the Church Conference
...plan for me to be heterosexual instantly? Who’s to say, I might begin chasing women instantly.” Blakely: “The opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality, it’s holiness.” Audience applauds this. When an SDA pastor once compared Blakely to a pedophile, Blakely asked, “Should I leave now? Should I go live in...
Young Adventists Speak (& Sing): Peace Pairings
In this final part of this series, Geoffrey Nelson-Blake and Sterling Spence perform three reflections on contemporary culture and politics. The three readings—"American Holy Days," "Housing Rest," "Boycott Church"—are intercut with three songs—"Coal Heart Bound," "All the Winners," "And It Goes." Geoffrey Nelson-Blake is the COR Program Director & National...
What’s Next for the Children of the Disappointed?
...hopes, a “strategic” use of humbler forms of language would assist the church toward great unity and, at the same time, preserve “the essence of our conviction” about the providence of God and ultimate return of Christ. Next Geoffrey Nelson-Blake, a young man seminary trained, experienced in the Adventist pastorate...