We Will Be a Masterpiece: Meditation...

On December 15, 2015, my husband Tom Kim was in a mountain bike accident that caused a dissected carotid artery and resulted in a massive stroke. As...
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The Adventist Podcast: Religion &...

Welcome to The Adventist Podcast. This week's edition covers topics around the intersection of religion and politics.  Featuring: sociologist Landon...
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Taoism and Christianity: Anything in...

A few years ago, I was called to fill in when the expected Sabbath School teacher, through an honest mix up, did not come. In what was doubtless a...
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Spectrum Podcast: Jason Hines on Prince...

Welcome to Spectrum’s new weekly podcast created and hosted by Alexander Carpenter. The main interview is with Jason Hines, Ph.D., on the Adventist...
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Choice, Chance, Environment and God:...

As I was growing up Adventist, several verses became the watchword repeated by various preachers that explained what life was all about: "I was young...
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The Rhythms to Which We Move

Recently, during a rather long episode of very slow stop-and-go traffic, I found myself passing the time by observing the people in the cars around...
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Nathan, Shakespeare, and Dramatic...

“Literature and drama? Hmmm, interesting. And how do you see that fitting in with, you know, the mission of the church?” As an English literature PhD...
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Simplicity: Seeking the One Thing

I was outside my natural habitat, standing before an art design class, but the professor, Martha Mason, builds her classes on a spiritual foundation...
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April

Then April, gloom and shine, Sad, merry, wilful, meek, With a crocus in her tresses And with tears upon her cheek. Excerpt from “The Masque of...
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No Answers? Jesus Blesses You.

Some days Easter is hard to take. Easter has passed. For a few days my Facebook and Twitter feeds were a cascade of happy, enthusiastic pictures....
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