Barbie, Mom, and Me

What stands out to me most about Barbie the movie is the relationship between mothers and daughters, how we challenge each other’s understanding of...
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Visiting a Mid-West Camp Meeting

As part of the 12 Churces Project, the author visits the College View Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and reports on her experience of a camp meeting...
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Days, and Then Some

Think of the Sabbath as made, but not finished, that portion of time given us to shape as we wish.
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Finley’s “Speaking Up” about LGBTQ...

The General Conference has a history of supporting forms of conversion therapy that goes back decades, in spite of documented harm. 
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Canadian Adventist Church Helps Local...

Also, Loma Linda connections for two cycling world championships competitors, and more Adventist news stories.
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On Unity, Gender, and Power

This week’s lesson on Ephesians 4, unity, and diversity offers all members a clear way to judge community spiritual health. Just how harmonious is...
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As Fish in the Water: Orfilia Salazar...

Does a family (or culture) go wrong if we fail to achieve that paternal archetype of success and efficiency? Or might it also go wrong even if we...
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Fixing Adventist Education: A Student’s...

If our schools are to survive, they must include others in the fold, reinvigorate academic and intellectual life, and seek to love students how Jesus...
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Does the General Conference Want You To...

Spectrum has stood in solidarity with our Adventist LGBTQ family and friends for decades. We will not stop. We will not leave.
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Sam and Grace and Me

After a career pursuing justice, Thomas Dybdahl kindly returns to write a monthly essay for Spectrum. Here he writes about a Faith for Today...
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