Some of the weird, angering, funny things that have happened to me religiously have led me to ask the question, “Why do people even have a church?”...
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I cannot write a column about bioethics, Adventism, and Adventist healthcare this week without referring to the massacre in Orlando, Florida. I have...
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Johan Cruyff, “In Memoriam” (1947-2016)
Johan Cruyff, the worldwide prophet of modern soccer, died some weeks ago leaving behind a particular ludic[1...
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Last month I spoke on a panel of psychotherapists at a workshop about mental health, hosted by one of the nearby Adventist churches. It was a worthy...
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Even before my daughter was born, one of my favorite things to do was to come home at the end of the day and read her a Bible story. Now I will admit...
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Lately independent Adventist media has been abuzz with stories of a church leader in the Southern African and Indian Ocean Division office whose...
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I couldn’t be the only one investing in the relationship. But I did try hard. I called and she would cut the conversation short. I’d ask her to hang...
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Every now and again I become fascinated with what feel to me to be the elements of religious experience that are taken for granted. When these moods...
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In my initial Spectrum Column I asserted that there is no Seventh-day Adventist ethic. But there are certainly Seventh-day Adventist ethicists and,...
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