Is God in Control? Yes, and Also ...

I rarely critique colleagues' sermons. And this evaluation will be de-identified. I hope it is instructional for us all, including any tempted to...
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Singular Thanks

In the movie Men in Black, Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) tells Agent Jay (Will Smith), “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals,...
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Promoting Women's Rights

Sylvia Hordosch tries to reconcile her work for the United Nations pushing for gender equality and her heritage in the Adventist church where women...
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Beastly Spirituality

One of the scenes from the Wizard of Oz that I remember from my childhood (the movie; I never read the book) was that of Dorothy and her friends...
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Dare to Be a Desmond

The following sermon was preached by Jeff Gang for a worship service at Southern Adventist University’s Homecoming weekend in the
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Adventist Farm

There are a bunch of stories and novels that many people were first introduced to in their middle school or high school reading lists: The Scarlet...
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Spencerville Sabbath Worship and the...

On Sabbath (October 29), I attended church at the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Maryland.  The day before, I attended the North...
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Seeing the World through Jesus

My daughter keeps forgetting her glasses. It’s inconceivable to me how she could. I’ve been wearing glasses since 4th grade. Without them, my world...
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How Long?

I had every intention of writing about something else this month. In fact, I have half a draft of a post that I probably will come back to at some...
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Urban Gardens and Bicycle Clinics

Elizabeth Lanning, 31, has started an NGO in Manila, helping communities grow urban gardens and get medical care delivered by bicycle. She talks...
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