Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and...

When a Christian studies world religions, it becomes obvious that one can learn lessons to apply on the path to maturity. Even as Gandhi gave credit...
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Tie Your Shoes!

Have you ever been in a situation where you were trying to teach someone and he or she was having a difficult time understanding the concept or...
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A Love Poem by the Queen of Hawaii

In the tradition of the Song of Songs, this beautiful poem resonates with the longing for one’s beloved. Entitled Nani Nâ Pua, it was written in 1860...
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Truth-Telling in Passive-Aggressive...

No one who knows me would doubt I speak my mind. I've been honored for speaking up, criticized for doing so and attacked for doing so, often for...
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February

The February, a form Pale-vestured, wildly fair – One of the North Wind’s daughters, With icicles in her hair. Excerpt from “The Masque of Months...
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The Body Isn't Perfect

 
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Rejecting LGBT Children of God Means...

Eliel Cruz is a graduate of Andrews University who has gone on to do organzing work and journalism at the intersections of faith and the LGBT+...
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The Road through the Void

The current issue of the Spectrum Journal, which has recently begun dropping in mailboxes, offers several articles on Adventism and Atheism—the...
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The Birth of a Sacrifice

As I have stated in this space before, so much of the Christmas season is not related to Christmas at all. (This year’s foolish distraction? What...
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The Promise Religion Can’t Keep that...

This week around tables and living rooms across the world, families gather. Christmas Eve. Christmas morning. Christmas dinner. The long, lazy days...
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