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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Yes Means Yes

I’m not proud of having snatched the mic from a 4’10” elderly church mother, but it had to be done.
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Viewpoint: I Thought About Leaving the...

Last April, I thought about leaving the Adventist Church.
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First Person: I'm A Mom, A Pastor...

I am a mother. A pastor’s wife. A teacher. An Adventist. I love Star Trek. I have a cat. And I am asexual. It took me over 30 years to discover that...
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The Great Disappointment of 2015: The...

In the weeks leading up to today, October 22, 2015, I’ve seen numerous articles about the Great Disappointment of 1844 sprouting up around the...
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Viewpoint: Adventist Seminary Has...

In an attempt to respond to the cultural conversation on the LGBT community, the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews...
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Why Sabbath Was Such A Fitting Topic...

A few years ago, my dad announced that he had discovered a family relative that none of us knew, living in Pennsylvania. He made contact on Facebook...
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Lessons from a Feminist Father

I’m one of those notorious PKs. You know how we are. My teen years were one long stretch of baking apple turnovers, babysitting at Revelation...
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