Does My Black Friend Expect Me to...

Seventh-day Adventist YouTuber Justin Khoe sits down with his friend, Pastor John T. Boston II, to discuss the #BlackLivesMatter movement, what it’s...
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An Open Letter to the General...

I have fought to stay in this church. I have not asked for tolerance or acceptance... I have asked for much less than that: to be seen as human. But...
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“The Ministry” Is Dangerous

How many people had I gone to seminary with who had dropped out of pastoral ministry within ten years? A dozen? Two dozen? Too many.
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I Asked My White Friends to Watch 13th...

Seventh-day Adventist YouTuber Justin Khoe asked white Christians to watch the documentary 13th, directed by Ava DuVernay, and to share their...
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On Being a Christian in the Revolution

As followers of Christ, our sole responsibility is to love one another as Christ loves us. This includes standing for those who are suffering, and...
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Who Is My Neighbor? — Part 2

Pastor Daniel Xisto of the Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church concludes his two-part series, “Who Is My Neighbor?” with a look at the tangible...
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Black Lives Matter — Adventist Voices

On this week’s Adventist Voices podcast episode, host Alexander Carpenter chats with Courtney Ray, MDiv, PhD, who is President of the Society for...
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The Loud Cry in the Face of Injustice

The Seventh-day Adventist Church was meant to be a beacon for racial social justice in three key ways: By our Testimony, by remaining internally...
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From COVID-19 to George Floyd and All...

The current outrage over the systemic racism and bigotry in our country is a divine litmus test, given so we can appraise whether we have been truly...
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Who Is My Neighbor? — Part 1

In his May 23, 2020 sermon, Pastor Daniel Xisto of the Takoma Park SDA Church took his congregation (watching online) through a deep dive into Jesus...
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