Adventists in Politics: Healers of the Nations?

The Center for Christian Bioethics at Loma Linda University is hosting an event featuring five Adventists in politics. From the description it looks like significant questions could be in play, though 90 minutes seems too short to cover multiple perspective to much depth: “Adventists in the United States have not sought public office as often [...]

Daniel Buttry, Baptist Peacemaker

Tonight I had the privilege of attending a nearly two-hour presentation and meet-n-greet with peacemaking activist, theologian and missionary, Dan Buttry. In a Christian Peacemaking independent study I did last year, two of the books I used were by Dan–Christian Peacemaking (1994) and Peace Ministry: A Handbook for Local Churches (1995). I recommend both. This [...]

Andrews Univ: Summit on Social Consciousness

Summit on Social Consciousness: Lessons from Rwanda (April 11-14, 2012) This past weekend, Andrews University hosted Carl Wilkens at the Summit on Social Consciousness.[i] Wilkens, who worked for ADRA at the time and is now the co-founder of World Outside My Shoes, was the only U.S. citizen who remained in Rwanda during the 100-day genocide [...]

AU Summit on Social Consciousness

Andrews University Summit on Social Consciousness: Lessons from Rwanda. April 11-14, 2012.

SDA Potpourri

Here is a bit of reading for your Sabbath: One in Christ – Petition Virginia Seventh-day Adventists Reach Across Globe to Help Kenya’s Children (Rebecca Jackson, Adv Review) College Remembers Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy (Giovanni Hashimoto, PUC, 13 Jan 2012) U.S. Supreme Court ruling is First Amendment defense, Adventist legal counselors say (ANN, 13 [...]

Close the SOA/WHINSEC

Reflections on the Vigil to Close the SOA November 18-20, 2011 “It’s a beautiful day. Sky falls, you feel like it’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away.” Our wake-up call was the sound of U2’s “Beautiful Day” pumping through the bus’s speakers. Despite being groggy from the over-night bus ride from Ann Arbor [...]

PICO and Economic Reform

Shared by Ryan Bell, who is participating in the meetings: Clergy gather in New Orleans to craft a populist message to aim at politicians (Bruce Nolan, Times-Picayune, 17 Nov 2011) More than 500 clergy from dozens of denominations are in New Orleans this week, laying plans they hope will force next year’s presidential candidates to [...]

Global Days of Listening

The next Global Days of Listening will be beginning September 20 at 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific and continues for 24 hours. “Listen to, and talk about, what it is like to live in war-torn countries & about the wish to live without wars.” Noam Chomsky (10:30 am EasternUS 9/21); Kabul-based Afghan Peace Volunteers (9:30 am Eastern US [...]

School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)

For those going to Georgia to attend the vigil and rally to close SOA/WHINSEC, it’s time to be planning. The nonviolent event is from November 18 to 20. SOA Watch reports: Since 1946, the SOA has trained over 64,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation [...]

CROP Walk

It’s CROP Walk season again, and it’s not too late to get involved and feed the hungry. I know one Adventist pastor who participated in the walk to commemorate her 40th birthday. Click here to find a walk near you (a program of Church World Service).