SDA Articles

It’s been quite a while since I put together a reading list. Here it is: Volunteers in Action: Mike Kontes (Maranatha video, N.D.) A Cinderella Story (NAPS, N.D.) Washington Church Reaches Out to Migrant Farm Workers & Immigrants (Adv Today, 21 Apr 2012) Adventist Students Protest Chinese Industrial Development in the Solomon Islands (Adv Today, [...]

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 [...]

Tiny Hands Intl

I recently spoke at Union College about putting God’s love on display in our beautiful but hurting world. At the beginning of the talk, I asked two questions. One was: What kind of painful experience would make you no longer believe that a good and loving God exists or is listening to your prayers? What [...]

SDA Potpourri

Faith in the Public Sector? Young Adventist Professionals Speak Out (NARLA) Valley View University’s green campus [video] (ANN, 24 Feb 2012) Dangerous Redefinition: Candidates Recast Role of Religion in American Life (Jason Hines, Religious Liberty.TV, 24 Feb 2012) When Women Break the Bread of Life (Donna J. Haerich, Spectrum, 23 Feb 2012) A House Divided [...]

Haiti’s Clean Cook Stove Project and Safety Initiative

Dr. Marciana Popescu (a former professor of mine) will be soon be in Haiti to work on “a number of initiatives in partnership with The Haiti Initiative, Social Tap Inc. A group of 18 students will join [her] on this trip, focusing mostly on women’s issues and women’s rights, ranging from the challenges faced by [...]

New Spectrum Series on Community Organizing

Introducing a New Monthly Series: On Mission and Chavez (Geoffrey Nelson-Blake, Spectrum, 30 Jan 2012) Once a month throughout 2012 I’ll be sharing stories on the Spectrum blog of how organized people are putting their faith into action in the public sphere, from issues as local as street safety to national issues such as the [...]

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 [...]

Economic Justice

Bryan Bissell shares these thoughts and resources: Most people know intuitively that large income gaps are very harmful to everyone. This is explicitly what the Bible’s Jubilee economic principles were designed to prevent. Now we have conclusive evidence that proves it. If you haven’t watched any of my other links, watch this one. http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/ [...]

PICO – Prophetic Clergy Call to Action

Adventist Pastor Ryan Bell co-authored this PICO statement–A Prophetic Clergy Call to Action. Exerpts: As faith leaders from many religious traditions, we believe that the public debate about economic recovery is not simply about differing political visions, but about competing moral and spiritual values that have profound consequences for our people. We pledge to teach, [...]

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

To commemorate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, ADRA Canada posted this seven-minute video: *I thought I found this on Facebook, but now I don’t see it there. Sorry I can’t give the original source. Find more by ADRA CANADA here.