AToday: Make Poverty Personal

Shameless self-promotion: My latest book review is up at Adventist Today–Make Poverty Personal.
I believe this is an important book, so I hope you’ll check out the review.

Justice Revival — Dallas

Are any Adventists at Justice Revival this week? Let us know, and consider writing a review for Adventist Activism.

Web Roundup

SDA Articles/Posts
ONE Sabbath Campaign (Doug Morgan, Peace Messenger, 19 Sep 09)
The ONE Sabbath campaign launched on September 16 with the purpose of mobilizing people of faith to address the issue of extreme poverty and preventable diseases.  Find out more from the clip below and at www.ONE.org/ONESabbath.
T.R.M. Howard – Adventist Physician and Civil Rights Activist (Doug [...]

New Contributor: Andrew Gerard

We are pleased to introduce the newest team member here at Adventist Activism–Andrew Gerard (previously mentioned here). I thought an interview would be a good way to welcome him to the project (conducted via email).
JEFF:  What have been some important steps in your development as an activist? What experiences, books, people or ideas have significantly [...]

Spectrum: Memorial Day

Pastor Ryan Bell asks us to remember Memorial Day differently in his May 25 Spectrum post. Excerpt:
I do not think Christians – those who name themselves as followers of the Christ who claimed to be Lord of all Creation, and who died as a seditious criminal on a Roman cross – can celebrate Memorial Day [...]

Adv Review: Young Adult Ministry

The cover story of the May 21, 2009 edition of the Adventist Review is important for everyone, but the article is focused on one demographic — “What Jesus Said about Young Adult Ministry” (G Hopkins, D McBride, S Tyner, R Drumm, & W Kannenberg). Excerpt:
In no uncertain terms Jesus asserted that His people, the righteous, [...]

Adv Review: Into the Garden

Ken Flemmer of ADRA wrote a good article on gardening for the Adventist Review — Into the Garden (May 14, 2009).
I am an avid gardener, and have been thinking about gardening as a great coping mechanism for many stressed families. But how effective will a garden strategy be if the growing skills and cooking skills [...]

Events in D.C.

Are you (or any other Adventists you know)  going to be at these up-coming events?

Mobilization to End Poverty (Apr 26-29). Washington, D.C.

The Mobilization to End Poverty will be a history-making gathering. Christians from across the country will come together in a powerful movement committed to the biblical imperative of reducing domestic and global poverty.

Worship & [...]